| # | Country | Total Patents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | United States | 26 |
| # | Industry | |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Packaging and shipping | |
| #2 | Consumer goods | |
| #3 | Machines | |
| #4 | Machine tools | |
| #5 | Computer technology |
| # | Technology | |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Packaging | |
| #2 | Machines for making cigarettes | |
| #3 | Unspecified technologies | |
| #4 | Unspecified technologies | |
| #5 | Tobacco | |
| #6 | Cutting | |
| #7 | Labelling machines | |
| #8 | Static stores | |
| #9 | Transport or storage devices | |
| #10 | Shaping of plastics |
| # | Name | Total Patents |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alfred Schmermund | 26 |
| #2 | Siegfried Knecht | 1 |
| #3 | Erich Beermann | 1 |
| Publication | Filing date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| US3209514A | Machine for packing block-like articles such as cigarette blocks | |
| US3274389A | Electric impulse storing devices and packaging machines comprising such devices | |
| US3253387A | Packing machines | |
| US3239085A | Feeding devices | |
| US3192389A | Photoelectric feeler alignment device for checking packs of elongated articles | |
| US3040862A | Packing machines | |
| US3127971A | Device for the controlled feeding of cigarettes or similar rod-shaped articles | |
| US3236027A | Packaging machines | |
| US3144063A | Cutting machine | |
| US3106282A | Machines for handling cigarettes |