{"id":87058,"date":"2022-11-11T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=87058"},"modified":"2022-11-11T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T10:10:51","slug":"one-in-four-freelance-inventors-comes-from-bavaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/87058\/one-in-four-freelance-inventors-comes-from-bavaria\/","title":{"rendered":"One in four freelance inventors comes from Bavaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Independent inventors make significant contributions to innovation with their developments. Examples of products created by independent inventors include expansion anchors, screw-in studs, and the airbag. Last year, more than 2,500 patent applications were filed by independent developers, according to the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overwhelming majority of independent inventors, almost 93 percent, are men. Almost four out of ten patent applications are in the field of mechanical engineering. The DPMA defines independent inventors as individuals who <a href=\"\/en\/day\/patent-application\/\">Patent applications<\/a> in your own name and independently of any company or research institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cFree inventors have repeatedly set groundbreaking standards\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared to 2020, the number of patent applications from independent inventors fell by a good 9 percent last year. However, the numbers in 2020 \u2013 apparently due to the pandemic \u2013 bucked the long-term trend. This is likely due primarily to the noticeable increase in applications for face masks and protective clothing at that time. The number of applications from independent inventors in 2021 is now continuing the pre-coronavirus trend, which saw a steady decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;Expansion anchors, screw-in stud shoes, airbags \u2013 independent inventors have repeatedly set groundbreaking standards in German economic history with their patent applications. They are and remain an important part of our innovation landscape,&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>says DPMA President<strong> Cornelia Rudloff-Sch\u00e4ffer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Bavaria with 630 applications in the federal state ranking are North Rhine-Westphalia with 455 applications and Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg with 422 patent applications. If the application figures are converted to 100,000 inhabitants, Bavaria also leads with 4.8 applications, ahead of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg with 3.8, and Rhineland-Palatinate and Hamburg with 3.5 patent applications per 100,000 inhabitants each.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most independent inventors come from Bavaria. 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