15.07.2019
HALFEN is shortlisted as “A leader in German Innovation”
HALFEN’s persuasive success: The acclaimed German newspaper FAZ
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) shortlists the company as one of
Germany's leaders of innovation. The study took all patents applied
for by German companies in the last ten years into account. Out of
33,000 companies, 3,500 ultimately ended up on the shortlist.
The study was carried out on behalf of the FAZ by the Prognos AG
research company, in cooperation with the IMWF (Institute for
Management and economic research). Data from the European Patent
Office (EPO) Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) served
as the basis for the analysis. This database contains information
on more than 100 million patents from leading industrialized and
developing countries. Patent families were evaluated from over 500
technology and fields of knowledge.
Questions asked included, to what extent did a particular patent
affect other inventions, the extent to which the new invention
differs from previous patents, and whether German researchers were
involved in the new inventions. HALFEN's patents met the criteria
in all areas while showing great potential in the field of
technical progress.
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