According to the annual report for 2025 issued by the Polish Patent Office, the University of Silesia in Katowice took a high 17th position in the ranking of all domestic and foreign applicants (not just universities) based on the number of patents for inventions granted in 2025. In total, our University obtained 26 patents last year.
It is worth noting that among classical universities, the University of Silesia once again took first place.
Of all Polish universities, only a few technical universities (technology, agriculture, natural sciences, or medicine) and a few polytechnic universities had more patents granted.
Patent attorney of the University of Silesia
The patent attorney has supported the inventive activity of the employees, students and young scientists associated with the University of Silesia since the establishment of the University. Throughout this period, the patent attorney has cared for the proper protection of industrial property of the University of Silesia. The attorney’s tasks include e.g. qualifying industrial property items for protection, preparing full application documentation for the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland in order to obtain protection (e.g. patent for an invention) and maintaining protection in force.
The Patent Attorneys’ Office of the University of Silesia is located in Katowice, ul. Bankowa 5 (rooms A.2.3 and A.2.5). The Office Coordinator is Mariusz Grzesiczak, MA. You can contact the Office by email at brp@us.edu.pl or by calling 32 359 21 09.
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