Germany: Migration Bolsters Innovation, Patents

Alexander Pearson Deutsche Welle January 3, 2019 Germany, triple win migration

The German Economic Institute says its analysis of German patents underscores the need for fewer restrictions on migrant scientists and technicians. The German government recently approved a draft law to that effect.

Nearly one in 10 patent applications in Germany were filed by inventors with a non-German background, a study has revealed.

The share of patent applications by these inventors increased from 6.1 percent in 2005 to 9.4 percent in 2016, the business-friendly German Economic Institute (IW) found in its latest report.

“The results show that migration is making an ever greater contribution to Germany’s innovative strength,” authors’ Oliver Koppel and Enno Röben said.

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