A61L 15/58
Adhesives
A61L15/58 (Adhesives) appears on 1,228 US grants and 1,319 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 1,228
- Published applications
- 1,319
- Assignees
- 587
- Inventors
- 2,547
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 35 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 11 |
| 2002 | 33 | 34 |
| 2003 | 40 | 46 |
| 2004 | 23 | 51 |
| 2005 | 20 | 51 |
| 2006 | 16 | 36 |
| 2007 | 17 | 50 |
| 2008 | 18 | 36 |
| 2009 | 11 | 32 |
| 2010 | 21 | 47 |
| 2011 | 26 | 47 |
| 2012 | 28 | 43 |
| 2013 | 28 | 58 |
| 2014 | 34 | 77 |
| 2015 | 37 | 59 |
| 2016 | 39 | 64 |
| 2017 | 46 | 70 |
| 2018 | 28 | 73 |
| 2019 | 55 | 73 |
| 2020 | 61 | 90 |
| 2021 | 45 | 62 |
| 2022 | 36 | 63 |
| 2023 | 44 | 43 |
| 2024 | 41 | 47 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 |
| 2026 | 23 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wound care product comprising an antimicrobial coating22 Sep 2026US 12,741,052 B2Mölnlycke Health Care AB
- Feminine hygiene articles and films suitable for use in such15 Sep 2026US 12,734,269 B2Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Medical article with backing1 Sep 2026US 12,721,926 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Hot-melt adhesives comprising butene-1 polymers and showing peculiar thermal characteristics1 Sep 2026US 12,723,183 B2Savarè I.C. S.R.L.
- Digitally printed backsheet film11 Aug 2026US 12,702,597 B2Rkw SE
- Incision dressing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306302 A1DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
- Wound dressings with adhesive borders10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263284 A1Plastod SpA
- Novel hydrogel having biocompatible and self-adhesive properties10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263654 A1Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yeungnam University
- Wound dressing comprising a ph sensor composition and method of producing the same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256979 A1Instituto PolitéCnico Da Guarda
- Device and method for treating skin injuries13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232864 A1Advanced Wound Systems, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modifiable, semi-permeable, wound dressing1,535US 5,264,218 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1993
- Adhesive-faced porous absorbent sheet and method of making same1,211US 4,906,240 AMatrix Medica, Inc. · 1990
- Tearable composite strip of materials1,127US 4,245,630 AT. J. Smith & Nephew Limited · 1981
- Adhesive patch systems and methods584US 8,323,250 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2012
- Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having extensible and elastic backing composed of a block copolymer567US 4,024,312 AJohnson & Johnson · 1977