Which European universities and countries file the most patent applications?

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A new study shows a growing contribution of universities to the continent's innovation ecosystem but laments the bloc's fragmentation is crippling the ability to turn high-level scientific research into economic competitiveness.

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00:00What are the most active European universities in terms of patent submissions?

00:12A new report shows that most patents are submitted in a handful of places.

00:19The most active university has been France's University of Grenoble,

00:26with over 3,300 submissions,

00:30followed by Zurich's ETH and Munich's Technical University.

00:36In terms of countries, Germany filed the most applications,

00:41followed by France, the UK and Italy.

00:45However, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark and Belgium

00:51have the highest average of applications compared to the number of universities.

00:58The overall number of applications by European universities

01:03has increased steadily in recent decades.

01:07The most active sectors have been pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and measurement.

01:15However, the study says over 20% of the patents are not exploited commercially

01:22due to the continent's legislative fragmentation and lack of funding for academic research.

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