What did the patent landscape of Europe look like?

What did the Patent Landscape of Europe Look Like in 2021?

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio of Europe in 2021

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	PENDING	EXAMINATION	181474
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	25351
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	1872
	DEAD	WITHDRAWN	18248
		REJECTED	1872
		NON-PAYMENT	1872
		EXPIRED	1872
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	103009
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	1872
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	6073
		EXPIRED	1872
		REVOKED	1872
		CEASED	1872
		WITHDRAWN	1872
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	1872

Technology Domain-Wise Patent Trend in Europe in 2021

The chart above distributes patents filed in Europe in 2021 on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Players in the Domain with their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the inventions of the top players in the domain with their forward citation frequency. This helps to understand the strength of the portfolio of top players as players whose patents are most frequently cited have a strong group of core patents in this domain.

Publication Year	2021
Citation Count Range	0 – 2	3 – 9	10 – 19	20 – 39	40 – *
Huawei Tech	7503	11	0	0	0
Samsung Electronics	5937	9	0	0	0
Individual	3883	5	0	0	0
Lg Electronics	3040	12	0	0	0
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson	2866	2	0	0	0
Qualcomm	2725	2	0	0	0
Sony Group	2152	2	0	0	0
Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications	2083	5	0	0	0
Koninklijke Philips	1969	2	0	0	0
Microsoft Tech Licensing	1816	1	0	0	0

Who were the Leading Patent Filers of 2021 in Europe?

Insights into Europe’s Patent Trends by IPC Classification in 2021

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	23757	6229	26
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)	19770	7066	36
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	20023	7752	39
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	19193	6407	33
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS (A61P)	14974	4163	28
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (A61B)	14536	4619	32
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (G01N)	11637	3783	33
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	9909	3620	37
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)	8348	2861	34
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (C12N)	8370	1800	22

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