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Inventors of the year 2018 have been announced
Siemens has named twelve resourceful researchers "Inventor of the Year 2018". Their inventions range from new software that revolutionizes the design of factory parts with 3D printing to an ingenious window coating that improves mobile phone reception on trains.
Together, the award-winning scientists are responsible for around 590 inventions and 589 individual patents granted. Two researchers come from Germany, three from Austria and one each from Norway, France, Poland, Mexico, China, India and the USA.
Since 1995, Siemens has presented the award annually to outstanding researchers and developers at the company whose inventions have made a significant contribution to the company's success. Since 2016, the award has also been presented to researchers outside the company. The Group filed around 3,850 patents worldwide in the 2018 fiscal year. This is an increase of 200 patents compared to the previous year. Siemens holds around 65,000 granted patents worldwide. Siemens employees submitted around 7,300 invention disclosures in fiscal year 2018. Based on 220 working days, that's around 33 inventions per day.
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