Spanish universities are placed tenth on the European continent and eighth in the European Union in number of academic patents.
he main Spanish academic institutions in terms of patent volume are the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Polytechnic of Valencia. This is reflected in the recent report published by the European Patent Office (EPO)which highlights that patent applications originating from European universities have been increasing in the last two decades.
Spain ranks tenth in Europegiven that Spanish universities are responsible for 3.23% of all patent applications academic patents filed in Europe, reaching a total of 3,460 European patents.
According to the study, The leading countries in this matter are Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy.and half of all academic patent applications come from a small group of European universities (5%) .
According to the report, 75 Spanish universities generated at least one European patent application in the Office in the period 2000-2020. Three of them, in terms of number of academic patents, are based in Catalonia. The list of the first five universities in terms of academic patents is headed by the University of Barcelona (330), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (328), the Polytechnic University of Valencia (301), the Polytechnic University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech (298) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (260).
In Spain academic patents represented 14.6% of all European patent applications presented by Spaniards at the EPO in the period 2000-2020.
The report is based on data from 1,200 European universities that have generated patent applications at the EPO between 2000 and 2020. In addition to patent applications that are filed directly by the universities themselves, The study also examines indirect applications submitted by other entities or companies that name university researchers among their inventors. In Spain, the majority of academic patent applications come directly from universities.
“Europe has a long tradition of academic excellence, but “Sometimes we encounter difficulties when bringing inventions to the commercial field.”declared the president of the EPO, António Campinos.
“This study sheds light on the academic inventive capacity across Europe to contribute evidence to the development of policies and strategies. By taking advantage of the potential granted by patents through licenses, collaboration agreements or the creation of ‘spin-outs’ , universities can amplify their impact, boosting both the market value of their work and its social value. As the recent Draghi report highlights, There is still a lot of work to do to achieve a single market for research and technology in Europe. In fact, our study reveals that 10% of startups with academic patents are based in the United States,” he added.
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