PCT StatisticsPCT Working GroupEighth Session Geneva

May 26 to 29, 2015

Outline

PCT Application Filings

PCT National Phase Entries

Receiving Offices

International Authorities

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017130,000

150,000

170,000

190,000

210,000

230,000

250,000

7.1% 5.1% 4.4%1.7% 2.8% 2.6%

Growth Applications

PCT Application Filings

195,335205,272

214,400218,100

224,100229,900

Filing Trends for Top 5 Origins

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International fil ing year

Distribution of PCT Applicants in 2014

Businesses

Individuals

Universities

Government and Research Institu-tions

Top Applicants

Businesses: Huawei Technologies – 3,442 applications publishedUniversities: University of California – 413 applications publishedGovernment and Research Institutions: Commissariat à l’Energie Atomiqueet aux Energies Alternatives – 434 applications published

Main Fields of Technology in 2014 Main Fields of Technology by Percentage of Total

Computer Technology 17,653 applications (8.4%)

Digital Communication 16,165 applications (7.7%)

Electrical Machinery 15,220 applications (7.3%)

Largest increases:

Control: +21.4%

Computer technology: +19.4%

Medical Technology: +17.1%

Largest decreases:

Optics: -5.2%

Semiconductors: -2.0%

Analysis of biological materials: -0.8%

PCT Applications by Medium of Filing

Distribution in 2014: 6.4% paper, 2.3% PCT-EASY, 91.3% fully electronic (PDF 65.1%, XML 26.1%)

Share of ful ly electronic fil ings (%)

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

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Distribution of Filing Languages in 2014

Of the top 5 filing languages:

Increases for Chinese (+18.7%), Korean (+6.5%), and English (+5.7%)

Decrease for Japanese (-3.4%)

German almost unchanged

Share (%)

51.6 18.7 10.7 7.7 5.1 3.0 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2

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PCT- National Phase Entries

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Appl ication year

565,500 national phase entries estimated for 2013 (+4.3%)

475,500 non-resident national phase entries (55.3% of all non-resident applications in 2013)

Average Number of National Phase Entries (NPEs) per PCT Application – Top 15 High Income Origins

Change from 2009

1.0 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0

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3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.92.5

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United States of America (157,900) and Japan (120,837) had highest number of NPEs, but averaged 3.1 and 2.9 NPEs per application

Switzerland had 5.3 NPEs per application.

Average Number of National Phase Entries (NPEs) per PCT Application – Top 15 Middle Income Origins

China (18,016), India (3,890), Brazil (1,250) and South Africa (1,140) had highest number of NPEs

China had lowest number of NPEs per PCT application (1.0) among top 10 origins

Change from 2009

7.8 1.5 -0.4 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.7 -0.5 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.5 -0.5

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PCT NPEs for Top 10 Offices in 2013

USPTO had most NPEs in 2013 (nearly 120,000)

Highest growth among top 10 Offices: KIPO (+14.4%), USPTO (+9.0%) and IP Australia (+8.4%)

Gro wth ra te (% ): 2012 -13

9 .0 2 .3 4 .6 2 .1 14 .4 -5 .9 -1 .0 -0 .4 8 .4 4 .1

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35,16827,592 26,627 22,576 20,720

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PCT NPEs for Next 10 Offices in 2013

Highest growth among next 10 Offices: Germany (+17.0%) and Thailand (+16.9%)

Gro wth ra te (% ): 2012 -13

2 .0 -1 .7 . -2 .7 16 .9 5 .4 17 .0 -8 .6 -1 .3 3 .8

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6,557 6,129 6,1055,604 5,284 5,253 5,101

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PCT Applications by Receiving Office

Filings increased in 2014 for 12 of the top 15 receiving Offices

Largest increases: China (+18.2%) and Germany (+17.8%)

The top 15 receiving Offices received 96% of allPCT applications filed in 2014

Growth rate (%): 2013-14

7.7 -4.1 2.9 18.2 5.9 2.1 9.1 6.5 4.3 -4.7 17.8 6.8 0.5 1.1 -12.2

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32,96827,107

13,17710,615

4,247 3,528 2,181 1,733 1,718 1,625 1,221 1,211 1,111

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PCT applications for selected receiving Offices of middle-income countries in 2014

Of the receiving Offices in middle-income countries that received the most applications in 2014, sharp rise for Turkey (+26.2%), declines for India (-6.9%) and Brazil (-16.7%)

Growth rate (%): 2013-14

-6.9 -16.7 26.2 7.4 10.8 -16.3 -6.6 -33.7 -10.8 -20.0 -20.4 2.4 9.1 29.4 10.0

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Receiving Offices: Timeliness of Transmitting PCT Applications to the IB

Average transmission time between international filing date and date of received rose to 3.4 weeks in 2014

83.5% of PCT applications transmitted to IB within 4 weeks in 2014 (86.9% in 2013).

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Search Reports established by International Searching Authority

First full year of operations in 2014 for Egypt and India

Average Timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB from Date of Receipt of Search Copy

Average timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB was 3.6 months - shortest time since 2001

67% of PCT applications transmitted to IB within 3 months from date of receipt of search copy (65% in 2013)

77.7% of all ISRs issued within 16 months of prioritydate (77.3% in 2013)

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Av erage tim e lines s in trans m itting ISRs (from rec e ipt o f s ea rc h c opy )

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Distribution of Supplementary International Search Requests

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Supplementary International Searching Authority 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Austria 1 2 2 2

European Patent Office 3 7 21 30 61

Finland 1

Nordic Patent Institute 1 3

Russian Federation 35 31 19 32 46

Sweden 2 2 3

Total 41 41 46 67 109

The EPO and Rospatent accounted for 98.2% of requests for supplementary international search in 2014

IPRPs (Chapter II) by International Preliminary Examination Authority

Reports established by IPEA fell by 6.5% in both 2013 and 2014 to 13,742

84.3% of IPRPs (Chapter II) were produced by theEPO, the JPO or the USPTO

Average Timeliness in transmitting IPRPs

Average time in transmitting IPRPs fell to 28.9 months in 2014, similar to level observed in 2003

73.2% of all IPRPs were transmitted to the IB within 28 months of priority date (72.8% in 2013)

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Further information:

2015 PCT Yearly Review

The International Patent SystemWIPO Publication No. 901E/2015

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