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Bosch innovations
At Bosch, a very large number of new ideas reach patent maturity. Last year alone, Bosch registered 2,622 patents. That was almost ten percent more than the year before. The number of patents registered and owned by Bosch presently stands at app. 65,000.

Research and development engineers work every day to bring new systems to production maturity. For instance, the anti-locking brake system ABS needed almost 40 years and more than 1,000 patents to become attractive and affordable for mass production.

High-performance, user-friendly, safe and eco-friendly products often have a long development and patent career behind them. The small Lambda probe inside three-way catalytic converters is such a package of ideas, with 15 protective rights (13 already patented).

Such leading technology from Bosch, especially in the field of vehicle technology, originates in our technical development centers. Apart from ABS, other braking and safety systems such as the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) and new methods to reduce noxious emissions were born there and keep being improved by new and patented developments.

Did you know ...?
... that Bosch has been granted 65,000 patents by the German Patent Office to date?

... that Bosch produces an annual average of more than one patent per working hour every working day?

... that Bosch Japan is the country’s biggest foreign patent applicant from all manufacturing industries?

... that the long road to market maturity of today's ABS system began with a predecessor product registered for patent as early as 1936?

... that the Lambda probe is even exhibited in the Deutsche Museum in Munich?