A61L 12/04
Heat
Official title: Heat (A61L12/06 takes precedence)
A61L12/04 (Heat) appears on 95 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 95
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 177
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Towel heating device30 Dec 2025US 12,507,836 B2Guangzhou Hansong Tuojiang Technology Co., Ltd.
- Comfortable ophthalmic device and methods of its production4 Nov 2025US 12,461,280 B2Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Contact lens product14 Oct 2025US 12,442,956 B2Largan Medical Co., Ltd.
- Method for producing coated medical device15 Jul 2025US 12,360,397 B2Toray Industries, Inc.
- Towel heating device17 Jun 2025US 12,329,326 B1Guangzhou Hansong Electric Technology Co., Limited
- Coated device and method for manufacturing same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226285 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
- Surface modified silicone ophthalmic devices28 May 2026US 2026/0147141 A1Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Towel heating device11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281007 A1Guangzhou Hansong Electric Technology Co., Limited
- Contact lens packaging solution and method for manufacturing contact lens28 Aug 2025US 2025/0270399 A1Vizionfocus Inc.
- Method for producing coated medical device16 May 2024US 2024/0160043 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computer system for quality control correlations113US 5,461,570 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1995
- Computer system for quality control correlations73US 5,696,686 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1997
- Disinfector units for contact lenses68US 4,973,827 AAsahi Irika Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Method for enzymatic cleaning and disinfecting contact lenses61US 4,614,549 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1986
- Comfortable ophthalmic device and methods of its production46US 7,841,716 B2Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. · 2010