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ALCON INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    5,338
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    1,390
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 228.0%
About

ALCON INC has a total of 5,338 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 228.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in Australia, United States and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, pharmaceuticals and optics are OCULAR RES OF BOSTON INC, AL KON INK and OKAMOTO SHINSEIRO.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ALCON INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Hellberg Mark R 224
#2 Clark Abbot F 194
#3 Boukhny Mikhail 191
#4 Karakelle Mutlu 162
#5 Zhang Xiaoxiao 157
#6 Hong Xin 149
#7 Gamache Daniel A 148
#8 Yanni John M 141
#9 Schlueter Douglas C 133
#10 Smith Ronald T 130

Latest patents

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