A file variety of patents have been filed on the European Patent Workplace (EPO) in 2022, a 2.5 per cent rise on the 12 months earlier than.
Regardless of world financial uncertainties, the EPO reported 193,460 functions have been made, with 83,955 functions made by corporations and inventors from EPO member states. These member states embrace each European Union nation.
The highest 5 EU international locations with probably the most innovations in 2022 have been Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy.
Worldwide, the US had probably the most EPO functions, with greater than 48,000, with Germany and Japan coming second and third respectively.
China got here fourth within the total record forward of France in fifth.
The UK got here in ninth place, beneath the Netherlands (eighth) however above Sweden (tenth) and Italy (eleventh).
With 11.2 per cent extra functions than in 2021, these associated to digital communications have been as soon as once more the sphere with the very best quantity.
This was adopted carefully by medical know-how, after which pc know-how.
The quickest rising space was electrical equipment, equipment, and vitality, a discipline that features innovations associated to wash vitality. This was pushed partly by the growth in battery applied sciences.
"On the subject of the promise of inexperienced innovation, there was strong, sustained development in filings associated to wash vitality applied sciences and different signifies that create, switch and retailer electrical energy," mentioned EPO President António Campinos.
"It’s this ongoing growth that's navigating the vitality transition. Innovators are additionally working in direction of a better future, because the fourth industrial revolution takes maintain of our lives, sectors, and industries – and spreads far into different areas from transport to healthcare.
"We will see this within the relentless development in patent functions in digital applied sciences and semiconductors".
European corporations had the largest share of functions in seven of the highest 10 know-how fields in 2022, main in all sectors apart from digital communication, pc know-how and prescribed drugs, the place the US led.
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