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USPTO data - South Africa Report

Country report. Most prolific inventors. Most innovative cities. Innovative companies. Top universities.

Country

Period

Most Prolific Inventors

1. Malan De Villiers
76
2. Frederick Johannes Bruwer
60
2. Hendrikus Johannes Van Der Meijden
60
4. James Alfred Gordon Greenfield
45
4. Klaus Tank
45
4. Marcin Piotr Kowalski
45
7. Christopher Richard Jacques De Kadt
43
7. Roland Alexander Paterson-Jones
43
9. Ulrich Reinhard Hahnle
38
10. Peter Paul Zilla
36

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Most Innovative Cities

1. Johannesburg
1,218
2. Cape Town
1,007
3. Pretoria
819
4. Sandton
306
5. Randburg
292
6. Durban
267
7. Gauteng
231
8. Stellenbosch
221
9. Vanderbijlpark
140
10. Centurion
128

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Innovative Companies

1.
118
2.
117
3.
Detnet South Africa (Pty) Limited
80
4.
South African Inventions Development Corporation
66
5.
61
6.
43
7.
Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd
42
8.
35
9.
Tobacco Research and Development Institute
27
10.
Technology Finance Corporation (Proprietary) Limited
23

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Top Universities

1. University of Cape Town
94
2. Stellenbosch University
76
3. University of the Witwatersrand
44
4. University of Pretoria
37
5. National Institute of Metallurgy
16
6. University of Johannesburg
15
7. University of the Free State
11
8. University of South Africa
8
9. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
7
10. Tshwane University of Technology
5

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