AMERICAN BRANDS has a total of 123 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1965. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Its main competitors in its focus markets consumer goods, packaging and shipping and machines are AHLSTROEM EURAPAK OY, MONDI CONSUMER PACKAGING TECH GMBH and FUTURE LABO CO LTD.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 19 | |
#2 | Canada | 15 | |
#3 | United Kingdom | 14 | |
#4 | Germany | 9 | |
#5 | Brazil | 7 | |
#6 | France | 7 | |
#7 | Ireland | 7 | |
#8 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 5 | |
#9 | Sweden | 5 | |
#10 | Italy | 4 | |
#11 | Japan | 4 | |
#12 | Netherlands | 4 | |
#13 | Australia | 3 | |
#14 | Spain | 3 | |
#15 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 3 | |
#16 | Argentina | 2 | |
#17 | Switzerland | 2 | |
#18 | Denmark | 2 | |
#19 | Austria | 1 | |
#20 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | |
#21 | Finland | 1 | |
#22 | India | 1 | |
#23 | Norway | 1 | |
#24 | Philippines | 1 | |
#25 | Romania | 1 | |
#26 | Turkey | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Consumer goods | |
#2 | Packaging and shipping | |
#3 | Machines | |
#4 | Surface technology and coating | |
#5 | Textiles and paper | |
#6 | Foods and drinks | |
#7 | Chemical engineering |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Tobacco | |
#2 | Unspecified technologies | |
#3 | Layered products | |
#4 | Containers for goods storage | |
#5 | Cigarettes | |
#6 | Packaging | |
#7 | Making paper containers | |
#8 | Machines for making cigarettes | |
#9 | Cocoa and sweets | |
#10 | Drying solid materials by removing liquid |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Glock Eugene | 10 |
#2 | Kelly James G | 8 |
#3 | Stant Vernon C | 6 |
#4 | Hibbitts Charles H | 5 |
#5 | Collier P R | 4 |
#6 | Cogbill Everett C | 4 |
#7 | Glock E | 4 |
#8 | Price Byron F | 3 |
#9 | Black James Harold | 3 |
#10 | Mclaughlin James L | 3 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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IE843183L | Chewing tobacco | |
US5092352A | Chewing tobacco product | |
US4505282A | Innerliner wrap for smoking articles | |
GB2118882A | Method and apparatus for perforating material | |
CA1188748A | Method and apparatus for perforating material using laser beam | |
US4407306A | Method for expanding tobacco with steam at high temperature and velocity | |
CA1168544A | Ventilated filter tip cigarette | |
IE811506L | Ventilated filter tip cigarette | |
EP0057201A1 | Ventilated filter tip cigarette. | |
US4327750A | Apparatus for increasing the filling capacity of tobacco | |
US4616664A | Tobacco product | |
US4310006A | Method and apparatus for expanding tobacco | |
US4319593A | Method for high consistency refining of tobacco for film casting | |
US4271852A | Method for increasing the filling capacity of tobacco | |
CA1094907A | Process for improving the smoking properties of reconstituted tobacco | |
US4161953A | Method of puffing tobacco tissue | |
US4253474A | Method for expanding tobacco | |
CA1047352A | Method and apparatus for increasing the filling capacity of shredded tobacco tissue | |
US4094323A | Smoking article and method | |
US4507535A | Method and apparatus for perforating material |