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BALL CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    1,765
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    4,035
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 5.0%
About

BALL CORP has a total of 1,765 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 5.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1966. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets packaging and shipping, machines and machine tools are CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY INC, FRAZE ERMAL C and CROWN CORK & SEAL TECH CORP.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BALL CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Jacober Mark A 101
#2 Chasteen Howard C 96
#3 Nguyen Tuan A 46
#4 Siles John L 40
#5 Ross John R 39
#6 Scholes Addison B 36
#7 Munson Robert E 35
#8 Ellefson Dean C 35
#9 Bonfoey David J 34
#10 Scott Anthony J 34

Latest patents

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WO2020146713A1 Closed-loop feedback printing system
WO2020123291A1 Tapered metal cup and method of forming the same
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US2020147954A1 Metering roller for an ink station assembly of a decorator and a method of decorating a container with the decorator
US2020156139A1 Metallic container with a threaded closure
AU2019340257A1 Method and apparatus for controlling an operation performed on a continuous sheet of material
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AU2019209873A1 System and method for monitoring and adjusting a decorator for containers
CN110015485A End cap with big opening annular pulling-on piece
US2019112100A1 Tapered metal cup and method of forming the same
US2020276800A1 Container decoration apparatus and method
AU2018334311A1 Method and apparatus for embossing and debossing metallic containers
CA3074430A1 System and method of forming a metallic closure for a threaded container