EconSight Publications

New study - Process Technologies The new EconSight for the Bavarian Industry Association examines importance of process technologies for the industrial sector. The study uses patent analysis to examine global research activities in key process technologies and their significance for major future technology fields. A high level of expertise in process and procedural technologies is extremely important for the industrial base. This is particularly relevant in the ongoing transformation processes. Those who master the further development, optimisation and renewal of individual production steps are well positioned to process new raw [...]

Future of Transportation Report Official Release of the WIPO Future of Transportation Report «The Future of Transportation - The new WIPO Technology Trends Report 2025 is now available» EconSight worked with the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO for almost two years on the report. The report dives into the transformative changes reshaping the transportation sector. The report, based on patent data and scientific literature data complemented by business information, policy, regulation and standards data looks at transportation technologies and trends across land, sea, air and space. It identifies four primary technology trend [...]

New WIPO GenAI Patent Landscape Report by EconSight Top Countries in GenAI (cumulated filings 2014-2023 by inventor address)  Top Patent Owners in GenAI (cumulated filings by owner, 2014-2023)  The new WIPO GenAI Patent Landscape Report, based on EconSight data has been published «The most detailed analysis of GenAI» The definitive report on GenAI has been published. EconSight is proud to have contributed to the WIPO GenAI Patent Landscape Report by providing the patent data and the complex definition of the GenAI technology and search algorithm. This is [...]

New study on advanced digitisation in 90 applied technologies The new EconSight study for the Bavarian Industry Association has been published «Digital competitiveness from a global perspective» As a cross-sectional technology, digitalisation drives the transformation of other technologies and leads to new products and processes in these technologies. This means that future technological performance depends heavily on whether the digitalisation of these application technologies succeeds. This study analyses the world-class patents at the intersection between the 90 most important application technologies and 21 advanced digital technologies. The advanced digital technologies [...]

Green tech made in Germany: how fit for the future are we? The new EconSight study for the Bertelsmann Foundation has been published «Green tech made in Germany: how fit for the future are we?» Climate change requires a fundamental transformation of our economy, particularly in the areas of industry, energy and transportation. This transformation cannot succeed without accelerated technological development and innovation due to the high time pressure. After all, achieving the decarbonization targets would overstretch the capacities of mature technologies in Germany. Negative emissions (e.g. through carbon dioxide [...]

The 1000 best companies in 100 green technologies These companies are expected to make significant technological progress for more climate protection and sustainability in the coming years Companies are part of the solution in the climate challenge Climate protection and sustainability are among the most important global challenges. In the debate on climate change, companies are often the focus of criticism on the basis of their CO2 emissions alone. However, the climate targets can only be achieved through the joint efforts of politics, society and business. The innovative power of companies plays a central [...]

Introducing a new dynamic patent technology indicator Introducing DynaPTI - a dynamic patent technology indicator We have developed a new patent-based indicator that reflects company-level dynamics regarding their technological quality and technological activity. We combine patent quality dynamics and patent quantity dynamics with machine-learning techniques for an index-based company comparison. Our new dynamic patent technology indicator (DynaPTI) provides precise and up-to-date assessments about company-level innovation activities. We have published the concept in "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence" in cooperation with the Center for International Economics and Business at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Download the [...]

Presentation of the new Patent Landscape Report "Hydrogen Technologies in Transport" for WIPO Presentation of the study at the Hydrogen Conference in Bratislava on 17.5. Presentation of the new EconSight Patent Landscape Report "Hydrogen Technologies in Transport" for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the occasion of the Hydrogen Conference in Bratislava on 17.05 and 18.05. Among others, the Director of WIPO, the President of the European Patent Office and the heads of technology of BMW, Hyundai and Toyota will speak at the high-profile conference. EconSight CTO Jochen Spuck will present the study [...]

Cosmonautics - The Development of Space Technologies New study by the European Patent Office, the European Space Agency and EconSight The study is a pilot effort of the European Patent Office and the European Space Policy Institute with support from the European Space Agency and EconSight to show the development and dynamics in space activities through the prism of advanced patent statistics. Based on the technology structure of the European Space Agency, the European Patent Office defined the search definitions in coordination with EconSight. EconSight then carried out the analysis using value-added databases to best demonstrate the [...]

Germany 2030: Exploiting growth opportunities through creative renewal   New McKinsey study with EconSight cutting-edge technologies and world-class patents. In view of the fundamental changes in the economy and society, Germany needs a creative renewal to maintain its prosperity and exploit growth opportunities, according to the new McKinsey study. McKinsey identifies 6 fields of action: top companies are expected to transform into high-growth fields; digitization is the most urgent issue in the SME sector; start-ups lack entrepreneurship, start-up culture and capital; future work content must reflect ongoing digitization and be geared toward lifelong learning; and the state [...]

New study - GreenTech - Sustainable Innovations. EconSight has defined and analysed over 60 climate protection and sustainability technologies for the new study of the Bavarian Business Association 60 GreenTechs and 20 DigitalTechs show Bavaria's technological performance in a unique level of detail. EconSight, together with Prognos, GWS and Twin Economics, has produced the new study of the Bavarian Business Council for the Future on the key topic of climate protection. The aim is to create a positive perspective of the future for a (largely) climate-neutral Bavaria and Germany, in [...]

New scientific publication World-class patents - the "gold" of the knowledge economy? In "Wirtschaftsdienst", the journal for economic policy, EconSight together with the Bertelsmann Foundation presented our new technology approach. Instead of the classic measurement of innovation capability based on patent applications, our new world-class approach focuses on technology-specific patent quality. Using extensive country examples in different technologies, we show the advantages of the approach and classify the dynamics of patent development. The results show that the U.S. lead in the patent area is even more evident in this approach, that China is also [...]