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.

Source: EPO.
Status: 29.1.2024.
¹ This is the ranking of main consolidated applicants at the EPO in 2023 (first-named applicant principle). 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 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 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.
⁴ Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications
⁵ Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
⁶ Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.