Enno Kohlisch

Senior Economist for patent analyses

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

Studied economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the University of Cologne.
At the IW since 2016
Research interests: Patent and benchmark analyses, research and development, regional economics.

Topics

Companies and Markets

Thematic clusters

Education, Immigration and Innovation

IW Publications

Haag, Maike / Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver, 2024, Patentanmeldungen aus dem Hochschulbereich. Internationales Ranking nach Ländern und einzelnen Hochschulen, IW-Kurzbericht, Nr. 79, Köln
Zur Studie

Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Puls, Thomas, 2023, Transformation der Automobilindustrie. Deutschlands Investitionsperformance im internationalen Vergleich, in: IW-Trends, Nr. 4, 50. Jg., S. 23-44
Zur Studie

Haag, Maike / Kempermann, Hanno / Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver, 2023, Innovationsatlas 2023. Die Innovationskraft der deutschen Regionen, IW-Analyse, Nr. 153, Köln
Zur Studie

Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Küper, Malte / Puls, Thomas, 2023, Forschungsschwerpunkte der Kfz-Industrie am Standort Deutschland. Eine Auswertung auf Basis der IW-Patentdatenbank, in: IW-Trends, 50. Jg., Nr. 1/2023, S. 23-69
Zur Studie

Haag, Maike / Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver, 2022, Innovation und Vielfalt. Migration verhindert Rückgang bei Patentanmeldungen, IW-Kurzbericht, Nr. 84, Köln
Zur Studie

Küper, Malte / Koppel, Oliver / Kohlisch, Enno, 2021, Grüne Innovationen der Grundstoffindustrie in NRW, IW-Report, Nr. 40, Köln
Zur Studie

Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Küper, Malte / Puls, Thomas, 2021, Innovationswandel in der deutschen Kfz-Industrie. Eine Analyse mit der IW-Patentdatenbank, in: IW-Trends, 48. Jg., Nr. 3, S. 68-88
Zur Studie

Wo in Deutschland wohnen Erfinder mit ausländischen Wurzeln?
IW-Kurzbericht 30/2019

(in cooperation with Oliver Koppel, Judith Wojda)
Der Beitrag weiblicher Erfinder zu deutschen Patentanmeldungen
IW-Trends 1/2019

(in cooperation with Oliver Koppel, Daniel Lüke)
Migration und die Innovationskraft Deutschlands
IW-Trends 4/2018

(in cooperation with Sarah Berger, Oliver Koppel)
Deutschlands Hochburgen der Digitalisierung
IW-Kurzbericht 42/2017

(in cooperation with Sarah Berger, Hanno Kempermann, Oliver Koppel, Anja Katrin Orth)
Innovationsatlas 2017 – Wo Deutschlands Ideen entstehen
IW-Analysen–Forschungsberichte Nr. 117, Köln 2017

(in cooperation with Oliver Koppel, Thomas Puls)
Die Patentleistung der deutschen KFZ-Unternehmen
IW-Report 34/2018

Expertises

(in cooperation with Christina Anger, Oliver Koppel, Axel Plünnecke, Ruth Maria Schüler)
MINT-Fruhjahrsreport 2019 – MINT und Innovationen – Erfolge und Handlungsbedarfe
Gutachten für BDA, BDI, Mint Zukunft schaffen und Gesamtmetall, 2019

(in cooperation with Christina Anger, Oliver Koppel, Axel Plünnecke, Ruth Maria Schüler)
MINT-Herbstreport 2018 – MINT: Qualifizierung und Zuwanderung zur Stärkung von Forschung und Digitalisierung
Gutachten für BDA, BDI, Mint Zukunft schaffen und Gesamtmetall, 2018

More from Enno Kohlisch

IW-Kurzbericht No. 79 15. October 2024 Maike Haag / Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel

Patent applications from academia

In a country comparison of international patent applications from the higher education sector, Switzerland excels in efficiency. The USA dominate in terms of the number of patent applications and in the ranking of the 1,767 patent-active universities across the globe. Germany performs well across all categories, placing just behind the USA in efficiency.

IW-Trends No. 4 13. November 2023 Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls

The Transformation of the Automotive Industry: An International Comparison of Germany's Innovation Performance

The automotive industry is undergoing a comprehensive technological transformation that is challenging established value chains. Making sure that domestic research helps to shape this ongoing transformation is therefore an important task for countries with a significant car industry.

IW-Analyse No. 153 2. June 2023 Maike Haag et al.

Innovation Atlas 2023: The innovative strength of the German regions

All indicators of innovative strength in Germany – from research intensity and scientific and technical employment structures to patent successes – point to a strong south-north, west-east and urban-rural divide.

IW-Trends No. 1 14. March 2023 Enno Kohlisch et al.

The Focus of Research in Germany’s Automotive Industry

The automotive industry in Germany is currently facing several challenges. Car production had already fallen significantly before the Covid19 pandemic and in 2020 and 2021 suffered two slumps of historic proportions.

IW-Kurzbericht No. 88 25. October 2022 Maike Haag / Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel

Innovation and diversity: Migration prevents decline in patent activity

Migration makes an indispensable contribution to Germany's innovative strength: a record 12.2 percent of all patent applications developed in this country are entirely attributable to inventors with foreign roots. Many German companies already show considerable diversity in this respect.

IW-Report No. 40 27. October 2021 Malte Küper / Oliver Koppel / Enno Kohlisch

Green innovations in the basic materials industry in NRW

Transforming the economy towards climate-neutrality poses major challenges for the energy-intensive primary industry in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). At the same time, the development of environmentally friendly basic materials and production processes presents a great potential for transforming NRW into an attractive industrial location for the future.

IW-Trends No. 3 14. September 2021 Enno Kohlisch et al.

Change in Innovation in the German Motor Vehicle Industry

Social and political change necessitates corresponding innovations in motor vehicle technology. This paper analyses the nature of current technological progress in Germany’s motor vehicle industry.

IW-Trends No. 4 26. November 2019 Oliver Koppel et al.

A Patent Analysis: Standards and Innovations

Using the eCl@ss Standard as an Example Innovations are increasingly generated through networked research and cooperation that transcends company, industry and national boundaries.

IW-Analyse No. 132 30. October 2019 Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls / Enno Röben

Automotive Companies as Drivers of Innovation

The present paper uses the IW Patent Database to analyse the patent activity of German companies in the automotive sector. The database covers all patent applications disclosed to the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) since 2005.

IW-Trends No. 1 28. March 2019 Oliver Koppel / Enno Röben / Judith Wojda

The Contribution of Female Inventors to German Patent Applications

Women continue to make only a small, and recently actually diminishing, contribution to patent activity in Germany. In 2016, female inventors accounted for just 4.4 per cent of all national patent applications filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.