GREAT LAKES CARBON CORP innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United States	248
#2	Canada	82
#3	United Kingdom	80
#4	Germany	59
#5	France	57
#6	Spain	39
#7	EPO (European Patent Office)	23
#8	Switzerland	21
#9	Austria	20
#10	Brazil	19
#11	Australia	17
#12	Japan	16
#13	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	16
#14	Sweden	15
#15	Norway	12
#16	Italy	9
#17	Argentina	8
#18	Belgium	6
#19	South Africa	6
#20	Denmark	4
#21	India	4
#22	Hungary	2
#23	Republic of Korea	2
#24	Mexico	2
#25	Finland	1
#26	Greece	1
#27	Netherlands	1
#28	New Zealand	1
#29	Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	1

#	Industry
#1	Materials and metallurgy
#2	Machines
#3	Electrical machinery and energy
#4	Basic materials chemistry
#5	Environmental technology
#6	Surface technology and coating
#7	Textiles and paper

#	Technology
#1	Building materials
#2	Special electric heating or lighting
#3	Unspecified technologies
#4	Non-metallic elements
#5	Unspecified technologies
#6	Climate change mitigation in goods production
#7	Gas, coke and tar production
#8	Electrolytic metal production
#9	Fuels
#10	Artificial filament production devices

Publication	Filing date	Title
US4977576A	1989-04-10	Safety flow stopper for water-cooled electrode
US4891279A	1988-04-11	Fuel cell plate separator
US4782586A	1988-03-23	Process for the production of a porous monolithic graphite plate
EP0218141A1	1986-09-23	Scalloped nipple for water-cooled electrodes
US4626333A	1986-01-28	Anode assembly for molten salt electrolysis
US4802188A	1985-09-26	Water trap manifold for water cooled electrodes
US4617053A	1985-09-20	Metal reinforced porous refractory hard metal bodies
US4728535A	1985-06-07	Method of manufacturing thin carbon products
US4611396A	1985-04-15	Fuel cell plate separator
ES8608767A1	1985-03-18	A liquid-cooled electrode for using in an electric arc furnace
ZA8500773B	1985-01-31	Composite electrode for arc furnace
IT8519302D0	1985-01-30	Composite graphite electrode for arc furnaces
EP0169886A1	1985-01-11	Tape winding machine
US4530853A	1984-06-06	Non-conducting oxidation retardant coating composition for carbon and graphite
US4529494A	1984-05-17	Bipolar electrode for Hall-Heroult electrolysis
JPS59232905A	1984-05-15	Manufacture of carbon product
IT8420352D0	1984-04-02	Fibre-reinforced polyester resin contg. amino-substd. acrylamide
AU2696984A	1984-03-09	Method and apparatus for thermal oxidative stabilization of organic fibers
AU2697684A	1984-03-01	Anode assembly for molten salt electrolysis
US4500401A	1983-12-27	Anode retraction device for a Hall-Heroult cell equipped with inert anodes