Philips number 3 patent applicant at European Patent O˚ce ......Philips total Intellectual Property...
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Philips number 3 patent applicant at European Patent O�ce (EPO)265,000 patents �led at EPO in 2013
Biggest regions/countries contributing to �ling patents at EPO
other6%
6Korea
%
8%China
35%Europe
20Japan
%
US25%
Top 10 countries, applications per million inhabitants
Switzerland Sweden Finland Denmark Netherlands Germany Austria Belgium Japan France
832 402 360 347 347 328 243 180 177 148
Philips is number 1 applicant in the categories ‘medical technology’ and ‘instrument measurement’ of EPO ranking in 2013
Philips is number 3 patent applicant in the world for patents �led at EPO in 2013
Patent applications �led by Philips at the EPO in 2013
Philips succesfully manages one of the largest and strongest IP portfolios in the world.
Philips total Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio consists of:
64,000patent rights
93,000design rights
trademarks
46,000domain names
4,700
1839