Patents from public research: France leads Europe

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French National Research Organisations (NROs) generated 25,352 European patent applications between 2001 and 2020, i.e. 13.9% of applications generated by French applicants and 40% of all patents involving public research organisations (nearly 63,000), according to a study by the EPO (European Patent Observatory), published on 22/10/2025. This...

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