1. TFC 2016 – TRIZ FUTURE CONFERENCE 2016
Is Poland an innovative country?
Dorota Chybowska – Maritime University of Szczecin, Technology Transfer Office
Leszek Chybowski – Maritime University of Szczecin, Faculty of Marine Engineering
Wrocław –

2. OVERVIEW Place of Polish inventive problem solving
Place of Polish inventors in the invention disclosure system

3. POTENTIAL VS. RESULTS 38.5 M inhabitants
6th country in the EU by population
21% graduate of technical background
Almost 1.5 M university graduates a year
Over 0.15 M R&D personnel
Growing R&D intensities
(2004 – 0.56, 2014 – 0.94, 2020 – 1.7 GDP)

4. PATENTING ABLILITIES 2006-2015
Polish Patent Office (UP RP)
More than 100 % increase in patent applications
Polish applications make 98% of all in 2015
65% increase in patent grants

5. PATENTING ABLILITIES 2006-2015
European Patent Office (EPO)
4.5 times increase in patent applications
8.8 times increase in patent grants
0.35% of all applications
0.22% of all patent grants
Patenting 16 times more often to UP RP than EPO

6. POLAND VS. OTHERS
Poland vs. selected developed countries – patent grants by the European Patent Office (EPO) 2006–2015

7. TYPE OF GRANTEE
Distribution of patents granted in 2015 and the 1st quarter of 2016 by the European Patent Office (EPO) to Polish grantees and foreign grantees with Polish inventors

8. PATENTING LEADERS IN EPO

9. PATENTING LEADERS IN EPO

10. PATENTING IN UP RP

11. PATENTS IN REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION patent grantees in 2015 (EPO)

12. PATENTS IN REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION patent grantees in 2015 (UP RP)

13. POLISH INVENTORS

14. KEY FIELDS
European Patent Office (EPO) – Fields of technology of Polish inventors in Polish and foreign patents 2015 according to the International Patent Classification: A – Human Necessities; B – Performing Operations, Transporting; C – Chemistry, Metallurgy; D – Textiles, Paper; E – Fixed Constructions; F – Mechanical Engineering, Lighting, Heating, Weapons, Blasting; G – Physics; H – Electricity.

15. WHY IS THE INVENTIVE POTENTIAL SO LOW?
Rating scores of universities
Low interest of commerce to exploit inventions
No pressure on commercially feasible research results
Low popularity of systematic problem solving

16. WHY IS THE INVENTIVE POTENTIAL SO LOW?
Reluctance of academia to utile solutions
System immaturity, bureaucracy
Imprecise expectations to TTOs, researchers and enterprises
Ex-cathedra teaching at technical universities

17. CONCLUSIONS
Polish patents in European Patent Office (EPO) and Polish Patent Office (UP RP), 2008–2015

18. CONCLUSIONS Strongest regions are Mazovian, Lesser Poland & Silesia
Poland not the country of protection for foreign grantees
Number of Polish inventors similar for Polish and non-Polish onwers

19. CONCLUSIONS
Inventing in 4 out of 8 fields according to the International Patent Classification
Most popular countries are Switzerland, USA and Germany

20. Thank you for attention Q&A
Dorota Chybowska:  480
Leszek Chybowski: