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PCT – Statistics
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group Seventh Session
Geneva, June 10 to 13, 2014
Outline1) PCT International Filings
2) PCT National Phase Entries
3) Receiving Offices
4) International Authorities
5) PCT – Patent Prosecution Highway
1) PCT – International Application Filings
195,320205,373
214,800221,700
228,100234,200
Filing Trends for Top 5 Origins
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
PCT
appl
icat
ions
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
United Sta tes o f Am eric aJapan China Germ any Republic o f Ko rea
International fil ing year
Distribution of PCT Applicants in 2013
Businesses
Individuals
Universities
Government and Research Institu-tions
Top Applicants
• Businesses: Panasonic Corporation – 2,839 applications published • Universities: University of California – 398 applications published• Government and Research Institutions – Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives – 419 applications published
Main Fields of Technology in 2013
Largest increases: IT methods for management:
+27.2% Optics: +23.0% Computer technology: +18.0%
Decreases in 4 out of 35 fields: Micro-structural and nano-
technology: -8.0% Organic fine chemistry: -3.3% Pharmaceuticals: -1.3% Basic communication
process: -0.8%
Main Fields of Technology for PCT Applications by Percentage of Total:
Electrical Machinery 14,897 applications (7.8%) Computer Technology 14,684 applications (7.7%) Digital Communications 14,059 applications
(7.3%) Medical Technology 11,920 applications (6.2%)
PCT Applications by Medium of Filing
• Distribution in 2013: 7.6% paper, 2.8% PCT-EASY, 89.7% fully electronic (49.9% PDF, 27.4% XML, 12.4% EFS-Web).
Distribution of Filing Languages in 2013
• Top 10 filing languages make up 99.2% of total filings.
Share (%)51.0 20.2 9.5 8.1 5.0 3.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.3
104,100
41,254
19,311 16,53110,229 6,158 1,848 1,647 1,031 555
PCT
appl
icat
ions
Engl i s
h
Japane
seChi
nese
German
Korean Fre
nch Ital ia
nSpa
nish
Russia
n
Portug
uese
Language
2) PCT – National Phase Entries
• 539,300 national phase entries estimated for 2012 (+ 6.2%)• 458,800 (about 85%) of NPEs are from non-resident applications representing 55% of all non-resident patent applications filed worldwide in 2012.
. 16.4 40.3 16.6 18.5 9.1 20.2 8.2 0. 4 11.3 10.5 11.9 7.7 7.1-4.1
7.9 4.4 6.2
100,000
300,000
500,000
PCT
natio
nal p
hase
ent
ries
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
PCT na tio na l pha s e entriesGro wth ra te (% )
Appl ication year
Average Number of National Phase Entries (NPEs) per PCT Application for 15 Top High-Income Origins
• United States of America has highest number of NPEs (146,988), followed by Japan (112,862) then Germany (59,966); all average between 3.1 and 3.3 NPEs per PCT application. Switzerland has the highest average number of NPEs per PCT application at 5.
Change from 20080.4 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
5.0
4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.12.7 2.6
1.7
Aver
age
PCT
natio
nal p
hase
ent
ries
Swi tz
erland
Nether
lands
Austra
l iaFra
nce
United
Kingd
om Israel Ita
l ySw
eden
Germany
Japan
Canada
United
State
s of A
merica
Finl an
dSpa
in
Republ
i c of
Korea
Origin
Average Number of National Phase Entries (NPEs) per PCT Application for 15 Top Middle-Income Origins
• Among middle-income countries, China has highest number of NPEs (16,978), followed by India (3,322), Brazil (1,167) and South Africa (934).
• The top 15 middle-income countries had lower average numbers of NPEs per PCT application than their high income counterparts.
Change from 2008-0.2 0.8 1.1 0.9 -0.1 1.0 0.2 -1.7 -0.6 0.2 0.2 -1.2 0.0 -2.1 0.1
3.23.0
2.8 2.82.5
2.2 2.2
1.71.5
1.41.2
1.00.7 0.6 0.6Av
erag
e PC
T na
tiona
l pha
se e
ntrie
s
Origin
PCT National Phase Entries for Top 10 Offices 2012
• USPTO most preferred office by National Phase Entries and had highest growth among the top 10 Offices (+ 12.7%).
Gro wth ra te (% ): 2011 -1212 .7 6 .4 8 .1 3 .0 -0 .9 3 .0 0 .5 6 .5 1 .4 2 .5
109,976
85,42169,693
53,058
30,752 29,318 26,904 22,658 19,107 12,594PCT
natio
nal p
hase
ent
ries
Offi c e
PCT National Phase Entries for Next 10 Offices 2012
Gro wth ra te (% ): 20 11 -124 .8 -0 .8 2 .2 1 .0 7 .0 12 2 .952 .4 -4 .6 8 .8 0 .2
11,533
6,670 6,275 5,583 5,014 4,793 4,490 3,8583,149 2,950
PCT
natio
nal p
hase
ent
ries
M ex ic o
S ingapo re
Sou th Africa
Is ra e l
M a la y s ia
Tha iland
Ge rmany
New Zea la nd
Eura s ia n P a ten t Orga n iz a tio
n
Vie t Nam
Offi c e
3) PCT Applications by Receiving Office
• Ten of the top 15 receiving Offices received more applications in 2013 than in 2012. Together, these 15 Offices received almost 96% of all applications filed in 2013.
