What Did The Patent Landscape of Germany Look Like?

What Did the Patent Landscape of Germany 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 Germany in 2021

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	PENDING	EXAMINATION	44482
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	6330
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	482
	DEAD	WITHDRAWN	2857
		REJECTED	1552
		NON-PAYMENT	482
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	19710
		RESTORATION	482
		P-REVOKED	482
	DEAD	WITHDRAWN	1123
		EXPIRED	482
		REVOKED	482
		NON-PAYMENT	482

Technology Domain-Wise Patent Trend in Germany in 2021

The chart above distributes patents filed in Germany 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 – *
ROBERT BOSCH	4609	25	1	0	0
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE	4609	25	1	0	0
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE	2152	20	0	1	0
VOLKSWAGEN	2092	6	0	0	0
AUDI	1835	12	0	0	0
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN	1762	13	2	0	0
FORD GLOBAL TECH	1394	1	0	0	0
INDIVIDUAL	1307	1	0	0	0
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS	1158	1	0	0	0

Who were the Leading Patent Filers of 2021 in Germany?

IPC Classification-Wise Patent Trends in Germany 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
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (B60R)	4467	1645	37
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	4125	1596	39
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)	3106	719	23
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	2814	759	27
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY (H01M)	2773	663	24
ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES (B60K)	2470	901	36
MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (B62D)	2377	938	39
GEARING (F16H)	2301	960	42
PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (B60L)	1864	451	24
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (G01N)	1651	635	38

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