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Top 50 Key Players companies in Catalytic converter
by Most Patent Citation in the Germany in 2018

The Catalytic converter top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Citation Catalytic converter Key Players in the Germany. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device that reduces toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction (an oxidation and a reduction reaction). Catalytic converters are usually used with internal combustion engines fueled by either gasoline or diesel—including lean-burn engines as well as kerosene heaters and stoves.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
patent citation: 5,657
2
patent citation: 3,276
3
patent citation: 2,885
4
patent citation: 2,858
5
patent citation: 1,654
6
Sales management,Product design,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1,199
7
patent citation: 1,172
8
patent citation: 1,160
9
Environmental innovation,Automotive engineering,Fleet management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 631
10
patent citation: 629
11
patent citation: 629
12
patent citation: 351
13
patent citation: 333
14
patent citation: 238
15
patent citation: 217
16
patent citation: 211
17
patent citation: 175
18
Gasoline,Environmental consulting,Electronic control system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 137
19
patent citation: 106
20
Degussa AG
patent citation: 99
21
patent citation: 99
22
patent citation: 99
23
patent citation: 82
24
patent citation: 74
25
patent citation: 65
26
patent citation: 56
27
patent citation: 52
28
Medicine,Chemical engineering,Transfer Agreement,
...[+1]
patent citation: 50
29
patent citation: 49
30
patent citation: 49
31
patent citation: 48
32
patent citation: 47
33
patent citation: 45
34
patent citation: 45
35
patent citation: 34
36
patent citation: 33
37
patent citation: 31
38
patent citation: 31
39
patent citation: 31
40
patent citation: 31
41
patent citation: 30
42
patent citation: 30
43
patent citation: 29
44
patent citation: 28
45
Demet Deutsche Edelmetall Recycling AG & Co.
patent citation: 28
46
patent citation: 27
47
patent citation: 26
48
Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec AG
patent citation: 26
49
patent citation: 24
50
patent citation: 22
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