PILKINGTON BROTHERS LTD innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United Kingdom	544
#2	United States	464
#3	Canada	463
#4	France	446
#5	Germany	412
#6	Spain	331
#7	Ireland	132
#8	Sweden	125
#9	South Africa	115
#10	Netherlands	107
#11	Austria	103
#12	Denmark	100
#13	Switzerland	99
#14	Belgium	90
#15	Finland	90
#16	Australia	87
#17	Brazil	80
#18	Italy	78
#19	Japan	73
#20	Argentina	68
#21	Norway	59
#22	Turkey	42
#23	Israel	37
#24	Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	34
#25	Czechoslovakia	32
#26	USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics)	29
#27	New Zealand	22
#28	Republic of Korea	21
#29	India	20
#30	Zambia	17
#31	Romania	16
#32	German Democratic Republic	15
#33	Portugal	13
#34	Greece	12
#35	Poland	12
#36	African Intellectual Property Organization	11
#37	Egypt	10
#38	Philippines	10
#39	Hungary	6
#40	Luxembourg	6
#41	Cuba	4
#42	EPO (European Patent Office)	4
#43	Mexico	4
#44	Bulgaria	3
#45	Hong Kong	3
#46	Zimbabwe	3
#47	China	2
#48	Kenya	2
#49	Malaysia	2
#50	Malawi	1

#	Technology
#1	Manufacturing processes
#2	Treatment of glass
#3	Unspecified technologies
#4	Climate change mitigation in goods production
#5	Grinding or polishing devices
#6	Transport or storage devices
#7	Building materials
#8	Unspecified technologies
#9	Chemical or physical processes
#10	Doors and windows

Publication	Filing date	Title
IE871171L	1987-05-11	Photochromic articles.
CN1026779C	1985-09-02	Coated products
JPS60236896A	1985-04-17	Window panel
JPS60247554A	1985-04-03	Shock-resistant laminate
IE850783L	1985-03-27	I.r. reflective glass
MY8300248A	1983-12-30	Improvements in or relating to the thermal treatment of glass
US4372774A	1981-07-21	Thermal treatment of glass
FI812164L	1981-07-09	Cementsammansaettning innehaollande glasfibrer saosom foerstaerkningsmaterial
GB2094383A	1981-02-17	Double glazing
GB2092627A	1981-02-06	Apparatus for separating and feeding chopped fibres
IE810159L	1981-01-28	Alkali resistant glass fibres and cementitious products reinforced with such glass fibres
ZA8100161B	1981-01-12	Optical glass fibres and methods of forming such fibres
GB2067986A	1980-12-19	Optical glass fibre and methodsa of forming such fibres
IE802088L	1980-10-08	Treating articles with particulate material
GB2059943A	1980-09-30	Photochromic glasses
BR8006255A	1980-09-30	Photochromic aluminum phosphate glass
ZA8004906B	1980-08-12	Structural glass assemblies
BR8004828A	1980-07-31	Process to produce a photochromic glass and photochromic glass obtained
GB2055793A	1980-07-25	Method of preparing photochromic glass
US4343116A	1980-07-15	Processes for finishing glass surfaces