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247 D. Consolidated Financial Statements
337 E. Additional Information
213 C. Overall assessment of the economic position
214 C. Subsequent events
215 C. Sustainability and citizenship
225 C. Report on expected developments and
associated material opportunities and risks
242 C. Compensation Report and legal disclosures
242 C. Siemens AG (Discussion on basis
of German Commercial Code)
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In addition, Siemens takes part in publicly funded research pro-
grams. The most important research areas include the develop-
ment of sustainable technologies including recycling, the com-
munication of machines, the creation of new materials and
bio-technology.
CT offers extensive process and production consulting services
for development and manufacturing units at Siemens. CT em-
ploys more than , software developers at locations in Asia,
Europe, and the Americas. These specialists help our Business
Units develop concepts from the initial idea to the finished
product. In addition, CT strategically handles the intellectual
property of Siemens. Around  experts help the Company
register patents and trademarks, establish them, and put them
to profitable use.
C... RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FIGURES
In fiscal , we reported research and development expenses
of € . billion, compared to € . billion in fiscal . The
resulting R & D intensity, defined as the ratio of R & D expenses
and revenue, was . %, above the R & D intensity in fiscal .
R&D intensity
Research and development expenses
(in billions of €)
Research and
development
intensity 
FY 2014 4.065 5.7%
FY 2013 4.048 5.5%
1 R&D intensity is defined as the ratio of R&D expenses and revenue.
R & D expenses and intensity for the Sectors in fiscal  and
:
R&D expenses
Year ended September ,
(in millions of €)  
Energy 873 872
Healthcare 1,010 1,048
Industry 1,229 1,204
Infrastructure & Cities 719 731
R&D intensity
Year ended September ,
 
Energy 3.5% 3.3%
Healthcare 8.1% 8.3%
Industry 7.2% 7.1%
Infrastructure & Cities 3.8% 4.1%
CT incurred additional R & D expenses.
R&D indicators
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Year ended September ,
(in thousands)  
Employees  28.8 28.1
Inventions  8.6 8.3
Patent first filings 4.3 4.0
1 Continuing operations.
2 Average number of employees in fiscal year.
3 Number of inventions reported by the Business Units in an internal report.
4 First filings as part of inventions submitted to patent offices.
As of September , , Siemens held approximately ,
granted patents worldwide in its continuing operations. As of
September , , it held approximately , granted pat-
ents. In terms of the number of published patent applications
in calendar year , Siemens ranked fourth in Germany and
second in Europe. Siemens was also ranked thirteenth in the
statistics for patents issued in the U.S. in calendar year .
Rank in patent office statistics
 
Germany – German Patent
and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) 4 3
Europe – European Patent Office (EPO) 2 2
U.S. – United States Patent
and Trademark Office (US PTO) 13 11
In our continuing operations, we had an average of approxi-
mately , R & D employees in Germany and approximately
, employees in approximately  other countries during
fiscal .
C... RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
IN OUR BUSINESSES
The R & D activities of the businesses in our former Energy
Sector are focused on developing methods for the efficient
generation and transmission of electrical energy, including
advanced gas turbines that increase the efficiency and reduce
emissions of power plants, combined cycle power plants, to
increase the availability of electricity through higher flexibility
and efficient and reliable power supply for decentralized struc-
tures such as those in the oil and gas industries, innovations
for reducing the cost of wind turbines, innovations for increas-
ing the efficiency of wind turbines (offshore and onshore), the
development of an HVDC super grid and the development of a
subsea power grid to make deep-sea oil and gas extraction
more profitable.