Insights into PCT Filing Trends and Technology Fields
Discover statistics and trends related to PCT application filings, top origin countries, applicant distribution, and main fields of technology in 2015. Explore the shift towards electronic filing methods and key analysis on technological areas of interest.
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PCT Statistics PCT Working Group Ninth Session Geneva May 17 to 20, 2016
Outline PCT Application Filings PCT National Phase Entries Receiving Offices International Authorities
PCT Application Filings 247,100 241,000 234,600 228,100 218,000 214,318 Source: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO
Filing Trends for Top 5 Origins United States of America Japan China Germany Republic of Korea 60,000 50,000 40,000 PCT applications 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 International filing year Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016
Distribution of PCT Applicants in 2015 Businesses Individuals Universities Government and Research Institutions Top Applicants Businesses: Huawei Technologies 3,898 applications published Universities: University of California 361 applications published Government and Research Institutions: Commissariat l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives 409 applications published
Main Fields of Technology in 2015 Main Fields of Technology by Percentage of Total Computer Technology Digital Communication Electrical Machinery Largest increases: Other consumer goods: +9.6% Textile and paper machines: +5.0% Other special machines: +4.2% Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 16,385 applications (8.2%) 16,047 applications (8.0%) 14,612 applications (7.3%) Largest decreases: Microstructural and nanotechnology: -13.3% Telecommunications: -10.8% Semiconductors: -10.6%
PCT Applications by Medium of Filing Paper Paper + PCT EASY Fully electronic (PDF, EFS-Web and XML) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 14.1 26.2 32.4 52.7 64.1 72.6 78.3 82.8 87.3 89.6 91.3 93.6 Share of fully electronic filings (%) 100 Distribution of PCT applications (%) 75 50 25 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 International filing year Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Distribution in 2015: 5.6% paper, 0.8% PCT-EASY, 93.6% fully electronic (PDF 65.4%, XML 28.2%)
Trend in PCT applications in top 5 languages of publication English Japanese Chinese German Korean 120,000 100,000 80,000 PCT publications 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Publication year Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 English accounts for 51.8% of all applications published, followed by Japanese (18.7%) and Chinese (10.3%) Top 5 languages of publication account for 95.4% of all PCT applications published.
PCT- National Phase Entries PCT national phase entries Growth rate (%) 500,000 PCT national phase entries 300,000 100,000 -0.5 -4.1 . 16.1 40.0 16.1 18.6 9.1 20.7 8.5 11.3 11.0 11.1 8.8 7.4 7.8 4.7 6.5 4.2 5.2 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Application year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 595,400 national phase entries estimated for 2014 (+5.2%)
Non-resident applications by filing route Paris route PCT national phase entries 500,000 400,000 Non-resident applications 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 501,900 non-resident national phase entries (+5.5%), 378,700 non-resident Paris-route filings (-0.3%) in 2014 57% of all non-resident applications filed through PCT
Trends in PCT National Phase Entries for Top 5 Origins United States of America Japan Germany France China 200,000 PCT national phase entries 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 United States of America (170,928, +8.2%), Japan (123,787, +2.4%) and Germany (60,224, -4.7%) had highest number of NPEs China (22,473, +24.1%) moved from 8th to 5th place in number of NPEs from 2013 to 2014
Trends in PCT National Phase Entries for Next 5 Origins Switzerland Republic of Korea United Kingdom Netherlands Sweden 25,000 PCT national phase entries 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Switzerland (21,095, -3.7%) and Republic of Korea (21,090, +10.5%) have highest number of NPEs outside the top 5 origins
PCT NPEs for Top 10 Offices in 2014 7.5 6.0 9.3 7.7 5.5 3.1 -4.5 0.3 -7.4 2.6 Growth rate (%) 128,946 PCT national phase entries 92,627 79,612 58,337 37,112 27,451 26,340 22,644 19,181 13,451 Brazil India China Japan Canada Australia Republic of Korea Russian Federation United States of America European Patent Office Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Office USPTO had most NPEs in 2014 (128,946 representing 21.7% of all NPEs) Highest growth among top 10 Offices: SIPO (+9.3%), Japan (+7.7%) and USPTO (+7.5%)