Growth rate (%): 2012-1311.2 0.7 -1.2 15.1 4.8 5.5 -5.7 1.4 -1.8 6.2 -5.5 1.1 -6.7 1.0 23.9
57,793
43,075
32,038
22,942
12,442 10,3133,893 3,312 2,097 1,819 1,519 1,439 1,265 1,262 1,198
PCT
appl
icat
ions
United
State
s of A
merica
Japan
Europe
an Pat
ent O
fficeChi
na
Republ
ic of
Korea
Intern
ationa
l Bure
au
United
Kingd
omFra
nceCan
adaSw
eden
Austra
l ia
Germany
Finlan
dSpa
in Israel
Receiving office
PCT applications for selected receiving Offices of middle-income countries
• Twelve of the above 15 receiving Offices received more PCT
applications in 2013 than in 2012.
Growth rate (%): 2012-132.6 9.7 61.8 -7.8 39.1 24.8 -9.7 -7.5 24.1 88.6 77.4 11.1 23.5 33.3 13.3882
620
390271
192 151 131 86 67 66 55 40 21 20 17
PCT
appl
icat
ions
India
Brazi l
Turkey
Malaysi
aMexi
coUkr
aine
Hungary
South
Afri ca
Thai la
ndMoro
ccoBul
garia
Egypt
Serbia
Phil ip
pines
Eurasi
an Pat
ent O
rgani z
ation
Receiving office
Receiving Offices: Timeliness of Transmitting PCT Applications to the International Bureau
• Average transmission time between the international filing date and the date of receipt of the application from the receiving Office was 3.3 weeks in 2013 (3.2 weeks in 2012). • 86.9% of PCT applications transmitted to the IB within 4 weeks in 2012.
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3
4
5
6
7
8
Wee
ks
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Av erage tim e lines s in tra ns m itting PCT a pplic a tio ns
Year
4) International AuthoritiesSearch Reports by International Searching Authority
European Patent Office
Japan
Republic of Korea
China
United States of America
Russian Federation
Australia
Canada
Sweden
Spain
Israel
Finland
Brazil
Austria
Nordic Patent Institute
India
Egypt
77395
42433
30461
23737
16635
3661
2703
2319
1527
1416
856
799
510
234
223
107
13
2011
2012
2013
Average Timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB measured from Date of Receipt of Search Copy
3
4
5
6
Mon
ths
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Av era ge tim e lines s in trans m itting ISRs (from rec e ip t o f s ea rc h c opy )
Year
• Average timeliness in transmitting ISRs fee from 4.2 to 3.6 months between 2012 and 2013.
• 65% of ISRs transmitted to the IB within 3 months from date of receipt of search copy (57.8% in 2012).
• 77.3% of all ISRs issued within 16 months of priority date (69.9% in 2012).
Distribution of Supplementary International Search Reports by SISA
Supplementary International
Searching Authority
Year
2010 2011 2012 2013
Total 41 41 46 67
Austria 1 2 2
European Patent Office 3 7 21 30
Nordic Patent Institute 1 3
Russian Federation 35 31 19 32
Sweden 2 2 3
Finland 1
02,0004,0006,0008,000
10,00012,00014,00016,00018,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
IPR
Ps (C
hapt
er II
)
Year
Others
USPTO
JPO
EPO
International Preliminary Examination Authorities
• Reports produced by IPEAs fell by 6.3% from 2012 to 2013.• For 2013, 84.5% of IPRPs (Chapter II) were produced by the EPO,
the JPO or the USPTO.
Average Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs
• Average time taken to transmit IPRPs increased from 27.6 months
in 2001 to 30.6 months in 2013. 72.8% of IPRPs transmitted within 28 months (68.4% in 2012).
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28
29
30
31
32
Mon
ths
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Av erage tim e lines s in trans m itting In te rna tiona l P re l im ina ry Repo rts o n P a tentab il ity (from prio ri ty da te )
Year
5) PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway
• 6,336 PCT-PPH requests in 2013 (4,577 in 2012) • In 2013, 53 PCT-PPH pilots were active, with the participation of 24 Offices, including 14 International Authorities.
Office of PCT national phase entry
International authority
Unite
d St
ates
of A
mer
ica
Japa
n
Chin
a
Repu
blic
of K
orea
Euro
pean
Pat
ent O
ffice
Cana
da
Aust
ralia
Phili
ppin
es
Indo
nesia
Russ
ian
Fede
ratio
n
Mex
ico
Israe
l
Tota
l
Japan 726 952 572 206 221 - - 19 22 7 8 0 2,733Republic of Korea 1,000 44 206 56 - - - - - - - - 1,306European Patent Office 941 207 - - - - - - - - - - 1,148China 366 36 - 13 - - - - - 1 0 - 416United States of America 154 12 24 20 36 20 12 8 - 4 - 2 292Canada 42 - - - - 101 - - - - - - 143Australia 89 - - - - - 23 - - - - - 112Sweden 64 13 - - - - - - - - - - 77Russian Federation 35 1 6 - - - - - - - - - 42Finland 12 2 1 - - - - - - 1 - 0 16Israel 14 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 16Austria 14 - - 0 - - - - - - - - 14Nordic Patent Institute 10 4 - - - - - - - - - 14Spain 4 0 - - - - - - - 0 3 - 7Total 3,471 1,272 809 295 257 121 35 27 22 13 11 3 6,336
Further information:2014 PCT Yearly Review
The International Patent System(to be published soon)
2013 World Intellectual Property IndicatorsWIPO Publication No:941E/2013
Statistics on the PCT Systemhttp://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct/
Patent Prosecution Highway Portal Sitehttp://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/index.htm