Ranking - German Institutions: Overall Patent Applications

Ranking - German Institutions: Overall Patent Applications 1 Fraunhofer Society 21.632 16 Heidelberg University 598 2 Max-Planck Society 6.173 17 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 536 3 German Aerospace Center 4.428 18 RWTH Aachen University 515 4 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 3.780 19 University of Göttingen 389 5 Leibniz Association 2.605 20 University of Mainz 381 6 Helmholtz Association 1.805 21 Berlin Institute of Technology 380 7 Dresden University of Technology 1.495 22 Ilmenau University of Technology 366 8 University of Freiburg 1.103 23 Leipzig University 341 9 Free University of Berlin 1.038 24 University of Rostock 331 10 University of Tübingen 1.027 25 Saarland University 326 11 Humboldt University of Berlin 839 26 Braunschweig University of Technology 323 12 University of Stuttgart 770 27 University of Kassel 297 13 University of Jena 769 28 University of Hamburg 290 14 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 708 29 University of Hannover 290 15 Technical University Munich 634 30 Freiberg University of Mining and Technology 278 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 1

Ranking - Chinese Institutions: Overall Patent Applications 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences 35.766 16 Shanghai University 2.065 2 Tsinghua University 11.482 17 Tongji University 2.062 3 Zhejiang University 8.971 18 University of Science and Technology China 1.954 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 6.905 19 Shandong University 1.788 5 Fudan University 3.683 20 Huazhong University of Science & Technology 1.779 6 Tianjin University 3.221 21 Wuhan University 1.740 7 Harbin Institute of Technology 3.170 22 Chongqing University 1.613 8 Xian Jiaotong University 2.695 23 Jilin University 1.539 9 Beijing University 2.459 24 Sun Yat-Sen University 1.522 10 Southeast University 2.324 25 Nankai University 1.502 11 Beihang University 2.294 26 Zhejiang University of Technology 1.450 12 Sichuan University 2.204 27 Dalian University of Technology 1.409 13 Nanjing University 2.194 28 Beijing University of Technology 1.393 14 South China University of Technology 2.168 29 East China University of Science & Technology 1.338 15 Donghua University 2.066 30 China Agricultural University 1.307 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 2

Only EPO Applications 1 Fraunhofer Society (GER) 3.390 16 Technical University Munich (GER) 124 2 Max-Planck Society (GER) 1.082 17 Heidelberg University (GER) 120 3 German Aerospace Center (GER) 671 18 University of Stuttgart (GER) 109 4 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GER) 614 19 University of Mainz (GER) 90 5 Helmholtz Association (GER) 438 20 RWTH Aachen University (GER) 78 6 Leibniz Association (GER) 433 21 Braunschweig University of Technology (GER) 70 7 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) 268 22 University of Hamburg (GER) 69 8 Free University of Berlin (GER) 210 23 Berlin Institute of Technology (GER) 68 9 University of Freiburg (GER) 204 24 University of Jena (GER) 65 10 Humboldt University of Berlin (GER) 184 25 University of Göttingen (GER) 62 11 University of Tübingen (GER) 165 26 Saarland University (GER) 59 12 Tsinghua University (CN) 162 27 University of Hannover (GER) 47 13 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (GER) 148 28 University of Kassel (GER) 46 14 Dresden University of Techolnogy (GER) 145 29 Ilmenau University of Technology (GER) 43 15 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (GER) 132 30 Beijing University (CN) 40 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 3

Only EPO Applications 31 Leipzig University (GER) 39 44 Jilin University (CN) 5 32 University of Rostock (GER) 36 44 South China University of Technology (CN) 5 33 Sun Yat-Sen University (CN) 18 48 Tianjin University (CN) 4 33 Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (GER) 18 49 Southeast University (CN) 3 35 Fudan University (CN) 17 49 Sichuan University (CN) 3 36 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN) 16 49 Harbin Institute of Technology (CN) 3 36 University of Science and Technology China (CN) 16 49 Beihang University (CN) 3 38 Zhejiang University (CN) 14 49 Zhejiang University of Technology (CN) 3 39 Nankai University (CN) 12 49 Shandong University (CN) 3 40 Huazhong University of Science & Technology (CN) 10 55 Tongji University (CN) 2 41 East China University of Science & Technology (CN) 8 55 Chongqing University (CN) 2 42 Dalian University of Technology (CN) 6 57 Xian Jiaotong University (CN) 1 42 China Agricultural University (CN) 6 57 Shanghai University (CN) 1 44 Nanjing University (CN) 5 59 Beijing University of Technology (CN) 0 44 Wuhan University (CN) 5 59 Donghua University (CN) 0 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 4

