Patent statistics

As of 31 December 2022, a total of 151,137 patents were in force in Switzerland. This can be divided into 5,550 national patents and 145,587 European patents. The first figure refers to inventions that have been filed for patent protection directly with the IPI. The considerably higher figure refers to patents filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) which are also in effect in Switzerland.

 

Patents: year-on-year comparison

If you want to patent an invention in Switzerland, you can do so by filing an application with the IPI. Patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) are also active in Switzerland.

 

  2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

National applications

 1461 1 546 1 555 1 590

1 720

1 616

1 628

National patents granted

 662 782 724 747

615

615

771

National patents in force

 5934 5 550 6 623 6 782

7 066

7 235

7 351

Patents granted by EPO(1)
with effect in Switzerland

 145'627 145 587 140 093 132 770

124 635

 115 684

 109 407

Total number of patents in force
in Switzerland

 151'561 151 137 146 716 139 552

131 719

122 800

116 758

(1) Patents in force: All patents, for which an annual fee had been paid in Switzerland as of 31.12.2022, were taken into account.

 

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