KOLBENSCHMIDT AG innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	Germany	128
#2	EPO (European Patent Office)	65
#3	United States	54
#4	Japan	40
#5	Brazil	29
#6	Mexico	17
#7	Canada	13
#8	Portugal	10
#9	Spain	6
#10	France	6
#11	United Kingdom	6
#12	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	6
#13	Australia	5
#14	Czechia	5
#15	Turkey	5
#16	Denmark	3
#17	Republic of Korea	3
#18	Poland	3
#19	China	2
#20	Hungary	2
#21	Finland	1
#22	India	1

Patent filings per year

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Focus industries

#	Industry
#1	Engines, pumps and turbines
#2	Mechanical elements
#3	Transport
#4	Machines
#5	Macromolecular chemistry and polymers
#6	Materials and metallurgy

Focus technologies

#	Technology
#1	Shafts
#2	Unspecified technologies
#3	Special machines
#4	Cylinders for combustion engines
#5	Pistons and sealings
#6	Vehicle parts
#7	Motor vehicles
#8	Internal-combustion piston engines
#9	Compounding ingredients
#10	Alloys

Top inventors

#	Name	Total Patents
#1	Kreuzer Martin	78
#2	Bickle Wolfgang	61
#3	Baureis Hans-Paul	36
#4	Mielke Siegfried	25
#5	Pfestorf Harald	25
#6	Braus Juergen	19
#7	Mielke Siegfried Dr	19
#8	Schubert Werner	18
#9	Drefahl Klaus	17
#10	Mielke Siegfried Dipl Ing Dr	16

Latest patents

Publication	Filing date	Title
DE19710366C1	1997-03-13	Anodic pickling of copper-containing composite material
DE19702444A1	1997-01-24	Process for manufacturing flat bearing shells
DE19702445A1	1997-01-24	Process and tool for manufacturing flat bearing shells
DE19701085A1	1997-01-15	Casting engine piston using support ring
DE19653777A1	1996-12-21	Ready-to-install joint and method and device for its manufacture
DE19650930A1	1996-12-07	Pistons for internal combustion engines
DE19646777A1	1996-11-13	Bush forming bearing between shaft and surrounding workpiece
DE19636419A1	1996-09-07	Plain bearing shell or bushing and process for their manufacture
DE19630197A1	1996-07-26	Process for producing wear-resistant surfaces on components made of aluminum materials and device for carrying it out; Pistons for internal combustion engines
DE19603929A1	1996-02-03	Bush-shaped plain bearing element
DE19603589A1	1996-02-01	Pendulum shaft piston
DE19522756A1	1995-06-27	Reciprocating piston for IC engine
DE19519730A1	1995-06-02	Piston-connecting rod arrangement for internal combustion engines
DE19501416A1	1995-01-19	Forged or cast piston head of a multi-part piston
DE4447046A1	1994-12-29	Plain bearing
DE4435098A1	1994-09-30	Rolled bushing for plain bearings
DE4434801A1	1994-09-29	Plain bearing material
DE4411762A1	1994-04-06	Plain bearing material
DE4319867A1	1993-06-16	Multi-layer plain bearing material
DE4310658A1	1993-04-01	Electrical switching arrangement for an acoustic warning device