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UMICORE NV

Overview
  • Total Patents
    1,109
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    2,776
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 3.0%
About

UMICORE NV has a total of 1,109 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 3.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1996. It filed its patents most often in WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), EPO (European Patent Office) and Republic of Korea. Its main competitors in its focus markets materials and metallurgy, environmental technology and electrical machinery and energy are ZHEJIANG MEIDU HAICHUANG LITHIUM BATTERY TECH CO LTD, ECOPRO BM CO LTD and ADVANCED LITHIUM ELECTROCHEMISTRY CO LTD.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing UMICORE NVs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Paulsen Jens 269
#2 Put Stijn 119
#3 Blangero Maxime 74
#4 Kim Jihye 73
#5 De Palma Randy 68
#6 Kumakura Shinichi 59
#7 Xia Xin 57
#8 Driesen Kris 56
#9 Hong Heonpyo 54
#10 Zhu Liang 53

Latest patents

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