Only WIPO Applications 1 Fraunhofer Society (GER) 3.251 16 Fudan University (CN) 113 2 Max-Planck Society (GER) 997 17 Technical University Munich (GER) 110 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) 704 18 University of Stuttgart (GER) 106 4 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GER) 484 18 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (GER) 106 5 Leibniz Association (GER) 405 20 Beijing University (CN) 96 6 Helmholtz Association (GER) 296 21 RWTH Aachen University (GER) 93 7 Tsinghua University (CN) 292 22 University of Göttingen (GER) 87 8 German Aerospace Center (GER) 259 23 University of Mainz (GER) 79 9 University of Tübingen (GER) 202 24 University of Jena (GER) 75 10 Free University of Berlin (GER) 190 25 Braunschweig University of Technology (GER) 66 11 University of Freiburg (GER) 189 26 Berlin Institute of Technology (GER) 65 12 Dresden University of Technology (GER) 174 27 University of Rostock (GER) 61 13 Humboldt University of Berlin (GER) 168 28 University of Kassel (GER) 60 14 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (GER) 134 29 Sun Yat-Sen University (CN) 59 15 Heidelberg University (GER) 116 30 University of Hamburg (GER) 58 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 5

Only WIPO Applications 31 Saarland University (GER) 57 45 Dalian University of Technology (CN) 13 32 University of Kassel (GER) 55 47 Sichuan University (CN) 12 33 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN) 52 47 Jilin University (CN) 12 33 Ilmenau University of Technology (GER) 52 49 Harbin Institute of Technology (CN) 11 35 Southeast University (CN) 47 49 China Agricultural University (CN) 11 36 Zhejiang University (CN) 43 51 Xian Jiaotong University (CN) 9 37 Leipzig University (GER) 42 51 Beihang University (CN) 9 38 East China University of Science & Technology(CN) 29 51 South China University of Technology (CN) 9 38 Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (GER) 29 54 Tongji University (CN) 7 40 University of Science and Technology China (CN) 26 55 Zhejiang University of Technology (CN) 6 41 Nanjing University (CN) 25 56 Shandong University (CN) 5 42 Tianjin University (CN) 21 57 Shanghai University (CN) 3 43 Huazhong University of Science & Technology (CN) 16 57 Chongqing University (CN) 3 43 Nankai University (CN) 16 57 Beijing University of Technology (CN) 3 45 Wuhan University (CN) 13 60 Donghua University (CN) 2 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 6

Only US Applications 1 Fraunhofer Society (GER) 2.121 16 University of Stuttgart (GER) 73 2 Tsinghua University (CN) 1.166 17 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (GER) 70 3 Max-Planck Society (GER) 974 18 Beijing University (CN) 65 4 German Aerospace Center (GER) 491 18 Sun Yat-Sen University (CN) 65 5 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) 440 20 Technical University Munich (GER) 55 6 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GER) 383 21 University of Jena (GER) 44 7 Leibniz Association (GER) 223 22 RWTH Aachen University (GER) 43 8 Helmholtz Association (GER) 202 23 Berlin Institute of Technology (GER) 42 9 University of Freiburg (GER) 122 24 Saarland University (GER) 35 10 University of Tübingen (GER) 110 25 University of Hamburg (GER) 31 11 Free University of Berlin (GER) 101 25 University of Göttingen (GER) 31 12 Heidelberg University (GER) 93 27 Fudan University (CN) 29 13 Dresden University of Technology (GER) 91 28 Braunschweig University of Technology (GER) 28 14 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (GER) 90 29 University of Hannover (GER) 27 15 Humboldt University of Berlin (GER) 81 30 Ilmenau University of Technology (GER) 26 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 7

Only US Applications 31 University of Mainz (GER) 24 46 Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (GER) 10 32 Zhejiang University (CN) 23 46 Tianjin University (CN) 10 33 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN) 22 48 Dalian University of Technology (CN) 7 33 University of Science and Technology China (CN) 22 48 South China University of Technology (CN) 7 35 Nanjing University (CN) 21 48 Xian Jiaotong University (CN) 7 36 Leipzig University (GER) 19 51 Wuhan University (CN) 6 36 Nankai University (CN) 19 51 Harbin Institute of Technology (CN) 6 38 East China University of Science & Technology (CN) 18 51 Beijing University of Technology (CN) 6 38 University of Rostock (GER) 17 54 Zhejiang University of Technology (CN) 5 40 University of Kassel (GER) 16 54 Shandong University (CN) 5 40 Southeast University (CN) 16 56 Tongji University (CN) 4 42 Huazhong University of Science & Technology (CN) 13 57 China Agricultural University (CN) 2 43 Jilin University (CN) 12 57 Chongqing University (CN) 2 43 Sichuan University (CN) 12 59 Shanghai University (CN) 0 45 Beihang University (CN) 11 59 Donghua University (CN) 0 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 8

