WIPO: Asia is a hub for intellectual property: World Intellectual Property Index 2019
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO):
On October 16, the annual report “World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019” was announced.
Reported that the total number of patents, trademarks, designs and other applications in the world reached a record high in 2018.
The number of patent applications has been increasing since 2004, except for 2009.
Each country / region: Number of applications
The number of applications in 2018 was 3,330,000, up 5.2% from the previous year.
China has the largest number at 1,540,000 (up 11.6%), accepting 46.4% of worldwide patent applications.
Number of patent applications in China; since 2011, the largest in the world,
US patent applications: 2nd in the US, with 600,000 applications in 2018.
Number of patent applications in Japan: 3rd in the world, down 3% from the previous year to 310,000.
Patents, trademarks and designs in 2018: Number of applications
“The number of applications accepted or recorded by IP offices based in Asia” accounted for more than two-thirds of the world’s total.
WIPO: Secretary General Francis Gari
“China alone accounted for nearly half of the world’s patent applications, and India also showed a dramatic increase.
-JETRO
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