A61J 1/18
Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents
Official title: Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents, e.g. sterile condition
A61J1/18 (Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents) appears on 353 US grants and 450 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61J- Granted patents
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| 2024 | 16 | 19 |
| 2025 | 19 | 33 |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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