The World Intellectual Property Organization recently published the statistic of international patent filing in 2008.
Filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) grew by 2.4% in 2008. Despite the fact that this is the highest number of applications received in a single year, the increase was modest in comparison with the three previous years (9.3%). This might be seen as an effect of the global economic slowdown.
The largest number of applications came from companies from the United States (32.7%), followed by Japan (17.5%) and Germany (11.3%). It is worth mentioning that the highest grow rates in 2008 belong to South Korea, China and Sweden.
Filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) grew by 2.4% in 2008. Despite the fact that this is the highest number of applications received in a single year, the increase was modest in comparison with the three previous years (9.3%). This might be seen as an effect of the global economic slowdown.
The largest number of applications came from companies from the United States (32.7%), followed by Japan (17.5%) and Germany (11.3%). It is worth mentioning that the highest grow rates in 2008 belong to South Korea, China and Sweden.
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