Sept. 4 – Milan holds the primacy in Italy for European registered patents. The Chamber of Commerce of Milan analyzed 2012, 2011 and 2003 data from the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Osservatorio Unioncamere Patents Trademarks and Design. In 2012 (latest available data) 1,258 registered patents in Italy, out of 3,819 total, were in Milan. The city is also 7th in Europe for number of patents filed, after Munich, Berlin and Paris. By itself, Milan weighs 17.5% of the Italian total, with 667 patents. Essentially, one European patent registered in Italy out of six comes from Milan. After Milan, for Lombardy there are Bresca (138), Bergamo (93) and Varese (86).
