What did the patent landscape of France 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 France in 2021

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	14828
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	164
	DEAD	ABANDONED	334
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	164
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	12878
	DEAD	REJECTED	689
	DEAD	ABANDONED	525
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	164
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	312
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	164
	DEAD	ABANDONED	164
	DEAD	EXPIRED	164

Technology Domain wise Patent Trend in France in 2021

The chart above distributes patents filed in France 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 – *
PSA AUTOMOBILES	1794	1	0	0	0
COMMISSARIAT A LENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES CEA	1794	1	0	0	0
	1356	0	0	0	0
SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES	1236	0	0	0	0
RENAULT	1073	0	0	0	0
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS	773	0	0	0	0
INDIVIDUAL	576	0	0	0	0
THALES	570	0	0	0	0
LOREAL	535	0	0	0	0
VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES	466	1	0	0	0
AIRBUS OPERATIONS	373	0	0	0	0

Who were the leading Patent Filers of 2021 in France?

IPC Classification wise Patent trend in France 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
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	1310	719	55
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	1010	494	49
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (B60R)	795	481	61
NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (F01D)	647	373	58
SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILET PREPARATIONS (A61Q)	623	314	50
SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (B29C)	582	358	62
MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (B62D)	567	332	59
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT (B60W)	548	308	56
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	554	304	55
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (B65D)	546	293	54

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