European patent applications include direct European applications and international (PCT) applications that entered the European phase during the reporting period.
Data on companies and institutions with the highest number of patent applications in the biotechnology area at the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2024 shows that Hoffmann-La Roche filed over *** such applications. Thus, Roche was, once again, ranked first in Europe.
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