{"id":18493,"date":"2025-03-25T10:56:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T08:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/?p=18493"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:59:23","slug":"patent-index-2024-key-findings-of-the-innovation-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/en\/patent-index-2024-key-findings-of-the-innovation-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Patent Index 2024 \u2014 Key Findings of the Innovation Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patent Index 2024: European Innovation Remains Strong Amid Global Economic Uncertainty<\/p>\n<p>What are the key findings of the Patent Index 2024?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0European Patent Office (EPO)\u00a0received nearly\u00a0200,000 patent applications.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0top countries of origin\u00a0were the\u00a0US, Germany, Japan, China, and South Korea.<\/li>\n<li>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\u00a0is the\u00a0top applicant from Greece, followed by\u00a0Bic Violex.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Unitary Patent System\u00a0is gaining momentum, with\u00a0over 28,000 applications in 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly one in four\u00a0European patent applications comes from a\u00a0small business.<\/li>\n<li>One in four\u00a0European patent applications includes a\u00a0female inventor, with\u00a0Greece exceeding the EU average at 30% women inventors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25032025_Patent-Index-2024_\u0395\u039b\u039b.pdf\">Press Release-Patent Index 2024<\/a> (Greek)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Infographic_Patent-Index-2024.jpg\">Infographic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inQz3P009Qc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inQz3P009Qc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#EPOPatentIndex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patent Index 2024: European Innovation Remains Strong Amid Global Economic Uncertainty What are the key findings of the Patent Index 2024? The\u00a0European Patent Office (EPO)\u00a0received nearly\u00a0200,000 patent applications. The\u00a0top countries of origin\u00a0were the\u00a0US, Germany, Japan, China, and South Korea. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\u00a0is the\u00a0top applicant from Greece, followed by\u00a0Bic Violex. The\u00a0Unitary Patent System\u00a0is gaining momentum, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":18491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,72],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-important-en","8":"category-nea-en"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patent Index 2024 \u2014 Key Findings of the Innovation Index - obi.gr<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/en\/patent-index-2024-key-findings-of-the-innovation-index\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patent Index 2024 \u2014 Key Findings of the Innovation Index - obi.gr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patent Index 2024: European Innovation Remains Strong Amid Global Economic Uncertainty What are the key findings of the Patent Index 2024? 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