AMF INC innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United States	484
#2	Canada	304
#3	United Kingdom	284
#4	Germany	211
#5	Japan	125
#6	France	121
#7	Italy	67
#8	Brazil	62
#9	Australia	58
#10	EPO (European Patent Office)	45
#11	Sweden	35
#12	Denmark	29
#13	Netherlands	27
#14	Switzerland	22
#15	South Africa	21
#16	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	19
#17	Spain	11
#18	Belgium	9
#19	Mexico	8
#20	Norway	7
#21	Austria	6
#22	Republic of Korea	6
#23	Ireland	4
#24	Israel	4
#25	Argentina	3
#26	Zimbabwe	2
#27	Hong Kong	1
#28	Iceland	1
#29	Luxembourg	1
#30	New Zealand	1
#31	USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics)	1

#	Industry
#1	Consumer goods
#2	Machines
#3	Packaging and shipping
#4	Chemical engineering
#5	Measurement
#6	Electrical machinery and energy
#7	Textiles and paper

#	Technology
#1	Tobacco
#2	Machines for making cigarettes
#3	Separation
#4	Unspecified technologies
#5	Analysing materials
#6	Unspecified technologies
#7	Electric switches
#8	Sewing
#9	Packaging
#10	Transport or storage devices

#	Name	Total Patents
#1	Hou Kenneth C	64
#2	Ostreicher Eugene A	38
#3	Fiore Joseph V	36
#4	Schmidt Otto K	19
#5	Neville Richard Ernest Gartsid	19
#6	Gianese Goffredo	19
#7	Neville Richard E G	19
#8	Jung Wilhelm H	16
#9	Cristiani A	16
#10	Hollenton Frank	16

Publication	Filing date	Title
CA1254380A	1988-03-31	Thread measurement tool
DK530786A	1986-11-06	Coherent, complete tobacco sheet and procedure for its manufacturing
US4672750A	1986-07-31	Thread measurement tool
GB8614366D0	1986-06-12	Decompression process
US4720909A	1986-02-18	Method of manufacturing miniature power switching relays
GB8528002D0	1985-11-13	Tobacco block slicing machine
GB8524182D0	1985-10-01	Rotary cylinder drier
JPS61141719A	1985-08-13	Modified polypeptide supporter
JPS61103502A	1985-07-16	Separating matrix of denatured cellulose
US4698953A	1985-07-11	Bag filling apparatus
EP0172630A1	1985-06-27	Sewing machine attachment
US4600909A	1985-05-20	Bifurcated contact arm in a miniature relay
KR920007851B1	1985-04-10	Chromatography seperating tube
US4579698A	1985-02-12	Process for producing a microporous polymeric filter membrane with adjacent non-porous edge layers and a pleated filter element formed from the membrane
CA1239015A	1985-01-21	Thread measurement tool
US4634124A	1985-01-04	Vibration damped sports racquet
WO8503012A1	1984-12-21	Charge modified microporous hollow tubes
AU3662184A	1984-12-13	Methods of mounting and using relays
US4596660A	1984-11-30	Fibrous media containing millimicron-sized particulates
US4640511A	1984-11-29	Bowling ball return mechanism