Patents
Patent applications at the DPMA (Consolidated figures for the years 2002 and 2003)
| Year |
Applications |
| 2002 |
59,082 |
| 2003 |
59,182 |
| 2004 |
59,234 |
| 2005 |
60,222 |
| 2006 |
60,585 |
| 2007 |
60,992 |
| 2008 |
62,417 |
| 2009 |
59,583 |
| 2010 |
59,245 |
The 10 most active patent applicants at the German Patent and trade Mark Office (number of direct applications in 2010)
|
Applicant |
Seat |
Published patent documents |
| 1 |
Robert Bosch GmbH |
Germany |
3,477 |
| 2 |
Daimler AG |
Germany |
1,917 |
| 3 |
Siemens AG |
Germany |
1,654 |
| 4 |
GM Global Technology Operations Inc. |
USA |
1,540 |
| 5 |
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG |
Germany |
1,249 |
| 6 |
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH |
Germany |
931 |
| 7 |
Volkswagen AG |
Germany |
664 |
| 8 |
ZF Friedrichshafen AG |
Germany |
629 |
| 9 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG |
Germany |
602 |
| 10 |
Audi AG |
Germany |
597 |
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Patent applications by German Laender 2010
Patent applications by German Laender 2010
| German Laender |
Applications |
Proportional share in % |
Applications per 100.000 inhabitants |
| Baden-Württemberg |
14,813 |
31.5 |
138 |
| Bavaria |
12,969 |
27.6 |
104 |
| North-Rhine/Westphalia |
7,506 |
16.0 |
42 |
| Lower Saxony |
2,940 |
6.2 |
37 |
| Hesse |
2,411 |
5.1 |
40 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate |
1,182 |
2.5 |
29 |
| Saxony |
1,136 |
2.4 |
27 |
| Hamburg |
905 |
1.9 |
51 |
| Berlin |
903 |
1.9 |
26 |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
561 |
1.2 |
20 |
| Thuringia |
546 |
1.2 |
24 |
| Saxony-Anhalt |
312 |
0.7 |
13 |
| Brandenburg |
301 |
0.6 |
12 |
| Saarland |
259 |
0.6 |
25 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
155 |
0.3 |
9 |
| Bremen |
148 |
0.3 |
22 |
| Total |
47,047 |
100 |
Ø 58 |
Patent applications by IPC classes
| IPC class |
Applications in 2009 |
Applications in 2010 |
| B60 Vehicles in general |
5,343 |
5,600 |
| F16 Engineering elements or units |
4,692 |
4,730 |
| G01 Measuring, testing |
3,603 |
3,597 |
| H01 Basic electric elements |
3,681 |
3,540 |
| A61 Medical or veterinary science; hygiene |
2,682 |
2,523 |
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