Germany Patenting Trends For 2016-17
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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:
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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