Regarding PCT-applications, Germany has the third most PCT-applications worldwide and the single most in Europe - 15.000 a year. ThyssenKrupp as well has several hundred PCT-applications a year. For this purpose the company is using the services of inovia since 2011. It provides a system for filing applications for patents abroad electronically. Not only is ThyssenKrupp using the inovia-platform for admittance of the PCT-applications in the national phase but also for the regionalization of granted european patents. This way, they are able to save a lot of time and money in the process.
