UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO CO innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United States	7
#2	EPO (European Patent Office)	4
#3	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	3
#4	African Regional Industrial Property Organization	2
#5	Brazil	2
#6	Canada	2
#7	China	2
#8	Argentina	1
#9	Australia	1
#10	Zimbabwe	1

#	Technology
#1	Tobacco
#2	Unspecified technologies
#3	Separating solids
#4	Horticulture
#5	Separating solids using liquids
#6	Unspecified technologies
#7	Perforating
#8	Measuring temperature

Publication	Filing date	Title
AP2014007519A0	2012-08-17	Tobacco production system
CN1759766A	2005-03-15	Be used to scan apparatus and method with sorting tobacco leaves
US2006201526A1	2005-03-14	Apparatus for controlling distribution of tobacco strip
CA2499853A1	2005-03-09	Apparatus and method for scanning and sorting tobacco leaves
US2004213323A1	2003-07-28	Packed product temperature measuring device
AU8712701A	2001-09-07	Method and apparatus for cutting the tie-leaf on bundled leaf tobacco
US6305552B1	2000-03-09	Apparatus for removing matter from tobacco stems
BR9404202A	1994-10-21	Apparatus and method for separating lighter particles, containing little or no stem, from tobacco particles contained in threshed tobacco leaves and apparatus and method for separating lighter particles from heavier particles
ZW14194A1	1994-10-20	Modular style multi-separator
EP0479549A2	1991-10-01	Apparatus for separating threshed leaf tobacco and method
US4640300A	1984-12-17	High-pressure water-jet stripping of tobacco
US4465194A	1982-12-23	Threshed tobacco lead separator