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International Property Policy
IFP’s industrial-property policy aims to protect research findings and to channel them towards industrial applications.
One of the world’s top-ranking patent filers
IFP’s remarkable position on national and international patent-filing rankings mirrors its innovative drive and efforts to spur industrial applications.
In 2006, it:
- filed 145 patents (placing it among France’s top 15 patent filers),
- created 777 industrial property rights abroad.
IFP is also France’s sixth most active patent filer in the United States (In terms of the number of patents issued, based on the latest statistics published by the Patent Intelligence and Technology Report).
Protecting research property from the start
Protecting scientific and technological property is one of the cornerstones of IFP’s applied-research policy.
Industrial-property experts work on every research project it undertakes. They work side by side with researchers, mapping out feasible industrial-outset options, from the start.
Focusing simultaneously on both aspects of a project – research and applications – enables IFP to harness technological breakthroughs with partner industrial firms.
IFP’s established expertise in patent management and technology transfer has prompted several research organizations to approach it with requests to meet their staff and raise their awareness of the importance of protecting research findings.