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BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD

Overview
  • Total Patents
    957
About

BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD has a total of 957 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1959. It filed its patents most often in United Kingdom, France and Germany. Its main competitors in its focus markets transport, civil engineering and electrical machinery and energy are DEUTSCHE BUNDESBAHN, MANSFIELD GEORGE L and SMITH ALBERT JAMES.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARDs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Waters John Murray 18
#2 Birkin M 15
#3 Birkin Michael S 15
#4 Birkin Michael Sambrook 15
#5 Tustin Arnold 14
#6 Birkin M S 13
#7 Sutton Malcolm Stuart 13
#8 Linder Derek 12
#9 Ogilvy Harry Heggie 11
#10 Illingworth Robert 11

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
GB9611017D0 Apparatus and method for monitoring the operation of electrically driven machinery
GB9410811D0 Improvements relating to railway signalling systems
GB9324420D0 Rail cleaning unit
AU5569694A Methods of railway track maintenance
GB9301673D0 Noise attenuating system for railway vehicles
GB9211901D0 Methods of railway track maintenance
GB9127459D0 Track occupation warning system
GB9019110D0 Improvements in or relating to cleaning devices
GB9019105D0 Improvements in or relating to material laying devices
GB9003562D0 Improvements relating to railway track maintenance
GB8926060D0 Improvements in railway signalling system
GB8926059D0 Improvements in railway signalling systems
GB8919329D0 Improvements relating to railway track
GB8908078D0 Improvements in railway signalling systems
GB8804971D0 Pneumatic transfer of particulate material
GB8718552D0 Track to train communications systems
GB8718550D0 Pneumatic transfer of particulate material
GB8706591D0 A railway switch
GB8705392D0 Sand boxes
GB8704696D0 Determination of water in oil