PCT – Statistics Meeting of International Authorities Nineteenth Session Canberra, February 8 to 10, 2012

PCT – International Filings 2009: 155,403 international applications (-4.8%) 2010: 164,303 international applications (+5.7%) 2011: 161,669 international applications (until end November) 2 millionth PCT application published on PATENTSCOPE on 26 January 2012

Trends in PCT Applications

Forecast Summary PCT FilingsGrowth '9236.9% '2382.1% ' % '3035.7% '2006.1% '8004.4% '5004.2% '2003.0% '8002.9%

PCT – International applications

PCT Applications by Top 10 Origins in 2010 The magnitude of PCT applications from the US dropped at a lower rate (-1.4%) in 2010 compared to 2009 (-11.7%) and 2008 (-4.4%).

PCT Applications by next 10 Highest Origins in 2010 Apart from China and India, all of the top 20 origins are high-income group countries China (55.6%), India (33.7%) and the Republic of Korea (20.3%) saw the highest growth rates

Country share in total PCT applications

PCT Applications filed by Region of Origin of Applicant for Asia, Europe and North America

PCT Applications filed by Region of Origin of Applicant for Africa, Latin America and Oceania

PCT Applications filed by Income Group (1) Upper middle-income countries accounted for 9.4% of total PCT applications in Four-fifths of this share is due to China.

PCT Applications filed by Income Group (2) Growth in filings for middle-income group remained positive during the overall drop in filings in 2009 and increased sharply in 2010

Top 10 Middle Income Countries Data exclude China as country of origin (12,295 PCT applications for 2010).

Top 20 PCT Applicants in 2010 Data are based on publication date Source: WIPO Statistics Database

PCT Applications by Type of Applicant (Top 30 Origins by Published International Applications for 2010)

PCT Applications by Field of Technology

Main Changes in Numbers of Applications by Fields of Technology from 2009 to 2010 Increases: Digital communication: +17.3% Semiconductors: +4.2% Materials, metallurgy: +3.8% Electrical machinery: +1.9% Thermal processes and apparatus: +0.8% Medical technology: +0.1% Decreases: Telecommunications: -15.0% Control: -11.9% Textile and paper: -10.0% Basic communication processes: -8.8% Macromolecular chemistry, Polymers: -8.8% Machine tools: -8.2%

PCT – Method of Filing (1)

PCT - Method of Filing (2) Share of PCT filings by Medium of Filing (%) PaperEASYPDFXMLEFS-Web (to date)

PCT - Method of Filing Forecast (1)

PCT – Method of Filing Forecast (2)

Distribution of Filing and Publication Languages

PCT – Non-Resident National Phase Entries Around non-resident national phase entries for 2010 (8% growth on 2009) - includes entries to regional offices Total number of national phase entries for 2010 (resident plus non-resident) around 477,500 for 2010

PCT National Phase Entries Filed Abroad for Top 10 Origins in 2010 US has highest number of PCT national phase entries filed abroad, but saw a decline (-0.1%) in 2010 and (-13%) in 2009.

PCT National Phase Entries Filed Abroad for Next 10 Highest Origins in 2010 PCT national phase entries abroad from China and Spain grew by over 30% from 2009 to 2010.

Distribution of PCT National Phase Entries by Region in 2009

Share of PCT National Phase Entries in Total Abroad Filings (Top 15 high income countries in abroad filings)

Share of PCT National Phase Entries in Total Abroad Filings (Top 15 middle income countries in abroad filings)

PCT – National Phase Entries by Office

National Phase Entries by Top Patent Office and Country of Origin 16.3% growth in national phase entries at USPTO in 2010 to become largest recipient (previously EPO). 8.0% growth in national phase entries at KIPO in 2010 to become 5 th largest recipient.

Share of PCT national phase entries in total non-resident filings Share of PCT national phase entries compared to Paris-route for non-resident applicants increased from 25.6% in 1995 to 53.1% in 2010.

Share of PCT national phase entries in total non- resident filings by Patent Office for 2010

Distribution of ISRs by ISA (1)

Distribution of ISRs by ISA (2)

Timeliness in Transmitting ISRs 68.4% ISRs transmitted within the 16-month time limit in January to September 2011 [up from 67.0% in 2010 and 62.5% in 2009]

Timeliness in Transmitting ISRs in 2011 Timeliness measured by the date the IB receives the ISA Source: WIPO Statistics Database

Distribution of SISRs by SISA Supplementary International Searching Authority Year to end Sept. Total Austria 1 European Patent Office 34 Nordic Patent Institute 1 Russian Federation Sweden222

Demands for International Preliminary Examination at International Authorities Demand for International Preliminary Examination fell by 46.3% from 2005 to Source: WIPO Statistics Database. Data for 2011 are provisional and incomplete (to end September).

Distribution of IPRPs by IPEA

Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs 68.7% IPRPs transmitted within less than 29 months in January to September 2011 [down from 70.7% in 2010 and 71.4% in 2009]

Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs by IPEA in 2011 Timeliness measured by the date the IB receives the IPRP Source: WIPO Statistics Database

PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway Requests Source: WIPO based on data from the JPO, October 2011

PCT-PPH Grant Rate and Pendency Time Figures in parentheses refer to the normal examination procedure Source: WIPO based on data from the JPO, October 2011

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