Alstom in Spain is,according to the 2013 ranking published by the European Patent Office (EPO), one of the top 3 applicants for patents in the country with a total of 49 patent filings.
With 8 engineering and R&D centres and a high number of innovations and patent filings, Alstom is leader in the energy and railway sectors in Spain. Alstom lies ahead of other leading research organizations such as the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, which filed for 31 patents. Only Telefónica and EADS are ahead of Alstom by number of patents.
