Patent trends and activities from Germany(DE) for the year 2016-17, based on data from PatSeer Patent database platform.
**The info graphics covers publication from 1st October 2016 – 30th September 2017. The statistics are as follows:

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