List of top patent applicants - year 2020
The 2020 edition of the list of patent applicants highlights major companies investing in innovation in France, such as Groupe PSA, Safran and Groupe Valeo, the top three in the ranking. Among the top 50 patent applicants are 13 public research organizations, an increase this year, but also 3 mid-cap companies. This study is freely downloadable: .
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%60/100
Last verification succeeded but is older than the staleness threshold.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%46/100
6 of 13 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%100/100
Normalised to lo-2.0 — open, redistributable.
- Agent readinessweight 15%40/100
Documentation present · 2 distribution(s) declared · Landing page present
Data schema (5 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RANG 2019 | number | — |
| RANG 2020 | number | — |
| NOM DU DEPOSANT | text | — |
| DEMANDES DE BREVETS PUBLIEES INPI EN 2020 | number | — |
| DEMANDES DE BREVETS PUBLIEES INPI EN 2019 | number | — |
Schema inferred from the distribution file's first records 1 hour ago. Column types are sampled estimates, not source-declared.
Sample data (5 records)
| RANG 2019 | RANG 2020 | NOM DU DEPOSANT | DEMANDES DE BREVETS PUBLIEES INPI EN 2020 | DEMANDES DE BREVETS PUBLIEES INPI EN 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.0 | 31.0 | NAVAL GROUP | 56.0 | 28.0 |
| 38.0 | 40.0 | UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON | 38.0 | 36.0 |
| 49.0 | EXEL INDUSTRIES | 29.0 | ||
| 22.0 | 19.0 | GROUPE SEB | 138.0 | 105.0 |
| 35.0 | 34.0 | UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX | 45.0 | 41.0 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
Verification Status
Using the API
Query examples
curl -sL 'https://data.economie.gouv.fr/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/inpi-statistiques-palmares-top50-20200/exports/csv?use_labels=true' -o data.csvFull csv file download — the schema shown was inferred from the file's first records.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
Coverage
- First published
- 2022-03-09
License
- ✓ Redistributable
- ✓ Attribution required
- Category: national
Distributions (2)
inpi-statistics-palmares-top50-20200.json
https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/486ae9d4-96b7-4867-8e85-7b749d04de0dinpi-statistics-palmares-top50-20200.csv
https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/f72a10f5-7120-4737-9620-e94cb23a98c7