Benchmarks of the DAX Companies

Within the European Patent applications Germany is No 2 after the United States and even before China and Japan. Inside Europe Germany is the undefeated No 1, German inventors seem to be very creative within international comparison . According to this fact it is expected that the biggest German companies also have the most valuable patents in their certain industry. In order to verify this, the big blue chips companies of the German prime Standard DAX have been analysed. They are supposed to be premium brands, market leaders and/or technology leaders. An analysis of their patent portfolio values of the DAX companies having a technology or natural science focus shows their position from a patent point of view in a global competition. With surprising results.