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A61Q 17/00

Barrier preparations; Preparations brought into direct contact with the skin for affording protection against external influences, e.g. sunlight, X-rays or other harmful rays, corrosive materials, bacteria or insect stings

Introduced: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
Subclass:
SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS

Related Keywords

(2) BARRIER(S) creamscosmetics for FACE(S)cosmetics for facesREPELLING agents applied to skinagents for protecting the SKIN(S); barrier creams

2 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • A61Q 17/02 containing insect repellants
  • A61Q 17/04 Topical preparations for affording protection against sunlight or other radiation; Topical sun tanning preparations

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
  2. NOVARTIS CH 14,253
  3. COVIDIEN US 13,953
  4. ROCHE CH 12,005
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
  7. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
  8. L'OREAL FR 11,593
  9. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
  10. OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594