# Patents: Patent applications at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office per 100,000 inhabitants, by applicant's seat
# Source: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA), Patentanmeldungen, Anteile und Anmeldungen pro 100.000 Einwohner nach Bundesländern (Anmeldersitz) 2025 (DPMA Jahresbericht 2025, Tab. 1.10), https://www.dpma.de/docs/dpma/veroeffentlichungen/statistik/csv2025/patentanmeldungendpma2025pro100000einwohnernnachbundeslaendern.csv, accessed 2026-11-07, © DPMA; reproduction with source attribution ("Quelle: DPMA")
# Source: Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder (Regionaldatenbank), Bevölkerung, Kreise, 31.12.2025 (summed by state) (12411-02-03-4), https://www.regionalstatistik.de/genesis/online?operation=table&code=12411-02-03-4, accessed 2026-11-07, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0)
# Compiled by Germany Divided, CC BY 4.0. Side: former East/West by 1949-1990 border; Berlin shown separately.
snapshot,reference_year,level,code,name,side,value_per 100,000
now,2025,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,13
now,2025,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,60
now,2025,aggregate,berlin,Berlin,berlin,12
now,2025,aggregate,germany,Germany,,51
now,2025,land,10,Saarland,west,11
now,2025,land,11,Berlin,berlin,12
now,2025,land,12,Brandenburg,east,9
now,2025,land,13,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,east,7
now,2025,land,14,Sachsen,east,14
now,2025,land,15,Sachsen-Anhalt,east,8
now,2025,land,16,Thüringen,east,25
now,2025,land,08,Baden-Württemberg,west,135
now,2025,land,09,Bayern,west,95
now,2025,land,05,Nordrhein-Westfalen,west,32
now,2025,land,03,Niedersachsen,west,47
now,2025,land,06,Hessen,west,18
now,2025,land,02,Hamburg,west,37
now,2025,land,07,Rheinland-Pfalz,west,16
now,2025,land,01,Schleswig-Holstein,west,14
now,2025,land,04,Bremen,west,17