Overall Applications 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) 35.766 16 Beihang University (CN) 2.294 2 Fraunhofer Society (GER) 21.632 17 Sichuan University (CN) 2.204 3 Tsinghua University (CN) 11.482 18 Nanjing University (CN) 2.194 4 Zhejiang University (CN) 8.971 18 South China University of Technology (CN) 2.168 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN) 6.905 20 Donghua University (CN) 2.066 6 Max-Planck Society (GER) 6.173 21 Shanghai University (CN) 2.065 7 German Aerospace Center (GER) 4.428 22 Tongji University (CN) 2.062 8 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GER) 3.780 23 University of Science and Technology China (CN) 1.954 9 Fudan University (CN) 3.683 24 Helmholtz Association (GER) 1.805 10 Tianjin University (CN) 3.221 25 Shandong University (CN) 1.788 11 Harbin Institute of Technology (CN) 3.170 26 Huazhong University of Science & Technology (CN) 1.779 12 Xian Jiaotong University (CN) 2.695 27 Wuhan University (CN) 1.740 13 Leibniz Association (GER) 2.605 28 Chongqing University (CN) 1.613 14 Beijing University (CN) 2.459 29 Jilin University (CN) 1.539 15 Southeast University (CN) 2.324 30 Sun Yat-Sen University (CN) 1.522 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 9

Overall Applications 31 Nankai University (CN) 1.502 46 Heidelberg University (GER) 598 32 Dresden University of Technology (GER) 1.495 47 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (GER) 536 33 Zhejiang University of Technology (CN) 1.450 48 RWTH Aachen University (GER) 515 34 Dalian University of Technology (CN) 1.409 49 University of Göttingen (GER) 389 35 Beijing University of Technology (CN) 1.393 50 University of Mainz (GER) 381 36 East China University of Science & Technology (CN) 1.338 51 Berlin Institute of Technology (GER) 380 37 China Agricultural University (CN) 1.307 52 Ilmenau University of Technology (GER) 366 38 University of Freiburg (GER) 1.103 53 Leipzig University (GER) 341 39 Free University of Berlin (GER) 1.038 54 University of Rostock (GER) 331 40 University of Tübingen (GER) 1.027 55 Saarland University (GER) 326 41 Humboldt University of Berlin (GER) 839 56 Braunschweig University of Technology (GER) 323 42 University of Stuttgart (GER) 770 57 University of Kassel (GER) 297 43 University of Jena (GER) 769 58 University of Hamburg (GER) 290 44 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (GER) 708 59 University of Hannover (GER) 290 45 Technical University Munich (GER) 634 60 Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (GER) 278 Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 10

Percentage of International Applications Rank Institution Percentage 1 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (GER) 85% Rank Institution Percentage 14 Braunschweig University of Technology (GER) 65% 2 Free University of Berlin (GER) 81% 17 University of Stuttgart (GER) 64% 2 Max-Planck Society (GER) 81% 18 Berlin Institute of Technology (GER) 63% 4 Helmholtz Association (GER) 78% 19 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GER) 62% 4 Heidelberg University (GER) 78% 19 Fraunhofer Society (GER) 62% 4 University of Mainz (GER) 78% 21 Leipzig University (GER) 58% 7 University of Göttingen (GER) 77% 21 University of Hannover (GER) 58% 8 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (GER) 76% 23 University of Rostock (GER) 56% 9 Humboldt University of Berlin (GER) 75% 24 RWTH Aachen University (GER) 53% 19 Technical University Munich (GER) 75% 25 German Aerospace Center (GER) 50% 11 University of Hamburg (GER) 72% 25 University of Kassel (GER) 50% 12 University of Freiburg (GER) 70% 27 Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (GER) 47% 13 Saarland University (GER) 67% 28 University of Jena (GER) 46% 14 Leibniz Association (GER) 65% 29 Ilmenau University of Technology (GER) 45% 14 University of Tübingen (GER) 65% 30 Dresden University of Technology (GER) 44% Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 11

Percentage of International Applications Rank Institution Percentage 31 Tsinghua University (CN) 26% Rank Institution Percentage 43 Tianjin University (CN) 2% 32 Sun Yat-Sen University (CN) 17% 43 Wuhan University (CN) 2% 33 Beijing University (CN) 10% 43 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN) 2% 34 Fudan University (CN) 7% 49 Sichuan University (CN) 1% 35 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) 6% 49 Beihang University (CN) 1% 35 Nankai University (CN) 6% 49 Zhejiang University of Technology (CN) 1% 37 East China University of Science & Technology (CN) 5% 49 Zhejiang University (CN) 1% 38 University of Science and Technology China (CN) 4% 49 Harbin Institute of Technology (CN) 1% 39 Southeast University (CN) 3% 49 Shandong University (CN) 1% 39 Huazhong University of Science & Technology (CN) 3% 49 Xian Jiaotong University (CN) 1% 39 Dalian University of Technology (CN) 3% 49 Tongji University (CN) 1% 39 Nanjing University (CN) 3% 49 Beijing University of Technology (CN) 1% 43 Jilin University (CN) 2% 58 Chongqing University (CN) 0% 43 China Agricultural University (CN) 2% 58 Shanghai University (CN) 0% 43 South China University of Technology (CN) 2% 58 Donghua University (CN) 0% Statistical Database (PATSTAT), licensed by OECD-EPO Task Force on Patent Statistics. 12