Intellectual

R&D spend

in millions of euro

119
2019
103
2020
101
2021
% of sales
11%
13%
13%

Employees in R&D

945
2019
941
2020
945
2021
% of total employees
26%
29%
30%

# of new patent filings

8
2019
9
2020
17
2021

# of patents at year-end

402
2019
461
2020
504
2021
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