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PCT – Statistics. Meeting of International Authorities Twenty-First Session Tel Aviv, February 11 to 13, 2014. Outline. International Applications Filed Overall Trends and Forecasts Medium of Filing Languages National Phase Entries International Authorities International Search
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PCT – Statistics Meeting of International AuthoritiesTwenty-First Session Tel Aviv, February 11 to 13, 2014
Outline International Applications Filed Overall Trends and Forecasts Medium of Filing Languages National Phase Entries International Authorities International Search Supplementary International Search International Preliminary Examination PCT – Patent Prosecution Highway
Application Filings and Forecast 231,700 225,100 218,600 211,200 204,700 195,312 Source: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO
Monthly Trends in Applications Filed Source: PCT Monthly Statistics Report, January 2014
Medium of Filing Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 For 2013, 7.6% paper, 2.8% PCT-EASY, 49.0% PDF, 27.9% XML, 12.6% EFS-web
Top 10 Filing Languages in 2012 Note: 2012 data are WIPO estimates Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Filings increased in Korean by 14.6%, in Chinese by 12.8%, in Japanese by 7.7% and in English by 4.3% compared to 2011.
National Phase Entries Note: Data refer to the international phase of the PCT system. Counts are based on the international application date. Source: WIPO Statistics Database, October 2013 458,800 non-resident national phase entries for 2012 (6.2% growth on 2011) 540,200 total national phase entries (resident plus non-resident) for 2012
Share of PCT national phase entries in total non-resident filings by selected Patent Office for 2012 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, October 2013 Overall share of PCT National Phase Entries for non-resident applications around 54% in 2012.
International Authorities International Search Reports Distribution by International Authority Timeliness of Transmission to International Bureau Supplementary International Search Reports International Preliminary Examination Reports Demand Distribution by International Authority Timeliness of Transmission to International Bureau
Distribution of ISRs established by ISA Note: 2013 data are WIPO estimates Source: WIPO Statistics Database, February 2014 Data based on international filing year of application
Average Timeliness in Transmitting ISRs to the IB Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 • Average time between the priority date and the receipt of the ISR • by the IB was 16.2 months in 2012, the shortest since 2001. • 69.9% of ISRs were received within 17 months in 2012 • [68.3% in 2011]. • For 2013, 77.3% of ISRs were received within 17 months.
Timeliness in Transmitting ISRs Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Timeliness calculated as time elapsed between priority date and date ISA transmits ISR to the International Bureau For 2013 (provisional) (2012 in brackets): <17 months 77.3% (69.9%), 17-18 months 13.6% (12.6%), 19-20 months 4.5% (11.0%), 21-30 months 3.8% (5.7%), >31 months 0.7% (0.7%)
Timeliness in Transmitting ISRs by ISA in 2012 Provisional share transmitted within 16 months for 2013 (for comparison) 87.1 77.3 75.6 53.5 99.6 97.8 90.3 70.4 65.4 67.9 75.1 90.8 97.1 65.5 69.4 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Timeliness calculated as time elapsed between priority date and date ISA transmits ISR to the International Bureau
Overall Timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB measured from Date of Receipt of Search Copy Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Excludes cases where the time limit of 9 months from the priority date applies For 2013 (2012 in brackets): <4 months 65.9% (57.8%), 4-5 months 22.7% (17.9%), 6-7 months 7.0% (14.3%), 8-9 months 1.5% (6.9%), >9 months 2.9% (3.1%)
Provisional share transmitted within 3 months for 2013 (for comparison) 59.2 99.1 96.8 53.3 22.6 52.3 64.0 41.0 93.6 65.4 95.7 93.7 52.9 85.0 Timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB measured from Date of Receipt of Search Copy by Authority for 2012 92.6 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013
Distribution of SIS Requests Source: PCT internal databases, January 2014
International Preliminary Examination Demands 2013 to date covers January to September 2013 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014
International Preliminary Examination Reports • For 2013, 49.8% of IPRPs (Chapter II) were produced by the EPO, 18.0% by the USPTO, 16.7% by the JPO, and 15.5% by • other International Authorities. Source: WIPO Statistics Database, February 2014 Data for 2013 are provisional
Average Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Average time taken to transmit IPRPs increased from 27.6 months in 2001 to 30.5 months in 2012. 68.4% of IPRPs transmitted within 28 months (72.8% for 2013 - provisional).
Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Timeliness calculated as time elapsed between priority date and date on which International Bureau receives IPRP form the IPEA. Provisional for 2013 (2012 in brackets): <29 months 72.8% (68.4%), 29-30 months 12.6% (15.1%), 31-32 months 2.7% (3.6%), >32 months 11.9% (12.9%)
Timeliness in Transmitting IPRPs by IPEA in 2012 Provisional share transmitted within 28 months for 2013 (for comparison) 94.1 87.6 91.6 95.2 93.8 80.0 81.3 66.3 68.0 40.8 66.7 28.6 33.1 51.8 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013 Timeliness calculated as time elapsed between priority date and date on which International Bureau receives IPRP form the IPEA.
PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway Source: Patent Prosecution Highway Portal Site 11,874 PCT-PPH requests until end June 2013 28,600 standard PPH requests in same period
Further information:2013 PCT Yearly ReviewThe International Patent SystemWIPO Publication No:901E/20132013 World Intellectual Property IndicatorsWIPO Publication No:941E/2013Statistics on the PCT Systemhttp://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct/Patent Prosecution Highway Portal Sitehttp://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/index.htm