❗️Germany remains Europe’s top patent innovator: EPO🇩🇪 Germany retained its position as Europe’s leading innovator in the patent race in 2025, ranking second globally behind the United States, according to @europeanpatentoffice (EPO).📌The EPO announced in its annual Patent Index that it received 201,974 applications last year, marking a 1.4% increase from 2024 and the first time filings have exceeded 200,000 in a single year.📍Demand was driven by advances in artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and next-generation wireless technologies, although AI was not the top field for patent activity, the report noted.🇺🇸The USA remained the largest source of applications, with 47,008 filings. Germany led among European countries and ranked second overall, followed by China, which posted a 9.7% increase. Japan and South Korea placed fourth and fifth, respectively.📍France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Italy completed the top 10.📍Quantum technologies recorded the highest growth rate, with a 38% increase in filings, while AI-related applications rose by nearly 10%. European applicants held the largest share in both segments,as a side note.📌Electrical machinery and energy ranked third, followed by medical technology and transport. Pharmaceutical filings fell about 6%, while biotechnology applications declined roughly 3%.📍Among companies, Samsung, Huawei, LG, Qualcomm and Nokia were the top applicants for Unitary Patents in 2025.❗️The Unitary Patent system, launched in 2023, allows a single application to provide protection across 18 European Union countries. Filings under the system have surpassed 80,000, with a 28% uptake rate last year. For European applicants, the rate reached 40%.✍️Let me note that the report also found that women were named in one in four patent applications, up slightly from the previous year. Spain had the highest share of women inventors at 42%, followed by Finland, Belgium, France and Denmark.🎗️Remember to follow my Instagram account#techjourno #germany #patent #epo

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The key constitutional issue surrounding the unitary patent system is the complete loss of national and the EU’s sovereignty in the context of industrial proper

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