Luxembourg vs Nantes: Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications

Luxembourg
78.2 Patents
in 2022
Nantes
85.3 Patents
in 2022
Luxembourg rank
1st
Nantes rank
2nd

Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Nantes
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How they compare

Nantes currently reports 85.3 Patents against 78.2 Patents in Luxembourg, a difference of 7.1 Patents.

That makes Nantes's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 1st and Nantes ranks 2nd of 1 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 1 and Nantes in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Nantes Difference Ahead
2000s 42.66 Patents 42.67 Patents 0.01 Patents Nantes
2010s 68.26 Patents 68.04 Patents 0.22 Patents Luxembourg
2020s 88.27 Patents 93.63 Patents 5.37 Patents Nantes

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications, Luxembourg or Nantes?
Nantes, at 85.3 Patents against 78.2 Patents in Luxembourg as of 2022.
What is the difference in total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications between Luxembourg and Nantes?
7.1 Patents, with Nantes ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Nantes?
23 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Luxembourg and Nantes rank globally for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
Luxembourg ranks 1st and Nantes ranks 2nd of 1 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications
Unit
Patents
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
881 places, 18,136 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

This dataset provides indicators on total and environment-related patents in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The indicator is defined as the fractional count of (environment-related) patent applications. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses patent applications filled under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) from the OECD, STI Micro-data Lab Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats. Patents are allocated to FUAs based on the postal addresses of inventors. The year refers to the date the patent application was filed. Patents are classified as environment-related following their technology domain, obtained from the methodology of the Environment-related technologies patents national-level dataset (database documentation). Environment-related patents include patents on climate change mitigation, environmental management, sustainable ocean economy and climate change adaptation technologies. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Environment-related patents - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org