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Patent applications: In , we were No.  in
patent applications at the European Patent Office
and No.  at the German Patent and Trade Mark
Office – where we were among the most active
patent applicants. According to U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) statistics, as published by
the
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO),
we were No.  in the U.S. in the number of
patents
granted.
R&D employees: In fiscal , Siemens had
roughly , R&D employees working at
some  locations in more than  countries
worldwide to create and develop new solutions
in the areas of energy, industry, infrastructure
and healthcare.
Inventions and patents: In fiscal , Siemens
reported around , inventions and submit-
ted about , patent first filings – an average
of some  inventions and roughly  patents
on each of the  workdays in the year. These
inventions and patents were generated by all
our Sectors as well as Corporate Technology, our
central research department.
Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio: In fiscal
, our Environmental Portfolio, which fea-
tures a large number of innovations, gener-
ated revenue of €. billion and enabled our
customers to cut their CO emissions by 
million tons – an amount equal to about %
of the CO emissions generated in Germany
in .
Major R&D facilities
by region
in fiscal 
Siemens’
position in the 
patent statistics
No.
European Patent
Office
No.
German Patent and
Trade Mark Office
No. 
U. S. Patent and
Trademark Office
8,900
Invention reports
29,500
R&D employees
4,600
Patent first filings
Invention reports, patent first filings
and R&D employees (approximate)
in fiscal 
Revenue from Siemens’
Environmental Portfolio
in fiscal 
Total Siemens revenue
€78.3 billion
Revenue from Siemens’
Environmental Portfolio
€33.2 billion
Americas
37%
Europe, C.I.S.,
Middle East
therein Germany (23%)
48%
Asia, Australia
15%