What did the patent landscape of Switzerland look like?

What Did the Patent Landscape of Switzerland 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 Switzerland in 2021

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	PENDING	PUBLISHED	926
	DEAD	REJECTED	106
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	8
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	672
	ACTIVE	P-REVOKED	8
	DEAD	CEASED	35
		REJECTED	31
		REVOKED	8

Technology Domain-Wise Patent Trends in Switzerland in 2021

The chart above distributes patents filed in Switzerland 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 – *
SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH & DEV	94	0	0	0	0
ETA SA MFT HORLOGERE SUISSE	73	0	0	0	0
RICHEMONT	38	0	0	0	0
MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS	36	0	0	0	0
MONTRES BREGUET	28	0	0	0	0
NIVAROX	24	0	0	0	0
ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER	20	0	0	0	0
OMEGA	17	0	0	0	0
SHANGHAI INHUB TECH	16	0	0	0	0
BLANCPAIN	15	0	0	0	0

Who were the Leading Patent Filers of 2021 in the Switzerland?

IPC Classification-Wise Patent Trends in Switzerland 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
MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME-PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON, OR STARS (G04B)	441	169	38
PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS (A44C)	82	34	41
APPARATUS OR TOOLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MAKING OR MAINTAINING CLOCKS OR WATCHES (G04D)	79	28	35
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)	70	16	23
ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES (G04C)	54	14	26
ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES (G04G)	52	19	37
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	46	12	26
GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (E04B)	36	20	56
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (G01N)	32	19	59
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)	32	11	34

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