INT WATCH CO IWC innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	Germany	30
#2	EPO (European Patent Office)	20
#3	Japan	5
#4	Switzerland	3
#5	United States	3
#6	Portugal	2
#7	Greece	1
#8	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	1

#	Technology
#1	Mechanically-driven clocks
#2	Personal adornments
#3	Buttons, pins and buckles
#4	Electronic time-pieces
#5	Time-interval measuring
#6	Measuring distances
#7	Special measuring
#8	Machines for making clocks
#9	Tools for connecting or disengaging

Publication	Filing date	Title
DE19815072A1	1998-04-05	Display setting device for a watch
DE4318758C1	1993-06-05	Setting arrangement
CH685902B5	1992-08-20	Detent spring.
DE4209580A1	1992-03-25	Chronograph with double hands
DE4125427A1	1991-08-01	Elevator equipment
DE4125506A1	1991-08-01	Tool for dismantling links of watch strap - has guide chute in which strap can be aligned square to link connecting pin ejector punch
DE4120886A1	1991-06-25	Repeater watch with chime mechanism - has drive wheel attached to centrifugal governor via grip-roller coupling with free-wheeling and regulating gear-wheels
DE4107863A1	1991-03-12	CLOCK
DE4107862A1	1991-03-12	CLOCK
DE4012027A1	1990-04-13	REPEATING WATCH
DE4012012A1	1990-04-13	REPEATING WATCH
DE4012028A1	1990-04-13	REPEATING WATCH
DE4012011A1	1990-04-13	TENSION SPRING
DE4012059A1	1990-04-13	REPEATING WATCH
DE4012058A1	1990-04-13	Repeating clock mechanism with spring drive
DE4012026A1	1990-04-13	ANCHOR DEVICE
DE4012010A1	1990-04-13	REPEATING WATCH
DE4005242A1	1990-02-20	Winding device for timepiece striking mechanism - has slider displaced along outside of timepiece case and cooperating operating bolt
DE4005243A1	1990-02-20	PUSH BUTTON ARRANGEMENT
EP0360963A1	1989-04-08	Watch