A61L 31/082
Inorganic materials
Official title: {Inorganic materials}
A61L31/082 (Inorganic materials) appears on 744 US grants and 1,137 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 744
- Published applications
- 1,137
- Assignees
- 506
- Inventors
- 1,825
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 5 |
| 2002 | 8 | 18 |
| 2003 | 15 | 36 |
| 2004 | 16 | 42 |
| 2005 | 7 | 43 |
| 2006 | 19 | 33 |
| 2007 | 15 | 58 |
| 2008 | 9 | 66 |
| 2009 | 14 | 61 |
| 2010 | 18 | 63 |
| 2011 | 40 | 43 |
| 2012 | 29 | 34 |
| 2013 | 29 | 39 |
| 2014 | 40 | 45 |
| 2015 | 30 | 46 |
| 2016 | 36 | 59 |
| 2017 | 42 | 56 |
| 2018 | 37 | 54 |
| 2019 | 45 | 49 |
| 2020 | 26 | 50 |
| 2021 | 43 | 52 |
| 2022 | 24 | 53 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 |
| 2024 | 29 | 45 |
| 2025 | 38 | 35 |
| 2026 | 11 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Implantable electrical device comprising a substrate, encapsulation layer and adhesion layer11 Aug 2026US 12,706,209 B2Salvia BioElectronics B.V.
- Surface sealing for implants12 May 2026US 12,623,007 B2Qvanteq AG
- Ag- and/or Cu-containing hard coatings with antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties14 Apr 2026US 12,601,049 B2Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, PfäFfikon
- Microminiature patterned metal on flexing interventional surgical substrates7 Apr 2026US 12,594,174 B1Professional Plating Inc.
- Medical implant with controllable electro-mechanical interactions at a material/bacteria interface7 Apr 2026US 12,594,362 B2City University of Hong Kong
- Coated Materials for Heart Valve Applications and Methods of Making Same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294621 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Radiopaque coating for endovascular devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248986 A1Phenox GmbH
- Surgical instrument cable coatings and systems and method for making the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232873 A1Covidien LP
- Absorbable marker wire13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232878 A1
- Medical device for regenerating bone and a method of manufacture thereof6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224255 A1Pbc Innovations Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical implant with preferential corrosion zone1,495US 7,905,902 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2011
- Coated implantable medical device1,180US 6,096,070 ACook Incorporated · 2000
- Coated implantable medical device1,071US 5,824,049 AMED Institute, Inc. · 1998
- Silver implantable medical device1,026US 5,873,904 ACook Incorporated · 1999
- Coated implantable medical device949US 5,609,629 AMED Institute, Inc. · 1997