Valeo liked this on linkedIn:
https://www.inpi.fr/palmares-2021-des-principaux-deposants-de-brevets-l-inpi
It looks like the top French Patent list. A few interesting names there:
2021 list of the main patent applicants at INPI
06/13/2022
INPI unveils the 2021 list of patent applicants: an edition dominated by Safran - in the lead for the first time - closely followed by Stellantis and further Valeo. This year, the list is enriched by the top 3 patent applicants by field and technological subfield.
The highlights
- Safran, the number one patent applicants in France, closely followed by Stellantis
- 2 midcaps (midcaps) present in the TOP 50
- The top 50 patent applicants account for 53.2% of applications published at INPI
- "Mechanics" at the top of the main technological fields, followed by "electrotechnics" and "chemistry"
- "Transport" at the top of the main technological sub-areas, followed by "electrical machinery, appliances and energy" and "motors, pumps, turbines"
- Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT) No. 1 in the "ETI" category
- Aledia No. 1 in the "SME" category
- CEA No. 1 in the category "Research, higher education institutions and state institutions"
- Safran and CNRS No. 1 in research/industry co-deposits
"The
2021 edition of the list of patent applicants at INPI honors our great champions of French innovation, especially in France's "strong" fields of aeronautics and automotive. The top 50 also has two mid-sized institutions, as well as many public research institutions. And some SMEs stand out for their regular presence in the Top 10 in this category. This demonstrates, if necessary, that innovation is everywhere, including among small players. It is these that INPI teams accompany on a daily basis, to convince them of the relevance of filing patents and to provide them with a toolbox allowing them to build their intellectual property strategy, in parallel with their business strategy. The Pact law, now fully implemented and proven, allows more flexibility in protecting their innovations, and even more robustness. Innovation is an essential factor in French competitiveness, and its protection is an absolute necessity," comments Pascal Faure, Director General of INPI.
The first two applicants shoulder to shoulder
Safran takes the lead in the ranking for the first time since 2004, the year the ranking was born, with 1,037 patent applications published.
It is closely followed by Stellantis with 1,035 applications published in 2021*.
Ranks 3 to 7 remain unchanged from 2020:
Two midcaps - already present in the ranking last year - are among the top 50 patent holders at INPI this year: Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), a naval engineering company, and the Soitec Group, a specialist in the production of semiconductor materials.
12 research, higher education and state institutions (RESE) are present in the Top 50 (compared to 13 last year).
The first three research, higher education and state institutions in the ranking are identical to last year: the CEA (4th), CNRS (6th) and IFP Energies Nouvelles (13th, +2 places).
In 2021, the top 50 applicants accounted for 53.2% of all published patent applications, compared to 54.8% in 2020, a slightly lower concentration. As a reminder, they accounted for more than half of all patent applications since 2018 (52.5% in 2018; 52% in 2019; 54.8% in 2020).
The main technological fields and sub-domains
The three most represented technological fields are "mechanics" (39%), "electrotechnics" (22.1%), "chemistry" (15.1%) and "instruments" (12.9%).
"Transport" (15.9%), "electrical machinery, appliances and energy" (8.2%) and "motors, pumps, turbines" (6%) are the three technological sub-areas in the lead.