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Nederland blijft innovatiekoploper bij Europese octrooiaanvragen

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Nederland was ook vorig jaar een van de innovatiekoplopers als het gaat om octrooiaanvragen in Europa. Dat meldt het Europees Octrooibureau (EOB). Nederlandse bedrijven en uitvinders hebben 7006 Europese octrooien aangevraagd. Dat komt neer op 388 aanvragen per miljoen inwoners. Daarmee staat Nederland per inwoner wereldwijd in de top vijf.

In totaal werden vorig jaar een recordaantal van 201.974 octrooiaanvragen ingediend bij het EOB. Dat is een lichte stijging vergeleken met een jaar eerder. De meeste aanvragen kwamen uit de Verenigde Staten, Duitsland, China, Japan, Zuid-Korea, Frankrijk en Zwitserland. Daarna komt Nederland in die ranglijst, waarmee we dus na Duitsland en Frankrijk het EU-land met de meeste aanvragen zijn.

De belangrijkste sector voor Nederlandse patentaanvragen is medische technologie. Zorgtechnologieconcern Philips bleef dan ook de grootste Nederlandse speler met 1289 aanvragen. Verlichtingsbedrijf Signify, chipproducent NXP Semiconductors, chipmachinemaker ASML, gezondheids- en voedingsbedrijf dsm-firmenich en onderzoeksinstituut TNO staan ook in de top tien van Nederlandse aanvragers.

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Als wordt gekeken naar regio's, dan komen de meeste patentaanvragen uit Noord-Brabant. Dat komt omdat ASML is gevestigd in het Brabantse Veldhoven en Philips en Signify veel onderzoeksactiviteiten in Eindhoven hebben. Volgens het EOB kwamen er uit Noord-Brabant 3616 aanvragen, dat is meer dan de helft van alle Nederlandse aanvragen. Gelderland liet de sterkste groei zien: van 440 aanvragen in 2024 naar 798 in 2025.

Noord-Brabant stond daarmee ook vijfde op de ranglijst van EU-regio's bij het EOB en tiende wereldwijd. Eindhoven stond derde in de Europese stedenranglijst van het bureau, alleen München en Parijs telden meer octrooiaanvragen.


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Wing Expands Its Drone Delivery Service To the Bay Area

Wing is expanding its drone delivery service to the San Francisco Bay Area. "The drone delivery startup has been rapidly expanding to metro areas across the US, but is now targeting the tech-friendly Silicon Valley region," reports Engadget. From the report: Going back to its inaugural deliveries, Wing ferried office supplies across Google's Mountain View campus in the Bay Area with its automated drones. It was still a startup out of Google's X, The Moonshot Factory incubator at the time, but early users were already asking for home delivery services, according to Wing. Now, Wing's latest delivery drones can deliver groceries, food, or whatever else fits in a small package weighing up to five pounds in 30 minutes or less to Bay Area residents. Earlier this year, Wing expanded its service to an additional 150 Walmart stores across the U.S. Service began recently in Atlanta and Charlotte, and it's coming soon to Los Angeles, Houston, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Miami and other major U.S. cities to be announced later. "By 2027, Walmart and Wing say they'll have a network of more than 270 drone delivery locations nationwide."

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Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China review – Trump vomits all over Norma Percy’s film

The revered documentarian wades into unexplored territory with the US president and Xi Jinping’s relationship – and there is a moment so startling that it feels like pure comedy gold

It’s not normal to view documentaries about international trade negotiations as light relief, but we are where we are. Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China is a two-parter produced by film-maker Norma Percy, whose signature style – on series including The Iraq War, Putin vs the West and Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil – is to use first-hand testimonies to revisit diplomatic flashpoints from a decade or so ago: sufficiently soon after the events for everyone who was there to still be alive, but late enough for them to no longer be in the same job and now be willing to gossip.

Percy’s latest opens with the arrival of Chinese president Xi Jinping at the Davos forum in 2017. On his debut appearance at the event, Xi stimulates delegates with a speech positioning himself as a champion of free trade, offering to work with other countries for mutual economic benefit. What might historically have been an odd tack for China’s leader is not that surprising to the bankers, financiers and politicians in the room, who know Xi is pre-empting the inauguration, a few days later, of Donald Trump as US president.

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