Germany Patenting Trends For 2016-17

GRANTED PATENTS

  • Patent    Grants – 16001

TOP COMPANIES (RESIDENT)

  • Volkswagen Ag – 1030
  • Robert Bosch Gmbh – 518
  • Siemens Ag – 335
  • Continental Ag – 289
  • Infineon Technology Ag – 238

TOP COMPANIES (FOREIGN)

  • Toyota Group – 583
  • General Motors Corp – 520
  • Mitsubishi Group – 230
  • Ford Motor Co – 120
  • LG Corp – 118

TOP UNIVERSITIES

  • Technische Universität Dresden – 40
  • Universitat Stuttgart – 16
  • Tu Bergakademie Freiberg – 11
  • Leibniz University Of Hanover – 9
  • Technische Universitat Iimenau – 9

TOP 5 CPCs

  • Y02T – 819 – Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related To Transportation
  • H01L – 773 – Semiconductor Devices
  • Y10T – 764 – General Tagging Of New Technological Developments
  • F16H – 650 – Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Elements, Gearing
  • B60R – 621 – Vehicle, Vehicle Fittings, Vehicle Parts

APPLICATIONS FILED

  • Filed – 68661*
*estimated number of applications

TOP APPLICANTS BY APPLICATIONS

  • Robert Bosch Gmbh – 4487
  • Volkswagen Ag – 3582
  • Toyota Group – 2426
  • Schaeffler Technology Ag – 2182
  • Daimler Ag – 2075
  • Ford Motor Co – 2044
  • Siemens Ag – 1823
  • Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag – 1524
  • General Motors Corp – 1507
  • Continental Ag – 1397

GRANTED UTILITY MODELS

  • Granted Utility Model – 12301

TOP APPLICANTS (RESIDENT)

  • EBM Papst Group – 70
  • Rehau Ag & Co – 59
  • Siemens Ag – 42
  • Robert Bosch Gmbh – 39
  • Sick Ag – 38

TOP APPLICANTS (FOREIGN)

  • Alphabet Inc – 531
  • Ford Motor Co – 357
  • General Motors Corp – 123
  • Apple Inc – 67
  • Zumtobel Ag – 63

TOP 5 CPCs

  • G06F – 426 – Electrical Digital Data Processing
  • B60r – 174 – Vehicle, Vehicle Fittings, Vehicle Parts
  • H04l – 132 – Transmission Of Digital Information
  • F21s – 116 – Non-Portable Lighting Devices
  • F21v – 111 – Functional Features Or Details Of Lighting Devices Or Systems

TRENDS ACROSS ALL GRANTS

APPLICANT TYPES

  • Firm – 69240
  • Individual – 4083
  • University – 954
  • Government – 58
  • Hospital – 25

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Mechanical Engineering – 14018
  • Electrical Engineering – 6758
  • Instruments – 5119
  • Transport – 4745
  • Chemistry – 3311

TOP AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES

  • Volkswagen Ag – 1033
  • Robert Bosch Gmbh – 557
  • Schaeffler Group – 397
  • Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag – 120
  • Daimler Ag – 55

TOP INDUSTRIES

  • Motor Vehicles – 4936
  • General Purpose Machinery – 3316
  • Other General Purpose Machinery – 2148
  • Other Special Purpose Machinery – 1974
  • Medical And Dental Instruments And Supplies – 1720
  • Metal Forming Machinery And Machine Tools – 1668
  • Electronic Components And Boards – 1624
  • Communication Equipment – 1597
  • Domestic Appliances – 1417
  • Other Manufacturing – 1229

INVENTIONS ORIGINATING FROM

  • Germany – DE – 21246
  • United States – US – 2722
  • Japan – JP – 2111
  • China – CN – 521
  • Korea – KR – 337
  • Taiwan – TW – 282
  • Europe – EP – 182
  • Austria – AT – 158
  • Italy – IT – 114
  • France – FR – 110

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