A61L 31/08
Materials for coatings
A61L31/08 (Materials for coatings) appears on 4,393 US grants and 6,483 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 4,393
- Published applications
- 6,483
- Assignees
- 1,918
- Inventors
- 8,360
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 55 | 0 |
| 1998 | 69 | 0 |
| 1999 | 87 | 0 |
| 2000 | 72 | 0 |
| 2001 | 85 | 41 |
| 2002 | 77 | 131 |
| 2003 | 115 | 208 |
| 2004 | 101 | 264 |
| 2005 | 68 | 303 |
| 2006 | 88 | 307 |
| 2007 | 86 | 354 |
| 2008 | 97 | 370 |
| 2009 | 87 | 369 |
| 2010 | 149 | 366 |
| 2011 | 213 | 267 |
| 2012 | 236 | 234 |
| 2013 | 216 | 270 |
| 2014 | 279 | 305 |
| 2015 | 232 | 309 |
| 2016 | 211 | 327 |
| 2017 | 242 | 264 |
| 2018 | 200 | 254 |
| 2019 | 199 | 260 |
| 2020 | 189 | 249 |
| 2021 | 186 | 215 |
| 2022 | 128 | 205 |
| 2023 | 135 | 171 |
| 2024 | 137 | 187 |
| 2025 | 135 | 151 |
| 2026 | 58 | 102 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rod for spinal fixation implement and spinal fixation implement provided with same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,741 B2Globeride, Inc.
- Polymeric patch scaffolds for articular cartilage regeneration6 Oct 2026US 12,752,041 B2University of Southern California
- Controlled tubing expansion and surface engineering6 Oct 2026US 12,752,470 B1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Bioresorbable cardiovascular instruments, and operation and fabrication methods of same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,397 B2Northwestern University
- Water-based hydrogel blend coating and method of application to elastomeric articles22 Sep 2026US 12,741,065 B2Allegiance Corporation
- Slippery organogels and methods for making and using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306720 A1University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Coated Materials for Heart Valve Applications and Methods of Making Same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294621 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Soft and stretchable microelectrodes with tunable anisotropic properties1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295128 A1The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
- Implantable medical device including polyetherurethane with improved biostability24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284276 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Medical device coatings and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284279 A1SurModics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- In situ polymerizable hydrogels2,015US 6,818,018 B1Incept, LLC · 2004
- Coated surgical staple1,797US 4,655,222 AEthicon, Inc. · 1987
- Drug releasing anastomosis devices and methods for treating anastomotic sites1,779US 7,108,701 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Methods and apparatus for a coated anchoring device and/or suture1,702US 6,689,153 B1Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd., Inc. · 2004
- Surgical implant with preferential corrosion zone1,495US 7,905,902 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2011