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Applicants2015-02-04 16:32:232019-03-04
Top 25
This ranking shows the largest applicants1 at the EPO, indicating their country of origin2.
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5.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
1 983
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23.MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC
655
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Source: EPO.
Status: 21.1.2019.
1 This is the ranking of the main consolidated applicants at the EPO in 2018 (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.
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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5.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
1 983
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23.MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC
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40.MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND5
512
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Source: EPO.
Status: 21.1.2019.
1 This is the ranking of the main consolidated applicants at the EPO in 2018 (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 PCT applications that entered the European phase during the reporting period.
3 Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives.
4 Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications.
5 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
6 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Shares in applications originating from Europe 1
A breakdown of applications originating from European countries shows that 71% of them were filed by large companies, 20% by SMEs and individual inventors, and 9% by universities and public research organisations. This shows that a significant proportion of applicants at the EPO are smaller entities.
| 2018 |
| Large enterprises |
71% |
| SMEs2, individual inventors |
20% |
| Universities and public research organisations3 |
9% |
Source: EPO.
1 This breakdown is based on a large representative sample of patent applications filed with the EPO in 2018 by applicants located in member states of the European Patent Organisation.
2 SMEs have been identified based on the European Commission definition of SMEs (2003/361/EC).
According to this definition, an SME is i) an independent company with ii) less than 250 staff and iii) a turnover below €50 million and/or a balance sheet below €43 million.
Detailed financial data and company ownership data from the BvD Orbis database have been used to enable a strict application of this definition.
3 This category includes technology transfer offices that while registered as corporate entities are clearly affiliated to a university or public research organisation.
