2011 data from the European Patent Office (EPO) shows that Europe is a hub of innovation.

The most innovative European cities include:

  • Eindhoven, the Netherlands: 250 patent applications per 100,000 people
  • Regensburg, Germany: 83.8 applications per 100,000 people.
  • Aachen, Germany
  • Heidelberg, Germany
  • Grenoble, France: 80 applications per 100,000
  • Darmstadt, Germany
  • Zurich, Germany
  • Basel, Germany

The least inventive cities include:

  • Almería and Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain
  • Taranto, Reggio di Calabria, and Palermo in southern Italy
  • Czestochowa in southern Poland.

Source: http://buzz.mw/b1o7y_f

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The Most and Least Inventive Cities in Europe
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The Most and Least Inventive Cities in Europe
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2011 data from the European Patent Office (EPO) shows that Europe is a hub of innovation.
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Dawn Ellmore Employment
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