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Sample of respondents and their innovation activity
| Number of patents | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent no. | Type of respondent | 0–1 | 2– 3 | 3– 10 | 11– 20 | 21– 50 | 51– 100 | 101– 200 | 200 –> |
| R1 | Automotive cluster | X | |||||||
| R2 | Large company | X | |||||||
| R3 | Micro-enterprise (spin-out) | X | |||||||
| R4 | Technology transfer office of PRO | X | |||||||
| R5 | Large company | X | |||||||
| R6 | Large company | X | X | ||||||
| R7 | Independent inventor | X | |||||||
| R8 | Micro-enterprise | X | |||||||
| R9 | Independent inventor | X | |||||||
| R10 | Small enterprise | X | |||||||
| R11 | Large company | X | |||||||
| R12 | Medium size enterprise (spin-out) | X | |||||||
| R13 | Micro-enterprise | X | |||||||
| R14 | Small enterprise | X | |||||||
| R15 | Micro-enterprise | X | |||||||
| R16 | Micro-enterprise | X | |||||||
| R17 (AT) | Large company | X | |||||||
| R18 (AT) | Small enterprise | X | |||||||
| R19 (HU) | Medium-sized enterprise | X | |||||||
| R20 (HU) | Automotive cluster | X | |||||||
Top 20 world patent holders in the automotive industry
| Company | Country | Automotive patent applications (last 10 years) | All patent applications between 2010 and 2019 | Number of joint patent applications (2010 / 2019) | % of joint patent applications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA | Japan | 55157 | 91427 | 32641 | 36 |
| 2 | ROBERT BOSCH | Germany | 40346 | 75492 | 13257 | 18 |
| 3 | HONDA MOTOR COMPANY | Japan | 32759 | 46374 | 11476 | 25 |
| 4 | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES | USA | 28870 | 45540 | 4502 | 10 |
| 5 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | South Korea | 27985 | 63526 | 16472 | 26 |
| 6 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS | USA | 24636 | 30388 | 5038 | 17 |
| 7 | SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY | Germany | 22639 | 24453 | 2454 | 10 |
| 8 | DENSO CORPORATION | Japan | 21751 | 22727 | 13110 | 58 |
| 9 | DAIMLER | Germany | 14776 | 19710 | 1822 | 9 |
| 10 | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY | Japan | 13427 | 18030 | 6884 | 38 |
| 11 | GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) | USA | 13286 | 47325 | 10525 | 22 |
| 12 | ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN | Germany | 13274 | 12987 | 1565 | 12 |
| 13 | PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES | France | 11701 | 10010 | 1322 | 13 |
| 14 | BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) | Germany | 11690 | 16146 | 1404 | 9 |
| 15 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Toyota Motor Corporation appears in the database also as トヨタ自動車株式会社. | Japan | 11407 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 16 | BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION | Japan | 10623 | 13585 | 3208 | 24 |
| 17 | AUDI | Germany | 10503 | 15902 | 1932 | 12 |
| 18 | VOLKSWAGEN | Germany | 10417 | 12280 | 1824 | 15 |
| 19 | KIA MOTORS CORPORATION | South Korea | 8925 | 11625 | 11238 | 97 |
| 20 | RENAULT | France | 8774 | 8978 | 1349 | 15 |