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ABB filed more patent applications in Europe than any other Swiss-based company in 2013

5ABB, the global power and automation technology group, registered more patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2013 than any other company based in Switzerland. Of the total 6,651 patent applications from Switzerland, 455 were made by ABB, followed by Nestle, Alstom and Roche. Every year, ABB invests around $1.5 billion in research and development and is considered a technology innovation leader in its main fields of activity. Its 125-year heritage of innovation was further underlined in 2013 when Thomson Reuters and the MIT Technology Review recognized ABB as one of the world’s top innovators. ABB conducts research and development in over 30 countries and employs more than 8,500 technologists around the world. It also maintains seven corporate research centers, one of which is based in Dättwil, near Zurich. ABB’s Global Research lab specializes in nine research areas including power electronics, software, sensors, materials and switching.

 

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  1. I would like to suggest a new type mass flow meter (gas, liquid, multiphase medium) and level meter for mastering in The ABB. There is an acting experimental sample and design drawings. Details will be sent.
    Best regards,
    Anatoliy Pavlov
    inventor
    47 Apt., 12 Darwin Street, Kharkov 61002, Ukraine
    Email: pavlov__ag@mail.ru

    • Dear eng. Pavlov,

      we thank you for you suggestion and will be glad to publish an article about your new type mass flow meter in our magazine Power Transmission World.
      I wait for receiving a Word text (about 8.000 typwritten words) + figures and captions.

      Best regards

      Anna Bonanomi
      Editor
      anna.bonanomi@tecnichenuove.com

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