The present review includes statistical information on the major applicants, who registered patent applications in patent offices around the world in 2019 in the field bioenergy, including biogas, cellulosic ethanol, syngas, as well as other similar energy products. 1076 inventions from 30 patent offices, prepared by 523 applicants from 30 countries of the world were selected for the present review that were found in the result of a...

The present review contains brief statistical information on patent applications published in 2019 in patent offices around the world and relate to the production of energy from biomass (Algae; Biomass-to-liquids (Fischer-Tropsch); Biogas; Cellulosic ethanol; Biomass gasification; Landfill gas; Methane from wastewater; Pyrolysis & torrefaction; Other and unspecified technologies). As of the date of this publication the collection of...

Key indicators of patenting activity in the field of unconventional gas production in 2018 are considered in the present review. For this purpose, slightly more than 500 patent applications registered in patent offices around the world and related to main sectors of unconventional gas production, including associated petroleum gas (APG), coal bed methane (CBM) and methane hydrates (GHD) were collected from generally-accessible sources....

About 500 patent applications were collected in total for the analysis of patent activity of main applicants in 2018 in the field of unconventional gas production, of which 279 relate to methane production from hydrates (GHD), 12 – to coal bed methane (CBM), and the remainder 94 – to associated petroleum gas (APG). All of the applications were found in generally-accessible patent sources by examining the texts of inventions. The main...

Traditionally, at the end of each year, the Global Dossier Task Force (GDTF) publishes a detailed statistical report on patent activity of the five leading patent offices in the world (IP5), including USPTO (USA), JPO (Japan), KIPO (South Korea), EPO (EPC states) and CNIPA (China). According to the data from the report, in 2017 they accounted for 91% of all patents in force worldwide, and if at the end of 2016 this totalled 11.8...

As the continuation of the previous review (Wind Energy 2018/ key indicators), the results of patenting activity of major applicants from patent applications dedicated to horizontal-axis wind turbines in 2018 are briefly evaluated here. 1583 patent applications were collected for the analysis, and are represented by 301 applicants from 29 countries and filed in 28 patent offices around the world. The methodology of searching and...

Wind energy is one of the most intensively developing sectors of renewable energy. To a great extent this is promoted by abundant inventive activity. This review represents statistical indicators that characterize major priorities of inventors based on the patent applications registered during 2018 in the patent offices around the world. In the process of the patent search a set of patent applications related to horizontal axis wind...

Converters of solar energy with concentrators are used to produce both electric and thermal energy. Power plants with parabolic mirrors or a central receiver in combination with thermal energy storage systems allow the concept of efficient storage of renewable energy to be implemented on a large scale. Concentrators in combination with photovoltaics can significantly increase the efficiency of solar modules. Recent engineering advances...

The present review contains data on 723 patent applications that were collected as of the date of this publication for the inventions registered in 2018 by 252 applicants from 25 countries in 29 patent offices around the world in the field related to the production of synthetic fuels (synthesis gas and its derivatives, liquid hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, direct coal liquefaction, etc.). About 88% of patent applications...

The current review includes key statistical indicators that were identified as a result of the analysis of patent applications filed in the patent offices around the world in 2018 on topics related to the conversion of solar energy using various types of concentrators. In total, during the patent search, as of the date of this review, 1,442 patent applications were identified, which were filed by 741 applicants from 43 countries and...