METAL BOX PLC innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United Kingdom	480
#2	EPO (European Patent Office)	202
#3	United States	144
#4	South Africa	122
#5	Australia	105
#6	Canada	79
#7	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	77
#8	Finland	65
#9	Norway	57
#10	Denmark	54
#11	Brazil	51
#12	Ireland	51
#13	New Zealand	44
#14	Japan	43
#15	India	38
#16	Greece	37
#17	Spain	33
#18	Portugal	30
#19	Singapore	30
#20	China	23
#21	Italy	21
#22	France	19
#23	Hong Kong	18
#24	Zimbabwe	16
#25	Hungary	14
#26	Taiwan	13
#27	Kenya	11
#28	Poland	11
#29	Germany	9
#30	Malaysia	9
#31	Turkey	8
#32	Argentina	7
#33	Mexico	7
#34	USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics)	7
#35	German Democratic Republic	6
#36	Croatia	6
#37	Republic of Korea	6
#38	Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	5
#39	Switzerland	4
#40	African Regional Industrial Property Organization	3
#41	Bulgaria	3
#42	Czechoslovakia	3
#43	Netherlands	3
#44	Philippines	3
#45	Zambia	3
#46	Monaco	2
#47	Belgium	1
#48	Czechia	1
#49	Egypt	1
#50	Israel	1
#51	Iceland	1
#52	Romania	1
#53	Russian Federation	1
#54	Sweden	1

#	Industry
#1	Machines
#2	Packaging and shipping
#3	Machine tools
#4	Surface technology and coating
#5	Measurement

#	Technology
#1	Containers for goods storage
#2	Punching metal
#3	Unspecified technologies
#4	Shaping of plastics
#5	Unspecified technologies
#6	Layered products
#7	Packaging
#8	Fillers
#9	Analysing materials
#10	Certain plastics

Publication	Filing date	Title
GB9800937D0	1998-01-17	Flange re-forming apparatus
GB9727444D0	1997-12-30	Press for can manufacture
GB9726606D0	1997-12-18	Can shaping
GB9726009D0	1997-12-10	Can base reforming
GB9725677D0	1997-12-05	Apparatus for use in forming can bodies
GB9724737D0	1997-11-25	Container
GB9724635D0	1997-11-21	Closures for pressurised products
GB9722898D0	1997-10-30	Vacuum closures
GB9722092D0	1997-10-21	Orientation of cans
GB9722071D0	1997-10-21	Can carrier
GB9721107D0	1997-10-07	Method and apparatus for forming features in cans
GB9719758D0	1997-09-18	Hinges For Tins
GB9719549D0	1997-09-16	Base forming
GB9718313D0	1997-08-30	Seaming of can ends
GB9717874D0	1997-08-23	Vacuum Closure
GB9717595D0	1997-08-21	Valves for packaging containers
GB9717225D0	1997-08-15	Closures for pressurised or pressurisable containers
GB9717241D0	1997-08-15	Easy open can ends
GB9714063D0	1997-07-04	Tab manufacture
GB9713271D0	1997-06-25	Vacuum closures