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Erst Patent, dann Paper? Neuheitsschädliche Vorveröffentlichung an deutschen Hochschulen
Wie oft zerstören deutsche Hochschulen die Neuheit ihrer eigenen Erfindung, indem sie vor der Patentanmeldung publizieren? Messung an 6.501 EP-Anmeldungen deutscher Hochschulen (2000–2016) über X-Kategorie-Zitate im Recherchenbericht mit Autor-Erfinder-Abgleich — mit Benchmark gegen Fraunhofer, Max-Planck, Helmholtz, Leibniz sowie Hochschulen in den USA, Großbritannien und der Schweiz, und mit der Aufschlüsselung nach WIPO-Technikfeldern, die zwischen Chemie (3,79 %) und Maschinenbau (0,18 %) einen Faktor von mehr als zwanzig zeigt.
Apple Inc. — Patent Filing Strategy 2020–2024
Company profile of Apple Inc.'s global patent portfolio 2020–2024 — 13,934 patent families from 32,851 applications in 27 jurisdictions. A US-anchored portfolio led by digital communication and computer technology, with China as the second filing destination and almost no external co-applicants.
Drohnen (UAV) — Globale Patentlandschaft 2014–2024
Patentlandschaft unbemannter Luftfahrzeuge (UAV): 43.618 DOCDB-Patentfamilien mit frühestem Anmeldejahr 2014–2024 an 68 Ämtern, gefunden über die Klassifikations-Subklasse B64U in IPC und CPC plus den UAV-Vorgängerplatz B64C39/024 — von Bildgebung und Lieferdrohnen über Agrar und Inspektion bis zu militärisch getaggter Technik.
Water Electrolysis — Patent Landscape 2000–2024
Patent landscape of water electrolysis and electrolytic hydrogen production, covering 33,424 DOCDB patent families filed at 75 offices worldwide (2000–2024), with China accounting for 63% of all families.
VEGA Grieshaber KG — Patent Portfolio & Competitor Landscape
Analysis of VEGA Grieshaber KG's patent portfolio (952 DOCDB families, 2014-2024, 23 filing offices) and its position in the CPC G01F23 level-measurement arena against eight process-instrumentation peers.
HARTING Technologiegruppe — Patent Portfolio Analysis 2014–2024
Portfolio analysis of the HARTING Technologiegruppe — 704 DOCDB patent families and 2,334 applications across 16 patent offices, 76.0% of them classified in H01R (connectors), with a 61.4% PCT rate and a scope reconstructed across 65 applicant name variants including the Chinese and Japanese office-side renderings.
Autonomous Commercial Scrubber-Dryers — Patent Landscape 2019–2024
Patent landscape of autonomous floor-scrubbing machines — 2,766 DOCDB families with first filings 2019–2024, built from the CPC floor-scrubbing subtree intersected with the robotic-cleaning indexing scheme A47L2201. 92.7% of families reach the Chinese office; 95 families come from professional cleaning-equipment manufacturers.
Adjustable Aerodynamic Systems (Spoilers) for Motor Vehicles — Technology Landscape 2014–2024
Patent landscape of adjustable and active vehicle aerodynamics — front, rear and side spoilers, underbody streamlining and adjustable grille shutters — covering 4,965 DOCDB families with a first filing in 2014–2024 across six CPC places.
University Patent Activity in Saxony & Thuringia (2013–2024)
Patent intelligence report on the academic portfolio of Saxony and Thuringia: 2,197 DOCDB patent families filed by 17 institutions — universities, universities of applied sciences and one university hospital — with Fraunhofer as co-applicant on 251 of them.
Patent Activity in Berlin (2019–2024)
6,085 patent families first filed 2019-2024 with a Berlin-geocoded applicant or inventor - 85.4% carry a Berlin inventor but only 47.6% a Berlin applicant. Reading the German national register for Berlin recovers a further 478 families the NUTS geography cannot see at all.
TU Dortmund — Patent Portfolio in Transition (2013–2024)
Patent portfolio of Technische Universität Dortmund — 123 DOCDB families filed 2013–2024, compared across two complete five-year cohorts (2013–2017: 55 families, 2018–2022: 46). Mechanical engineering halves while measurement and sensing grows; PCT coverage rises from 43.6 % to 47.8 %.
TU Dortmund — Patent Portfolio Analysis 2019-2024
Analysis of the patent portfolio of Technische Universitat Dortmund — 64 patent families from 123 applications at 9 filing offices, led by measurement as the largest single technology field, with 53% of families taking the PCT route.
Machine Learning Patents from Germany — Technology Landscape 2014–2024
Patent landscape analysis of machine learning technologies from German applicants. 9,479 patent families across neural networks, deep learning, knowledge-based AI, quantum computing and pattern recognition, plus 6,361 further families found only through application-domain CPC tags. Based on EPO PATSTAT Global data.
Rare Earth Elements — Patent Technology Landscape
Global innovation in rare earth extraction, compounds, alloys, permanent magnets, phosphors and recycling. 32,931 DOCDB patent families with a first filing between 2014 and 2024, 82% of them filed at CNIPA.
Assistive Robotics for People with Special Needs — Patent Landscape
Patent landscape of robotic technologies that assist, rehabilitate or replace human physical function for people with special needs: 9,450 DOCDB patent families across four robotic concepts, filed at 49 patent authorities between 2000 and 2023.
TU Chemnitz — Patent Portfolio Analysis 2019-2024
Patent portfolio of Technische Universitaet Chemnitz — 68 DOCDB families from 107 applications across 8 patent offices, with a mechanical-engineering core, a MEMS and semiconductor cluster, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft as the strongest co-applicant.
Medical Technology — Technology Leaders Europe
European medical-technology patent landscape 2015–2024: 98,136 DOCDB families from applicants in the 39 EPO contracting states, ranked by consolidated corporate group and profiled across all 35 WIPO technology fields.
B. Braun Melsungen AG — Patent Strategy Analysis 2014–2024
DOCDB family-based analysis of the B. Braun group portfolio 2014–2024 — 1,450 patent families and 5,151 applications across 36 offices, filed by eight group entities including Aesculap AG, with a measured shift from dialysis technology toward surgical instrumentation, navigation and device software.
Airbus SE — Patent Filing Strategy 2014–2024
Filing-strategy profile of the Airbus group: 8,608 DOCDB patent families first filed 2014–2024, 22,064 applications across 35 patent offices, with the EP route rising from 52.9% to 67.4% of families between filing cohorts.
AI Diagnostics MedTech — Patent Analysis
Patentlandschaft der KI-gestützten Diagnostik in der Medizintechnik: 16.786 DOCDB-Patentfamilien mit Anmeldungen beim DPMA oder EPA, 2015–2023, an der Schnittstelle von künstlicher Intelligenz und diagnostischen Verfahren.
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