AI Drives Patent Applications from U.S. Companies at the European Patent Office to New Record High
MUNICH, Germany, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The European Patent Office (EPO) today announced that U.S. companies and inventors filed over 46,200 European patent applications in 2019, 5.5% more than in the previous year, according to its Patent Index 2019 (Graph: Growth of patent applications at the EPO from the U.S. ).
- MUNICH, Germany, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The European Patent Office (EPO) today announced that U.S. companies and inventors filed over 46,200 European patent applications in 2019, 5.5% more than in the previous year, according to its Patent Index 2019 (Graph: Growth of patent applications at the EPO from the U.S. ).
- With a share of 25% of all patent applications, the U.S. remained the most active country of origin for patent applications filed with the EPO (Graph: Origin of applications ).
- Overall, the European Patent Office received 181,000 patent applications in 2019, an increase of 4% compared to 2018 (Graph: Growth of European patent applications ).
- With nearly 7,000 staff, the European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the largest public service institutions in Europe.