Valeo says it remains the French company filing the most patents worldwide

Of the 1,218 patents published, 44% were in France, 25% in Germany, 8% in Europe (excluding France and Germany), 11% in China and 12% in the rest of the world

Valeo announced that it has ranked first once again among French patent applicants worldwide, with 1,218 patents published in one year, according to the ranking published by the Institut National de la Propriété Intellectuelle (INPI), which lists the first filings published with the world’s main patent offices, according to a press release dated Jan. 23.