A61K 31/395 having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins
Introduced: July 1974
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Medicinal preparations containing organic active ingredients > Heterocyclic compounds > having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- Subclass:
- PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
Filing statistics
IPC A61K 31/395 belongs to the parent subclass A61K, which recorded 1,792,627 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 147,606 in 2013 to 132,650 in 2023 (-10%), peaking at 177,518 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class A61 are PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (18,523 applications), NOVARTIS (14,253 applications) and COVIDIEN (13,953 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61K 31/396 having three-membered rings, e.g. aziridine
- A61K 31/397 having four-membered rings, e.g. azetidine
- A61K 31/4 having five-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom, e.g. sulpiride, succinimide, tolmetin, buflomedil
- A61K 31/41 having five-membered rings with two or more ring hetero atoms, at least one of which is nitrogen, e.g. tetrazole
- A61K 31/435 having six-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom
- A61K 31/495 having six-membered rings with two nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, e.g. piperazine
- A61K 31/53 having six-membered rings with three nitrogens as the only ring hetero atoms, e.g. chlorazanil, melamine
- A61K 31/535 having six-membered rings with at least one nitrogen and at least one oxygen as the ring hetero atoms, e.g. 1,2-oxazines
- A61K 31/54 having six-membered rings with at least one nitrogen and at least one sulfur as the ring hetero atoms, e.g. sulthiame
- A61K 31/55 having seven-membered rings, e.g. azelastine, pentylenetetrazole
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
- NOVARTIS CH 14,253
- COVIDIEN US 13,953
- ROCHE CH 12,005
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
- L'OREAL FR 11,593
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594