WIPO reports:Worldwide patent filings on the rise Veebruar 15, 2008
Posted by Mikk Putk in All Posts in English, EPO, Patents, Statistics, Statistika, wipo.Tags: patent statistics, patent report
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According to the WIPO Patent Report 2007, the number of worldwide patent filings increased by an average of 4.7 % per year between 1995 and 2005, reaching a total of more than 1.6 million patent applications in 2005.
Together the so-called “big five” offices – China, Japan, the United States, Korea and the European Patent Office (EPO) – account for 77 % of all applications and 74 % of granted patents.
Inventions in the field of electricity and electronics accounted for 35 % of patent applications between 2000 and 2005, with applications concentrated in Japan, the US, Korea, Europe and China.
Every year, WIPO publishes statistics on patenting trends based on figures provided by patent offices around the world. For this report, the EPO also contributed statistics on patent families contained in its PATSTAT database.
Further information
* WIPO website: The WIPO Patent Report 2007
* About us: Statistics on European patents
BIO: Patent Reform Study Veebruar 15, 2008
Posted by Mikk Putk in All Posts in English, Patents.Tags: biotechnology, economic, patent reform, Patents
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“U.S. intellectual property is estimated to be worth more than $5 trillion. This new analysis finds that elements of the patent reform legislation pending before the Congress would put this value at risk by raising both the costs and uncertainties of the patent system,” stated BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood.
http://bio.org/news/newsitem.asp?id=2008_0214_01
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