MEAD CORP innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United States	1,419
#2	Canada	757
#3	United Kingdom	656
#4	Japan	456
#5	EPO (European Patent Office)	414
#6	Australia	363
#7	Germany	280
#8	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	265
#9	France	248
#10	Brazil	192
#11	Mexico	128
#12	South Africa	126
#13	Netherlands	106
#14	Spain	94
#15	Italy	94
#16	Sweden	87
#17	New Zealand	86
#18	Switzerland	81
#19	Belgium	75
#20	China	74
#21	Norway	70
#22	Israel	66
#23	Argentina	63
#24	Denmark	62
#25	Hong Kong	57
#26	Finland	55
#27	Austria	54
#28	Republic of Korea	53
#29	Poland	45
#30	Czechia	44
#31	Hungary	39
#32	Slovakia	32
#33	Philippines	25
#34	Taiwan	25
#35	Singapore	21
#36	Russian Federation	17
#37	India	14
#38	Turkey	14
#39	Ireland	13
#40	Morocco	13
#41	Colombia	12
#42	Portugal	11
#43	Egypt	9
#44	Malaysia	9
#45	Peru	8
#46	Estonia	7
#47	USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics)	7
#48	Indonesia	6
#49	Romania	6
#50	Cyprus	5
#51	Bulgaria	4
#52	Greece	4
#53	Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	4
#54	Ecuador	3
#55	African Intellectual Property Organization	3
#56	Ukraine	3
#57	Tunisia	2
#58	Uruguay	2
#59	African Regional Industrial Property Organization	1
#60	Czechoslovakia	1
#61	German Democratic Republic	1
#62	Algeria	1
#63	Honduras	1

#	Technology
#1	Containers for goods storage
#2	Packaging
#3	Unspecified technologies
#4	Typewriters
#5	Unspecified technologies
#6	Photomechanical semiconductor production
#7	Printing processes
#8	Paper coating
#9	Making paper containers
#10	Television

Publication	Filing date	Title
JP2006327646A	2005-05-27	Holder
JP2005350105A	2004-06-10	Carton and package
JP2005329967A	2004-05-19	Carton blank
JP2005255207A	2004-03-11	Carton and packaging body
JP2005255208A	2004-03-11	Package and article carrier
GB0303035D0	2003-02-06	Box forming mechanism & method
GB0300438D0	2003-01-09	Tray container and blank
GB0228902D0	2002-12-11	Article aligning apparatus
GB0225355D0	2002-10-31	Carton insert and packaged carton
GB0225017D0	2002-10-28	A tray container & blank
JP2004099054A	2002-09-05	Carton and carton blank
GB0215268D0	2002-07-02	Carton and carton blank
GB0214745D0	2002-06-26	Carton and carton blank
GB0214819D0	2002-06-26	Carton and blank therefor
GB0213980D0	2002-06-18	Carton and carton blank
GB0213709D0	2002-06-14	Carton and blank therefor
JP2004017970A	2002-06-12	Carton
WO02094677A1	2002-05-16	Carton convertible into compartmented container
GB0207090D0	2002-03-26	Article carrier with integral bottle label
GB0206565D0	2002-03-20	Basket carrier for bottles and blank therefor