A61K 31/215
Of carboxylic acids
Official title: of carboxylic acids
A61K31/215 (Of carboxylic acids) appears on 7,450 US grants and 11,851 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 4,456
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 23 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 30 | 0 |
| 1979 | 27 | 0 |
| 1980 | 47 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 130 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 145 | 0 |
| 2001 | 131 | 55 |
| 2002 | 164 | 226 |
| 2003 | 146 | 325 |
| 2004 | 105 | 343 |
| 2005 | 108 | 323 |
| 2006 | 147 | 408 |
| 2007 | 66 | 318 |
| 2008 | 81 | 307 |
| 2009 | 87 | 304 |
| 2010 | 123 | 408 |
| 2011 | 121 | 380 |
| 2012 | 193 | 395 |
| 2013 | 261 | 545 |
| 2014 | 289 | 648 |
| 2015 | 350 | 611 |
| 2016 | 384 | 655 |
| 2017 | 397 | 581 |
| 2018 | 400 | 575 |
| 2019 | 381 | 640 |
| 2020 | 387 | 587 |
| 2021 | 363 | 661 |
| 2022 | 328 | 631 |
| 2023 | 294 | 543 |
| 2024 | 264 | 558 |
| 2025 | 314 | 436 |
| 2026 | 180 | 388 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Methods for the treatment of infantile spasms using medium chain triglycerides22 Sep 2026US 12,740,959 B2Cerecin Australia Pty Limited
- Treatment of herpes zoster with topical tetracaine22 Sep 2026US 12,740,960 B2Pagari Life Science Corp
- Use of phthalide compounds in treatment of meningioma22 Sep 2026US 12,740,964 B2Everfront Biotech Inc.
- Treprostinil prodrugs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306438 A1United Therapeutics Corporation
- Sulfurized imidazoles in ophthalmic formulations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306457 A1Geneiii Biotech Company Ltd.
- Inhaled statins as bronchodilators to improve lung function in respiratory diseases8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306477 A1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
- Identification of mechanosensing regulators in plasmacytoid dendritic cells8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306507 A1New York Society for the Relief of Theruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital Special --
- Composition, methods and uses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306509 A14E Therapeutics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of potentiating an immune response425US 5,075,109 ASouthern Research Institute · 1991
- Compositions and methods for topical administration of pharmaceutically active agents369US 5,719,197 ANoven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 1998
- Lipid formulation340US 8,158,601 B2Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2012
- Compositions and methods for topical administration of pharmaceutically active agents324US 5,446,070 ANover Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 1995
- Compositions, apparatus and methods for facilitating surgical procedures323US 6,711,436 B1Duke University · 2004