PCT NPEs for Next 10 Offices in 2014 8.8 8.6 6.8 9.1 15.0 4.9 2.2 -22.3 15.9 14.4 Growth rate (%) 12,801 PCT national phase entries 7,123 6,523 6,113 6,042 5,544 5,215 4,765 4,412 3,503 Israel Germany Viet Nam Malaysia Indonesia Thailand South Africa Singapore New Zealand Mexico Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Office Highest growth among next 10 Offices: New Zealand (+15.9%), Germany (+15.0%) and Viet Nam (+14.4%)
PCT Applications by Receiving Office -6.6 4.8 4.2 14.6 11.6 -0.9 -2.9 1.1 -8.0 0.0 -7.9 -15.0 10.1 -6.3 -9.0 Growth rate (%) 57,881 PCT applications 43,285 34,302 31,031 14,657 10,430 4,118 3,545 2,000 1,622 1,577 1,469 1,331 1,148 1,009 Israel France Germany Sweden China Spain Japan Finland Canada Australia United Kingdom Republic of Korea United States of America International Bureau European Patent Office Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Receiving office The top 15 receiving Offices received 96% of all PCT applications filed in 2015 Largest increases: China (+14.6%), Republic of Korea (+11.6%) and Israel (+10.1%) Largest decreases: Sweden (-15.0%), Finland (-9.0%) and Canada (-8.0%)
PCT applications for selected receiving Offices of middle-income countries in 2015 29.4 -15.0 -5.5 -12.5 4.2 -6.5 65.5 20.8 16.7 -9.1 22.6 -43.1 133.3 50.0 5.0 Growth rate (%) 705 687 PCT applications 484 253 225 129 96 93 49 40 38 33 28 24 21 Peru Brazil India Egypt Mexico Romania Morocco Turkey Serbia Ukraine Malaysia Thailand Bulgaria Kazakhstan South Africa Receiving office Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Of the receiving Offices in middle-income countries that received the most applications in 2015, sharp rise for Turkey (+29.4%), declines for India (-15.0%) and Brazil (-5.5%)
Receiving Offices: Timeliness of Transmitting PCT Applications to the IB Average timeliness in transmitting PCT applications 8 7 6 Weeks 5 4 3 2 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Average transmission time between international filing date and date the IB received the application decreased to 2.7 weeks in 2015 (shortest time since 2001) 93.4% of PCT applications transmitted to IB within 4 weeks in 2015 (83.5% in 2014).
Search Reports established by International Searching Authority Source: WIPO Statistics Database, April 2016 First full year of operations in 2015 for Chile
Average Timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB from Date of Receipt of Search Copy Average timeliness in transmitting ISRs (from receipt of search copy) 6 5 Months 4 3 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Average timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB was 3.3 months - shortest time since 2001 76.3% of PCT applications transmitted to IB within 3 months from date of receipt of search copy (67% in 2014) 79.8% of all ISRs issued within 16 months of priority date (77.7% in 2014)
Distribution of Supplementary International Search Requests Year Supplementary international searching authority Austria E uropean P atent Office F inland Nordic P atent Institute Russian F ederation S weden Total 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1 7 2 2 2 2 21 1 3 19 30 61 40 31 2 41 32 3 67 46 22 46 109 64 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Supplementary International Search Requests fell by 41% to 64 in 2015 compared to 2014 The EPO and Rospatent accounted for 96.8% of requests for supplementary international search in 2015
IPRPs (Chapter II) by International Preliminary Examination Authority Source: WIPO Statistics Database, April 2016 Reports established by IPEA rose by 14.1% in 2015 to 15,662, after falls of 6.5% in both 2013 and 2014 85.4% of IPRPs (Chapter II) were produced by the EPO, the JPO or the USPTO
Average Timeliness in transmitting IPRPs Average timeliness in transmitting International Preliminary Reports on Patentability (from priority date) 32 31 30 Months 29 28 27 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, May 2016 Average time in transmitting IPRPs fell to 27.9 months in 2015, similar to level observed in 2001 80.4% of all IPRPs were transmitted to the IB within 28 months of priority date (73.2% in 2014)
Further information: 2016 PCT Yearly Review The International Patent System WIPO Publication No. 901E/2016 WIPO IP Statistics Data Center http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/ Patent Prosecution Highway Portal Site http://www.jpo.go/jp/ppph-portal/index.htm
