Instituto Politécnico Nacional patent ranking Mexico, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): The Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) has taken first place in Mexico’s patent ranking, as a result of research and development carried out by its scientific community. In 2025 the institution reached a historic record of 73 patents, the highest figure in its history, surpassing all higher-education institutions (IES) and research centers, both public and private.
IPN Director General Arturo Reyes Sandoval said the results reflect the quality, professionalism and daily work carried out in the classrooms and research centers of the institution. He said the figures show the scientific potential of the Politécnico and highlight the academic excellence of its schools and centers distributed throughout the country.
Claudia Marina Espitia Dager, director of Business Services and Technology Transfer (DSETT) at the IPN, explained that most of the patents obtained in 2025 correspond to the health sector, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and vaccines, as well as communications, energy, electronics, metallurgy, environment and transportation, among others.
The increase in IPN patents is part of efforts by the Government of Mexico, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, and the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), headed by Mario Delgado Carrillo, to promote research and scientific development for the benefit of society.
According to the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), the Politécnico recorded significant growth in the number of patents, driven by the inventive capacity of its scientific community, which includes 1,680 members of the National System of Researchers (SNII) of the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI).
Reviewing the evolution of these registrations, Espitia Dager reported that during the current administration the institution has obtained 268 patent titles: 46 in 2021, 43 in 2022, 33 in 2023 and 50 in 2024. In 2025 an institutional record of 73 titles was set, while in 2026 a total of 23 patents have already been granted.
The official explained that most academic units and research centers of the IPN contribute scientific developments that have reached the maturity needed to become patents. She said this progress is also the result of the management led by Arturo Reyes Sandoval, who has strengthened scientific activity and promoted the protection of intellectual property among students and faculty, as well as collaboration with specialized institutions such as the IMPI.
Among the academic units that obtained the most patents in 2025 are the Escuela Superior de Medicina (ESM); the Zacatenco and Culhuacán units of the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (ESIME); the Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatía (ENMH); the Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (CICATA), Legaria Unit; and the Centro de Biotecnología Genómica (CBG).
Espitia Dager said these results are also the product of awareness efforts directed at the scientific community about the importance of protecting intellectual property and ensuring that its members receive the corresponding benefits.
She stressed that it is essential to consolidate this culture so that scientific developments do not remain only in laboratories or patent titles do not stay on desks. The goal, she said, is for innovations to translate into concrete solutions to the most pressing needs of Mexican society.
She emphasized that this achievement was made possible through the coordinated work of the Secretariats of Innovation and Social Integration; of Research and Postgraduate Studies; the DSETT; and the Office of the General Counsel of the IPN.
