SUNKIST GROWERS INC has a total of 520 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1948. It filed its patents most often in United States, Israel and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets machines, packaging and shipping and foods and drinks are GREEFS WAGEN CARROSSERIE, UNITEC SPA and MATERIEL ARBORICULTURE.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 126 | |
#2 | Israel | 48 | |
#3 | Australia | 42 | |
#4 | Spain | 35 | |
#5 | South Africa | 24 | |
#6 | Canada | 20 | |
#7 | Italy | 19 | |
#8 | Argentina | 18 | |
#9 | Brazil | 17 | |
#10 | Japan | 16 | |
#11 | Germany | 15 | |
#12 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 12 | |
#13 | France | 11 | |
#14 | India | 11 | |
#15 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 10 | |
#16 | Mexico | 10 | |
#17 | Netherlands | 10 | |
#18 | Egypt | 9 | |
#19 | United Kingdom | 9 | |
#20 | Morocco | 8 | |
#21 | Turkey | 8 | |
#22 | Greece | 7 | |
#23 | Republic of Korea | 7 | |
#24 | New Zealand | 5 | |
#25 | Denmark | 4 | |
#26 | Belgium | 3 | |
#27 | Switzerland | 3 | |
#28 | Taiwan | 3 | |
#29 | Chile | 2 | |
#30 | China | 2 | |
#31 | Colombia | 2 | |
#32 | Hong Kong | 1 | |
#33 | Sweden | 1 | |
#34 | Singapore | 1 | |
#35 | Uruguay | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Machines | |
#2 | Packaging and shipping | |
#3 | Foods and drinks | |
#4 | Agriculture | |
#5 | Textiles and paper | |
#6 | Macromolecular chemistry and polymers |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Transport or storage devices | |
#2 | Postal sorting | |
#3 | Unspecified technologies | |
#4 | Packaging | |
#5 | Treating harvested food | |
#6 | Foods | |
#7 | Unspecified technologies | |
#8 | Printing machines | |
#9 | Polysaccharides | |
#10 | Food preservation |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Heck Richard D | 38 |
#2 | Paddock Paul F | 38 |
#3 | Conway Tim D | 37 |
#4 | Affeldt Henry A | 36 |
#5 | Cramer Jerry W | 33 |
#6 | Paddock P | 28 |
#7 | Cramer J | 22 |
#8 | Sheffler James B | 21 |
#9 | Kirk William | 19 |
#10 | Swisher Horton E | 13 |
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WO2020231784A1 | Decay detection system | |
WO2010101866A1 | Food slicer | |
WO2009049202A1 | Method and apparatus for weighing fruit on a conveyor | |
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US2007252006A1 | Method and apparatus for non-invasive laser based labeling of plant products | |
US2005004824A1 | System and method for concurrent recording, using and recovering a multi-referenced data in a real-time control system for a plant product sorting system | |
US2005122524A1 | Method and apparatus for detecting damage in plant products | |
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WO03051143A1 | Method and apparatus for washing produce | |
US6205900B1 | Automatic sectionizer | |
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US6023852A | Drying apparatus for coated objects | |
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US6600829B1 | Computer process for controlling a system for sorting objects by surface characteristics | |
US6276510B1 | Conveyor link for monorail conveyor system | |
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US5787801A | Apparatus and method for coring and sectionizing fruit | |
US5611419A | Monorail conveyor system |