CIBA GEIGY innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	Switzerland	6,274
#2	France	3,455
#3	Spain	2,938
#4	Germany	2,749
#5	Belgium	1,904
#6	Austria	1,815
#7	Netherlands	1,052
#8	South Africa	836
#9	Israel	695
#10	Denmark	593
#11	USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics)	414
#12	Brazil	413
#13	Australia	403
#14	Japan	277
#15	United Kingdom	256
#16	Sweden	240
#17	Argentina	197
#18	Italy	162
#19	Greece	156
#20	Finland	145
#21	African Intellectual Property Organization	138
#22	Ireland	109
#23	Taiwan	105
#24	Russian Federation	94
#25	Republic of Korea	88
#26	Canada	68
#27	Hong Kong	67
#28	Singapore	57
#29	Norway	50
#30	New Zealand	48
#31	United States	47
#32	German Democratic Republic	40
#33	Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	35
#34	Romania	34
#35	Philippines	26
#36	Egypt	23
#37	Cyprus	18
#38	Malaysia	18
#39	EPO (European Patent Office)	17
#40	Mexico	16
#41	Turkey	16
#42	Kenya	15
#43	China	12
#44	Czechoslovakia	12
#45	India	11
#46	Dominican Republic	9
#47	Hungary	9
#48	Malta	7
#49	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	7
#50	Tunisia	5
#51	Cuba	4
#52	Czechia	4
#53	Poland	3
#54	Bulgaria	2
#55	Algeria	2
#56	Zambia	2
#57	Colombia	1
#58	Luxembourg	1
#59	Latvia	1
#60	Monaco	1
#61	Zimbabwe	1

#	Industry
#1	Organic fine chemistry
#2	Basic materials chemistry
#3	Macromolecular chemistry and polymers
#4	Pharmaceuticals
#5	Machines
#6	Textiles and paper

#	Technology
#1	Heterocyclic compounds
#2	Pigments
#3	Acyclic or carbocyclic compounds
#4	Medical preparations
#5	Preservation of human bodies
#6	Special macromolecular compounds
#7	Unspecified technologies
#8	Dyeing textiles
#9	Compounding ingredients
#10	Special acyclic compounds

Publication	Filing date	Title
GB9706110D0	1997-03-25	Compounds
GB9702978D0	1997-02-13	Compounds
GB9702871D0	1997-02-12	Curable compositions
ZA9610046B	1996-11-29	Process for preparing 2-chlorothiazole compounds
US6376234B1	1996-10-28	Method of inserting viral DNA into plant material
FI964117A0	1996-10-14	Process for the preparation of novel 1-acylpiperidine compounds
ZA9606873B	1996-08-14	Pesticidal compositions.
GB9615684D0	1996-07-25	Expression of toxic protein
ZA9605723B	1996-07-05	Pyrrolopyrimidines and process for the preparation thereof
AU6358296A	1996-06-20	Polysilanes
ZA9605081B	1996-06-14	Microbicidal compositions
AU5686896A	1996-04-09	Puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidases
ZA9510827B	1995-12-20	Oligonucleotide-dendrimer conjugates
ZA9508782B	1995-10-18	Antiviral ethers of aspartate protease substrate isosteres
ZA9508488B	1995-10-09	Composition for ophthalmic use
ZA9508121B	1995-09-27	Novel pesticidal proteins and strains
IL115333D0	1995-09-18	Novel rhodium-containing compound
ZA9507307B	1995-08-31	Oxa- or thia-aliphatically bridged quinoxaline-2,3-diones
IL114441D0	1995-07-04	Herbicides and their preparation
ZA9503542B	1995-05-03	Microbicides