Center for Science and Education Management and Evaluation of Wuhan University, Chen Lixin, Zhang Lin, Huang Ying
A patent is a (intellectual) property right that the inventor assigns or transfers to another person. In 2022, the number of French patents in Europe decreased by 57 by the country of origin of inventors and patentees. In short, the number of patents granted to France in Europe is 1. less than the number of patented inventions0%。A total of 96 French inventions were transferred to Switzerland, 30 inventions were transferred to the Netherlands, and 38 inventions were transferred to Sweden.
On the other hand, a total of 61 inventions in Germany have been transferred to France, accounting for 05%。A total of 41 inventions in China have been transferred to France, accounting for 07%。
TABLE 257-1 Conversion of Inventors and Right Holders of French Patents in Europe in 2022
Note: Inflow to a country means that the inventor of the patent comes from another country (e.g. India), but the patent rights belong to that country (e.g. the United States). China's data does not include patent data for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
Figure 257-1 Distribution of French patents in Europe in 50 technical fields in 2022 (number of inventions versus number of patents).
We would like to thank Professor Liu Zeyuan of Dalian University of Technology, Professor Liang Liming of Henan Normal University, and researcher Wuyishan of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy of the Ministry of Science and Technology for their support and help in this report. At the same time, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the experts and scholars who have put forward their opinions and suggestions on this report in different forms.