A snapshot of IFP in 2007:
 

• 1,720

total full-time equivalent workforce, including 1,109 researchers (managers and technicians). 42% of the managers hold doctoral degrees and some fifty researchers hold a national accreditation to direct research (HDR).
 

• €307.4 million in operating expenses including €246.3 million for R&D

Products*:
- budget allocation: €166.5 million
- other products: €106.9 million
- dividends: €38 million
*Excluding exceptional results on transfer of securities.

• 159

basic patent applications filed in 2007, including 52 in the field of new energy technologies, and 717 rights created abroad. The total portfolio represents 12,819 active patents meaning that IFP is ranked amongst the top 15 patent applicants in France according to the number of patents published by INPI (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle) in 2007. In addition, IFP is the 7^th largest French patent applicant in the United States (in terms of the number of patents granted in 2006).

• 213

articles published in international scientific journals including 189 listed in the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) database. In addition, four new books written by IFP researchers were published in 2007.

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