职业健康与安全

OccupationalHealth andSafety PatentLandscapeReportOccupationalHealth andSafety The user is allowed to reproduce, distribute, adapt, translate and publiclyperform this publication, including for commercial purposes, withoutexplicit permission, provided that the content is accompanied by anacknowledgement that WIPO is the source and that it is clearly indicated ifchanges were made to the original content.Suggested citation: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)(2025).Patent Landscape Report: Occupational Health and Safety. Geneva:WIPO. DOIhttps://doi.org/10.34667/tind.58432.Adaptation/translation/derivatives should not carry any official emblem orlogo, unless they have been approved and validated by WIPO. Please contactus via theWIPO websiteto obtain permission.For any derivative work, please include the following disclaimer: “TheSecretariat of WIPO assumes no liability or responsibility with regard to thetransformation or translation of the original content.”When content published by WIPO, such as images, graphics, trademarksor logos, is attributed to a third party, the user of such content is solelyresponsible for clearing the rights with the right holder(s).To view a copy of this license, please visithttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Any dispute arising under this license that cannot be settled amicably shallbe referred to arbitration in accordance with Arbitration Rules of the UnitedNations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) then in force.The parties shall be bound by any arbitration award rendered as a result ofsuch arbitration as the final adjudication of such a dispute.The designations employed and the presentation of material throughoutthis publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoeveron the part of WIPO concerning the legal status of any country, territoryor area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiersor boundaries.This publication is not intended to reflect the views of the Member States orthe WIPO Secretariat.The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers does notimply that they are endorsed or recommended by WIPO in preference toothers of a similar nature that are not mentioned.Cover: unsplash / EffyDesk; Getty Images / halfpointWIPO Publication No. 2012EN/25 © WIPO, 2025First published 2025World IntellectualProperty Organization34 chemin des ColombettesP.O. Box 18CH-1211 Geneva 20SwitzerlandAttribution 4.0 International(CC BY4.0)ISBN: 978-92-805-3726-0 (print)ISBN: 978-92-805-3727-7 (online)ISSN: 2790-7007 (print)ISSN: 2790-7015 (online) ContentsAcknowledgmentsExecutive summary1 IntroductionUnderstanding occupational health and safety (OHS)Research methodology and scope2 Overview of occupational health and safety (OHS) technologiesCategorizing occupational health and safetyPredictionDetectionProtectionMain industries in occupational health and safety3 Patent trends shaping the OHS industryGlobal patenting activityBeyond patents – insights into market, regulatory, and economic landscapes254 Prediction technologies: anticipating workplace hazardsGlobal patenting landscapeInternational patenting landscapeBenchmark inventions in Prediction technologiesSummary of Prediction technologies5 Detection technologies: identifying and monitoring risksGlobal patenting landscapeInternational patenting landscapeBenchmark inventions in Detection technologiesSummary of Detection technologies6 Protection technologies: mitigating workplace risksGlobal patenting landscapeInternational patenting landscapeBenchmark inventions in Protection technologiesSummary of Protection technologies7 Tomorrow’s occupational health and safetyReport at a glanceThe path forward in workplace safetyNext decade: technology in risk controlAppendicesAppendix 1: Patent indicatorsAppendix 2: Search strategy 569911121213141516181827283641454647545963646572778081818283848486 This Patent Landscape Report on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) technologies wasprepared under the stewardship of Marco Alemán (Assistant Director General, IP and InnovationEcosystems Sector) and the direction of Alejandro Roca Campaña (Senior Director, IP forInnovators Department) and Andrew Czajkowski (Director, Technology and Innovation SupportDivision), and was led by Christopher Harrison (Patent Analytics Manager, IP Analytics Section,Technology and Innovation Support Division).The report was prepared by a project team led by Christopher Harrison that includedXavier Dieumegard, Houssem Arbaoui, Amira Tiga and Yoran Margaron (all from Questel) aswell as Ekrem Çakay (Patent Analyst, IP Analytics Section, Technology and Innovation SupportDivision), Hong Kan (Patent Analytics Officer, IP Analytics Section, Technology and InnovationSupport Division), Lakshmi Supriya (Patent Analytics Officer, IP Analytics Section, Technologyand Innovation Support Division), Pooyan Piredeir (Young Expert, Technology and InnovationSupport Division) and Brianne Nicole Sanchez (Young E