Knowledge and Technology Transfer

PCT patent applications per billion GDP (in PPS)

is well-positioned and its PCT patent applications per billion GDP have grown steadily with the exceptions of 2019. This holds true as well if we look at patents per capita.

PCT patents are international patents filed through the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty. It makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a number of countries by filing a single application.

Public-private co-publications

One of the strengths in the international comparison are 's public-private co-publications. Only can keep pace. The Innosuisse monitoring data shows that Innovation Projects with Implementation Partner make their contribution to this knowledge transfer between research and business (54 % report a co-publication as one result of their Innovation Project).

Start-ups from Swiss public research organisations

   New:   Universities and other public research organisations have become an important driver of start-up growth in Switzerland. The decline in recent years both in total start-ups and more pronounced in spin-offs (start-ups with a formal licence of IP) has been halted in 2023 with a new record of founded start-ups and slightly higher number of spin-offs.

The swiTT report gives a relatively complete picture for start-ups and spin-offs from ETH Zürich, EPFL and universities; universities of applied sciences are less thoroughly represented.

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