{"id":2247,"date":"2026-02-12T08:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/2247\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:01:52","slug":"the-power-of-patents-driving-innovation-and-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/2247\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of patents: driving innovation and a sustainable future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Why Intellectual Property matters<\/p>\n<p>Innovation is the foundation of our success. Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are essential in protecting groundbreaking ideas, ensuring companies can continue to invest in cutting-edge research. Our intellectual property portfolio safeguards our R&amp;D investments, fosters competitive advantage, and accelerates the development of sustainable, energy-efficient solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just recently, we were ranked by the European Patent Office as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new.abb.com\/news\/detail\/124514\/abb-ranked-second-top-swiss-company-for-patent-applications-in-2024\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the second top Swiss company for patent applications in 2024 and 36th globally<\/a>. Our leap to second place is powered by our R&amp;D experts in 30 countries and our strong IP community, demonstrating a commitment to transforming industries through world-class technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Intellectual Property matters Innovation is the foundation of our success. Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are essential in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[232,2056],"class_list":{"0":"post-2247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-abb","8":"tag-abb","9":"tag-motion"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}