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.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 549 | |
#2 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 201 | |
#3 | Canada | 168 | |
#4 | Australia | 126 | |
#5 | Japan | 113 | |
#6 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 102 | |
#7 | Mexico | 90 | |
#8 | Brazil | 84 | |
#9 | China | 60 | |
#10 | Germany | 39 | |
#11 | United Kingdom | 36 | |
#12 | France | 32 | |
#13 | Israel | 21 | |
#14 | Spain | 15 | |
#15 | Italy | 14 | |
#16 | Netherlands | 12 | |
#17 | Russian Federation | 11 | |
#18 | Chile | 9 | |
#19 | South Africa | 9 | |
#20 | Poland | 8 | |
#21 | Switzerland | 7 | |
#22 | Republic of Korea | 7 | |
#23 | Sweden | 7 | |
#24 | Taiwan | 7 | |
#25 | Argentina | 6 | |
#26 | Belgium | 6 | |
#27 | New Zealand | 5 | |
#28 | Hong Kong | 4 | |
#29 | Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) | 3 | |
#30 | Austria | 2 | |
#31 | Colombia | 2 | |
#32 | Costa Rica | 1 | |
#33 | Czechia | 1 | |
#34 | Denmark | 1 | |
#35 | India | 1 | |
#36 | Luxembourg | 1 | |
#37 | Norway | 1 | |
#38 | Peru | 1 | |
#39 | Serbia | 1 | |
#40 | USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics) | 1 | |
#41 | Ukraine | 1 |
# | Industry | |
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#1 | Packaging and shipping | |
#2 | Machines | |
#3 | Machine tools | |
#4 | Telecommunications | |
#5 | Measurement | |
#6 | Textiles and paper |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Containers for goods storage | |
#2 | Punching metal | |
#3 | Antennas | |
#4 | Unspecified technologies | |
#5 | Unspecified technologies | |
#6 | Analysing materials | |
#7 | Printing machines | |
#8 | Manufacturing processes | |
#9 | Spraying devices | |
#10 | Shaping of plastics |
# | 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 |
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