Unpacked: the patent filings 2013 at the European Patent Office (EPO)
Patent filings at the EPO grew by 2.8% in 2013 and hit another all-time high. The EPO received 266,000 patent filings, compared to 258,000 in 2012. The EPO granted 66,700 European patents, which was 1.6% more than in 2012 (65,600) and the highest number ever. Nearly two-thirds of patent filings came from outside Europe.
The most active countries were the US (24% of the total), Japan (20%), Germany (12%), China (8%), South Korea (6%), France (5%) and the Netherlands (3%). Samsung was again the top applicant. Five European companies can be found in the top ten: Siemens (2nd), Philips (3rd), BASF (5th), Robert Bosch (6th) and Ericsson (10th) (Press Release EPO, 6 March 2014).
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The European patent register holds 1,487 patents with search term packaging material (search done by NVC on March 18th, 2014).
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