Innovative products which generate additional benefits for the customer, are crucial for Endress+Hauser's success. In 2006, the company applied for 179 new patents and invested 8 percent of its turnover in research and development. The Group currently has 3,400 'live' patents to its name.

Endress+Hauser pursues an active patent rights policy. Endress+Hauser PatServe,  features patent engineers and attorneys based in Weil am Rhein, Germany, who take care of all affairs involving industrial property. The annual Endress+Hauser Innovator's Meeting is an acknowledgement to the outstanding achievements of the company´s inventors. The most important patents being honoured with the Patent Rights Incentive Award