PCT – Statistics
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group
Seventh Session
Geneva, June 10 to 13, 2014
Outline
1) PCT International Filings
2) PCT National Phase Entries
3) Receiving Offices
4) International Authorities
5) PCT – Patent Prosecution Highway
1) PCT – International Application Filings
214,800
205,373
195,320
221,700
228,100
234,200
Filing Trends for Top 5 Origins
United States of America
Japan
China
Germany
Republic of Korea
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
International filing year
Distribution of PCT Applicants in 2013
Businesses
Individuals
Universities
Government and
Research Institutions
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
Main Fields of Technology for PCT Applications by Percentage of Total:
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Electrical Machinery
Computer Technology
Digital Communications
Medical Technology
Largest increases:
 IT methods for management:
+27.2%
 Optics: +23.0%
 Computer technology: +18.0%
14,897 applications (7.8%)
14,684 applications (7.7%)
14,059 applications (7.3%)
11,920 applications (6.2%)
Decreases in 4 out of 35 fields:
 Micro-structural and nanotechnology: -8.0%
 Organic fine chemistry: -3.3%
 Pharmaceuticals: -1.3%
 Basic communication process:
-0.8%
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
51.0
20.2
9.5
8.1
5.0
3.0
0.9
0.8
0.5
0.3
Share (%)
104,100
41,254
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19,311
Language
• Top 10 filing languages make up 99.2% of total filings.
2) PCT – National Phase Entries
PCT national phase entries
Growth rate (%)
500,000
300,000
100,000
-4.1
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16.4
40.3
16.6
18.5
9.1
20.2
8.2
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
10.5
11.9
7.7
7.1
2005
2004
2003
Application year
2006
2007
2008
0.4
11.3
2009
7.9
4.4
6.2
2010
2011
2012
• 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.
Average Number of National Phase Entries (NPEs)
per PCT Application for 15 Top High-Income Origins
0.4
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
Change from 2008
5.0
4.1
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.1
2.7
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• 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.
Average Number of National Phase Entries (NPEs) per
PCT Application for 15 Top Middle-Income Origins
0.9
1.1
0.8
-0.2
1.0
-0.1
-0.6
-1.7
0.2
0.2
-1.2
0.2
0.0
-2.1
0.1
Change from 2008
3.2
3.0
2.8
2.8
2.5
2.2
2.2
1.7
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.0
Origin
• 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.
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PCT National Phase Entries for Top 10 Offices 2012
12.7
6.4
8.1
3.0
-0.9
3.0
0.5
6.5
1.4
2.5
Growth rate (%): 2011-12
109,976
85,421
69,693
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30,752 29,318 26,904
Office
• USPTO most preferred office by National Phase Entries and had
highest growth among the top 10 Offices (+ 12.7%).
PCT National Phase Entries for Next 10 Offices 2012
4.8
-0.8
2.2
1.0
7.0
122.9 52.4
-4.6
8.8
0.2
Growth rate (%): 2011-12
11,533
5,583
5,014 4,793
4,490
3,858
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6,670 6,275
3) PCT Applications by Receiving Office
11.2
-1.2
0.7
-5.7
5.5
4.8
15.1
1.4
-1.8
1.1
-5.5
6.2
1.0
-6.7
23.9
Growth rate (%): 2012-13
57,793
43,075
32,038
22,942
12,442
10,313
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.
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3,893
PCT applications for selected receiving Offices of
middle-income countries
2.6
9.7
39.1
-7.8
61.8
24.8
-7.5
-9.7
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88.6
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11.1
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33.3
23.5
Growth rate (%): 2012-13
882
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Receiving office
• Twelve of the above 15 receiving Offices received more PCT applications
in 2013 than in 2012.
Receiving Offices: Timeliness of Transmitting PCT
Applications to the International Bureau
Average timeliness in transmitting PCT applications
8
7
Weeks
6
5
4
3
2
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
• 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.
2012
2013
4) International Authorities
Search Reports by International Searching Authority
77395
European Patent Office
42433
Japan
30461
Republic of Korea
23737
China
16635
United States of America
Russian Federation
3661
Australia
2703
Canada
2319
Sweden
1527
Spain
1416
Israel
856
Finland
799
Brazil
510
Austria
234
Nordic Patent Institute
223
India
107
Egypt
13
2013
2012
2011
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
Months
5
4
3
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
•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
2010
2011
2012
2013
41
41
46
67
1
2
2
7
21
30
Year
Total
Austria
European Patent Office
3
Nordic Patent Institute
1
Russian Federation
Sweden
Finland
3
35
31
2
2
19
32
3
1
IPRPs (Chapter II)
International Preliminary Examination Authorities
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Others
USPTO
JPO
EPO
2009
2010
2011
Year
2012
2013
• 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 timeliness in transmitting International Preliminary Reports on Patentability (from priority date)
32
31
30
29
28
27
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
• 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).
2013
5) PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway
809
257
Australia
-
121
23 35
Total
-
-
Israel
-
61-
12
Mexico
-
20
101 -
-
Russian Federation
24
-
Indonesia
-
221 36
Philippines
-
206
56 13 20
0295
Canada
572
206
European Patent Office
726
952
1,000
44
941
207
366
36
154
12
42 89 64
13
35
1
12
2
14
1
14 10
4
4
0
3,471
1,272
Republic of Korea
China
Japan
Republic of Korea
European Patent Office
China
United States of America
Canada
Australia
Sweden
Russian Federation
Finland
Israel
Austria
Nordic Patent Institute
Spain
Total
Japan
International authority
United States of America
Office of PCT national phase entry
19
22
7
8
0
2,733
1,306
1,148
416
292
143
112
77
42
16
16
14
14
7
6,336
827
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22
1
410
13
02
0
1
311
3
• 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.
Further information:
2014 PCT Yearly Review
The International Patent System
(to be published soon)
2013 World Intellectual Property Indicators
WIPO Publication No:941E/2013
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