On 5 April 2022, the European Patent Office (EPO) released data on European patent applications for 2021. Photo by Chokniti Khongchum on Pexels.comHowever, on a per capita basis Switzerland was first by a wide margin with 969 applications per million residents. The total number of European patent applications reached 188,600 in 2021, a rise of 4.5% compared to 2020. The big increase in patent applications in digital technologies demonstrates the digital transformation, for example in smart urban mobility. In Switzerland, medical technology made up the largest slice of patent applications in 2021, followed by consumer goods, metrology (measurement), electric machines, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and biotechnology.

Source: Le News April 08, 2022 21:47 UTC