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IFP among the Top 15 patent assignees in France

04 March 2008

According to the INPI¹’s 2007 league table of patent assignees in France, IFP ranks 14^th (in terms of the number of patents registered), and is among the top 3 French research centers (along with the CEA² and the CNRS³).

With 159 new patents in 2007, IFP now boasts over 12,700 active patents in its portfolio. 52 of them (39 in 2006) relate to New Energy Technologies (NETs), including capturing and storing CO₂ and diversifying fuel sources, in particular. NET patents’ growing share bears witness to IFP’s drive for innovation. The objective is to develop the necessary technologies for a smooth energy transition in the fields of energy, transport and the environment.

With 76 patents in 2006, IFP ranks 7^th among the French patent assignees in the United States, behind Alcatel, Thomson Lisencing, L'Oréal, the CEA, the CNRS and SNECMA Moteurs, according to the 2007 Patent Intelligence and Technology Report. On the European stage, IFP ranks 28^th.

These achievements are the result of IFP’s proactive industrial development policy, aimed at protecting research results and conducting technology transfers.
 

¹ INPI : Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (French Industrial Property Institute)
² CEA : Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (French Atomic Energy Commission)
³ CNRS : Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (French Center for Scientific Research)