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Applicants2015-02-04 16:32:232018-03-01
Top 25
This ranking shows the largest applicants1 at the EPO, indicating their country of origin2.
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7.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
1 719
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11.GENERAL ELECTRIC
1 372
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Source: EPO.
Status: 22.1.2018.
1 This is the ranking of the main consolidated applicants at the EPO in 2017 (first-named applicant principle). It is based
on European patent applications filed with the EPO, which include direct European applications and international (PCT) applications
that entered the European phase during the reporting period. Applications by identifiable subsidiaries, not necessarily located
in the same country, are allocated to the consolidated applicants.
2 The countries refer to the country of residence of the headquarters.
3 EPO states: the 38 member states of the European Patent Organisation, which includes the 28 states of the EU.
Top 50
This ranking shows the largest applicants1 at the EPO (first-named applicant principle). It indicates the total number of European applications filed with the EPO for
each and the split between direct European applications (Direct) and international (PCT) applications that entered the European
phase (PCT regional) during the reporting period.
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7.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
1 719
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11.GENERAL ELECTRIC
1 372
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32.MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC
579
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Source: EPO.
Status: 22.1.2018.
1 This is the ranking of main consolidated applicants at the EPO in 2017. It is based on European patent applications filed
with the EPO, which include direct European applications (Direct) and international (PCT) applications that entered the European
phase (PCT regional) during the reporting period. Applications made by subsidiaries are allocated to the consolidated applicants.
2 PCT applications that entered the European phase during the reporting period.
3 Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives.
4 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
5 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Shares in applications 1
A breakdown by category of applicants requesting services from the EPO shows that 69% of them were large companies, 24% were
SMEs and individual inventors, and 7% were universities and public research institutes. This shows that a significant proportion
of applicants at the EPO are smaller entities.
| 2017 |
2016 |
| Large enterprises
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69% |
66% |
| SMEs², individual inventors
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24% |
28% |
| Universities and public research
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7% |
6% |
Source: EPO.
Status: 22.1.2018.
1 The evaluation is based on a representative sample of patent applications treated by the EPO in 2016.
2 It refers to the European Commission definition of SMEs (2003/361/EC).
Data available in government and commercial databases as well as on company internet sites are analysed to allocate the applicant
to one of the four categories. Depending on the company policy, the cross-ownership criteria can be difficult to evaluate.
To ensure that the results remain statistically significant, no analysis per country or industrial sector is provided.
