VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE CO innovation strategy

Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United States	148
#2	EPO (European Patent Office)	123
#3	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	113
#4	Canada	89
#5	Brazil	79
#6	Australia	75
#7	China	71
#8	Mexico	60
#9	Taiwan	59
#10	Argentina	55
#11	South Africa	53
#12	Republic of Korea	41
#13	Ukraine	37
#14	Poland	30
#15	Czechia	23
#16	United Kingdom	21
#17	Slovakia	20
#18	Germany	13
#19	Japan	12
#20	Malaysia	11
#21	New Zealand	10
#22	EAPO (Eurasian Patent Organization)	9
#23	France	8
#24	Hungary	8
#25	Norway	8
#26	Belgium	7
#27	Chile	7
#28	Austria	6
#29	Morocco	6
#30	Colombia	2
#31	Cuba	2
#32	Egypt	2
#33	India	2
#34	Serbia	2
#35	Algeria	1
#36	Spain	1
#37	Gulf Cooperation Council	1
#38	Croatia	1
#39	Israel	1
#40	Philippines	1
#41	Romania	1
#42	Saudi Arabia	1
#43	Sweden	1
#44	Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	1

Patent filings per year

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Focus industries

#	Industry
#1	Materials and metallurgy
#2	Machines
#3	Thermal processes
#4	Surface technology and coating
#5	Measurement

Focus technologies

#	Technology
#1	Casting metal
#2	Building materials
#3	Unspecified technologies
#4	Details of furnaces
#5	Pig-iron processing
#6	Manufacturing processes
#7	Treatment of glass
#8	Single-crystal-growth
#9	Measuring temperature
#10	Furnaces

Top inventors

#	Name	Total Patents
#1	Hanse Eric	92
#2	Richaud Johan	80
#3	Rancoule Gilbert	80
#4	Boisdequin Vincent	64
#5	Xu Dong	55
#6	Richard Francois-Noel	53
#7	Dorricott James	53
#8	Janssen Dominique	50
#9	Heaslip Lawrence J	47
#10	Guillo Philippe	42

Latest patents

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KR20160136340A	2015-01-21	Blast furnace hearth repair material
WO2015067735A1	2014-11-07	Nozzle for casting metal beams
MX2015016794A	2014-05-05	Lead retaining purge plug.
TW201441177A	2014-03-11	Zirconia based coating for refractory elements and refractory element comprising such coating
TW201402521A	2013-06-03	High-temperature non-wetting refractory additive system
AU2013263357A1	2013-03-15	Purge plug
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BR112014010683A2	2012-11-02	refractory purge device, and to blow gas into a metallurgical vessel, metallurgical vessel, molding tool, method for manufacturing a refractory purge device, and process for producing a gas purge plug
TW201330952A	2012-11-01	Gas purging plug for metal casting vessel comprising anti-clogging system and method for the production thereof