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AGFA AG

Overview
  • Total Patents
    4,277
About

AGFA AG has a total of 4,277 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1900. It filed its patents most often in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Its main competitors in its focus markets optics, organic fine chemistry and basic materials chemistry are KODAK SA, AGFA GEVAERT AG and ADOX FOTOWERKE SCHLEUSSNER DR.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing AGFA AGs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 Germany 1,028
#2 France 763
#3 United Kingdom 641
#4 United States 577
#5 Switzerland 538
#6 Austria 534
#7 Canada 107
#8 Belgium 66
#9 Denmark 11
#10 Spain 4
#11 Italy 4
#12 Netherlands 2
#13 Finland 1
#14 Sweden 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing AGFA AGs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Winkler Alfred 82
#2 Alfred Winkler 69
#3 Weyde Edith 58
#4 Ulrich Hans 51
#5 Gerd Kiper 51
#6 Wahl Ottmar Dr 49
#7 Haydn Hildegard 49
#8 Kiper Dr-Ing Gerd 41
#9 Konig Anita Von 40
#10 Weyde Edith Dr 39

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US5776667A Color photographic recording material having a yellow filter layer which contains an arylidene dye of isoxazolone as the yellow filter dye
DE3004717A1 DEVICE FOR ELECTRONICALLY SCANNING RECORDING OBJECTS
DE2930701A1 Copy lifting aid for photocopier - has double wire corona electrode to remove residual charge
DE2913217A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING SEVERAL LAYERS TO MOVING OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR LANES
US3692391A Projector for use with containers for motion picture film
US3598993A Imaging apparatus using a magnetizable printing ink with a temperature dependent magnetic permeability
US3539130A Magazine for roll film
GB1211475A Optical illumination system for photographic colour printing apparatus
DE1291189B Lighting device, especially for microfilm recorders
US3318215A Flash-exposure structure for cameras
GB1065137A Photographic camera
GB1091295A Improvements in and relating to the manufacture of light meters,especially exposure meters
US3370546A Selective printing machine employing magnetic fields
US3441347A Apparatus for producing reflex copies
DE1291193B Cinematographic or photographic camera with a diaphragm controlled by means of an exposure meter
GB1088915A Photographic camera with an exposure regulating device
DE1283672B Process for increasing the general sensitivity of photographic silver halide emulsions and photographic materials for carrying out the process
GB1098244A Improvements in and relating to photographic cameras and film cartridges for use therein
GB1089035A Apparatus for the controlled delivery of liquids
US3378554A Dicarbonyl-dihydrazones