International Patent Cooperation Treaty Statistics Overview
Explore key statistics and trends from the Twenty-Second Session of the International Authorities Meeting in Tokyo. Discover data on international patent applications, national phase entries, publication languages, and more. Gain insights into filing mediums, monthly application trends, and the distribution of reports by international authorities. Stay informed about the latest developments in patent cooperation.
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PCT Statistics Meeting of International Authorities Twenty-Second Session Tokyo, February 4 to 6, 2015
Outline 1) International Applications Filed 1) Overall Trends and Forecasts 2) Medium of Filing 3) Languages 2) National Phase Entries 3) International Authorities 1) International Search 2) Supplementary International Search 3) International Preliminary Examination 4) PCT Patent Prosecution Highway 2
Application Filings and Forecast 228,800 222,800 216,100 214,100 205,268 195,334 Source: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO 3
Monthly Trends in Applications Filed Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015 4
Medium of Filing Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015 For 2014, 6.3% paper, 2.1% PCT-EASY, 53.0% PDF, 26.4% XML, 12.2% EFS-web 5
Publication Languages English Japanese Chinese Korean German French Spanish Russian Portuguese Arabic 2009 2014 Total 155,514 Total 210,609 All publication languages showed an increase in absolute numbers between 2013 and 2014. Highest percentage increases were Chinese (+19.3%) and English (+11.9%). Note: 2014 data are WIPO estimates Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015 6
National Phase Entries 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 60 40.0 40 16.118.68.620.88.4 16.1 11.311.011.08.8 7.1-4.1 8.54.6 6.5 4.3 20 -0.3 0 -20 475,500 non-resident national phase entries in 2013 (+4.3% growth) 565,500 total national phase entries for 2013 Note: Data refer to the international phase of the PCT system. Counts are based on the international application date. Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015 7
International Authorities International Search Reports Distribution by International Authority Timeliness of Transmission to International Bureau Supplementary International Search Reports International Preliminary Examination Reports Demand Distribution by International Authority Timeliness of Transmission to International Bureau 8
Distribution of ISRs established by ISA European Patent Office 80245 40066 Japan 29515 Republic of Korea 25224 China United States of America Russian Federation 19865 3153 2710 2338 1557 1435 844 638 458 304 234 203 12 Australia Canada Sweden Spain Israel Finland Brazil India 2014 2013 2012 Nordic Patent Institute Austria Egypt Note: 2014 data are WIPO estimates Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015 Data based on international filing year of application 9
Average Timeliness in Transmitting ISRs to the IB Average timeliness in transmitting ISRs 19 18 Months 17 16 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2014 Average time between the priority date and the receipt of the ISR by the IB was 15.8 months in 2013. 77.3% of ISRs were received within 16 months in 2013 [69.9% in 2012]. For 2014, 77.7% of ISRs were received within 16 months. 10
Timeliness in Transmitting ISRs by ISA in 2013 Provisional share transmitted within 16 months for 2014 (for comparison) 42.6 67.2 100 70.6 87.1 64.6 87.3 81.7 92.8 90.6 99.2 80.0 77.1 99.6 98.2 97.8 86.0 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Timeliness calculated as time elapsed between priority date and date ISA transmits ISR to the International Bureau 11
Average Timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB measured 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 Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2014 Excludes cases where the time limit of 9 months from the priority date applies Average time to transmit ISRs improved from 4.2 months in 2012 to 3.6 months in 2013. Excludes cases where time limit of 9 months from priority date applies. 12
Timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB measured from Date of Receipt of Search Copy by Authority for 2013 Provisional share transmitted within 3 months for 2014 (for comparison) 86.2 88.5 46.4 63.6 100 98.0 93.7 92.6 67.0 75.8 32.6 98.3 98.9 59.4 57.5 24.8 64.8 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2014 Excludes cases where time limit of 9 months form priority date applies. 13
Distribution of SIS Requests Supplementary International Searching Authority 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Total 41 46 61 109 Austria European Patent Office 1 2 2 2 7 21 30 61 Finland 1 Nordic Patent Institute 3 Russian Federation 31 19 32 46 Sweden 2 3 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015 14
International Preliminary Examination Demands IPEA 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 (%) 18,132 15,263 13,907 13,739 14,250 13,301 13,293 865 789 745 780 103 68 36 7 480 290 272 270 416 303 362 421 Total Australia Austria Brazil Canada China Egypt European Patent Office Finland India Israel Japan Nordic Patent Institute Republic of Korea Russian Federation Spain Sweden United States of America 753 14 43 253 475 644 18 40 266 383 612 4.60 0.07 0.38 1.67 2.60 0.02 60.20 0.77 0.02 0.39 15.35 0.31 1.63 0.50 0.58 2.19 8.71 17 38 9 51 222 346 3 9,861 154 8,592 144 7,918 123 7,393 125 7,765 106 7,743 8,002 102 91 3 1 29 52 2,122 2,152 2,121 2,446 2,661 2,291 2,040 26 40 40 44 33 41 358 97 107 620 2,949 340 66 142 468 1,883 271 76 123 353 1,460 223 83 120 343 1,440 299 118 84 330 1,304 253 79 81 222 1,128 217 67 77 291 1,158 2014 figures are incomplete 15 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015
International Preliminary Examination Reports 18,000 16,000 14,000 Number of Demands Others USPTO JPO EPO 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2015 Data for 2014 are provisional For 2014 (incomplete), 56.0% of IPRPs (Chapter II) were produced by the EPO, 12.4% by the USPTO, 16.0% by the JPO, and 15.6% by other International Authorities. 16
Average Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2014 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 in 2013 (68.4% in 2012) (provisional 69.3% for 2014). 17
Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs by IPEA in 2013 Provisional share transmitted within 28 months for 2014 73.1 57.5 49.2 62.5 66.3 83.0 60.5 90.4 55.9 73.2 61.7 94.6 95.1 87.6 93.7 87.8 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Timeliness calculated as time elapsed between priority date and date on which International Bureau receives IPRP form the IPEA. 18
PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway * as of end December 2013 Source: Patent Prosecution Highway Portal Site 17,014 PCT-PPH requests until end June 2014 6,333 PCT-PPH requests in 2013 (+38.3% on 2012) 19
Further information: 2014 PCT Yearly Review The International Patent System WIPO Publication No:901E/2014 2014 World Intellectual Property Indicators WIPO Publication No:941E/14 Statistics on the PCT System http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct/ Patent Prosecution Highway Portal Site http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/index.htm 20
