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Patent database

Evaluations of the IW patent database are carried out for various projects and third-party funded research projects.

For example, regional data on patent applications by districts and municipalities are compiled annually for IW Consult and used for various third-party funded research projects. In addition, evaluations are carried out in various projects for projects of IW Consult or other fields of competence, such as applications for car patents, M+E patents, digitalization patents, decarbonization patents, AI patents, ...

Contact

Enno Kohlisch

Senior Economist for patent analyses

Tel: +49 221 4981-879 Mail: kohlisch@iwkoeln.de

Dr. Oliver Koppel

Team leader patent database

Tel: +49 221 4981-716 Mail: koppel@iwkoeln.de