Strong Patent Portfolio and Great Innovative Capacity: TU Dresden Among Europe’s Top Innovation Drivers
In the ranking of the 30 universities with the most disruptive patents, the Dresden University of Technology (TUD) ranks first in Germany and seventh in Europe, with a total of 1,600 patents filed, 62 of which are so-called disruptive patents.
This is shown by a recent study published in the journal “Forschung & Lehre.” Disruptive patents are groundbreaking new inventions and technologies with the potential to set new standards. Noteworthy is the concentration described by the study’s authors: While the 30 universities with the most patents account for only 23.36 percent of all university patents in Europe, they hold 34.66 percent of all disruptive patents.
The study, titled “More Is Not Always Disruptive,” examined a total of 82,324 patents from 1,605 European universities dating from 2000 to 2020.