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Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls / Enno Röben IW-Analyse No. 132 30. October 2019 Automotive Companies as Drivers of Innovation: An analysis of patent applications in Germany for the years 2005 to 2016

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.

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An analysis of patent applications in Germany for the years 2005 to 2016
Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls / Enno Röben IW-Analyse No. 132 30. October 2019

Automotive Companies as Drivers of Innovation: An analysis of patent applications in Germany for the years 2005 to 2016

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German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

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.

Car and truck manufacturers play a key role in German innovation activity. A good 47 per cent of patent applications filed by legal entities (companies) with the DPMA in 2016 concerned motor vehicles. It is also possible to identify the technologies focused on by research in the automotive sector, with the majority of patent applications relating to electronics and digitisation. Further analyses were carried out on the spatial distribution of applications and on the socio-demographic structure of inventors in 2016, supplemented by a time series analysis starting in 2005 for selected factors. These show, for example, that motor vehicle companies have increased their patent performance by about 70 percent since 2005, while the total number of applications has stagnated.

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An analysis of patent applications in Germany for the years 2005 to 2016
Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls / Enno Röben IW-Analyse No. 132 30. October 2019

Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls / Enno Röben: Innovationstreiber Kfz-Unternehmen – Eine Analyse der Patentanmeldungen in Deutschland für die Jahre 2005 bis 2016

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German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

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