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> Almost half of all published PCT applications originating from China belonged to the Digital communications
and Telecommunications fields. These two fields represent, respectively, more than a third and a
quarter of all PCT publications attributed to applicants from Sweden and the Republic of Korea.
A.15 Top Middle Income Countries: Fields of Technology
Table A.15 presents the number of published PCT applications per field of technology for each of the top
10 middle income countries of origin. The data for China are presented in table A.14 and are not repeated
in table A.15.
Table A.15: Field of technology: top 10 middle income countries
Technical Field
Country of Origin
BR CL CO IN MX MY RU TR UA ZA
I Electrical engineering
1 Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 25 1 2 24 10 9 29 19 6 15
2 Audio-visual technology 6 4 3 3 10 6 1 6
3 Telecommunications 8 17 8 8 6 2 4
4 Digital communication 3 1 28 1 31 4 10 7
5 Basic communication processes 2 6 2 2 4 3
6 Computer technology 12 2 38 4 22 23 7 2 17
7 IT methods for management 3 31 2 6 10 12 2 12
8 Semiconductors 1 4 1 2 10 2
II Instruments
9 Optics 5 1 1 2 8 2 2
10 Measurement 15 2 2 17 7 9 32 8 3 14
11 Analysis of biological materials 2 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 1
12 Control 8 1 17 3 4 14 6 10
13 Medical technology 51 3 3 27 7 14 40 19 8 26
III Chemistry
14 Organic fine chemistry 23 3 2 227 1 8 12 2 1 5
15 Biotechnology 13 8 2 68 5 15 24 1 2 10
16 Pharmaceuticals 39 8 2 247 14 18 35 30 3 12
17 Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 8 1 1 10 5 3 4 1 1
18 Food chemistry 7 3 2 20 9 7 6 3 2 3
19 Basic materials chemistry 23 5 5 35 9 8 26 2 5
20 Materials, metallurgy 15 1 1 27 14 3 24 5 3 13
21 Surface technology, coating 6 4 7 3 10 2 1 3
22 Micro-structural and nano-technology 1 1 5
23 Chemical engineering 14 3 5 20 6 5 23 10 5 9
24 Environmental technology 6 3 1 16 2 4 16 1 5
IV Mechanical engineering
25 Handling 22 4 14 8 8 19 16 2 20
26 Machine tools 5 1 4 5 1 15 7 1 3
27 Engines, pumps, turbines 28 1 1 23 6 10 46 17 6 8
28 Textile and paper machines 7 10 1 3 2 10 1 1
29 Other special machines 15 5 3 10 15 5 17 17 2 10
30 Thermal processes and apparatus 18 1 6 3 2 11 32 3 9
31 Mechanical elements 20 1 3 10 3 2 26 6 1 7
32 Transport 28 25 6 10 30 12 5 17
V Other fields
33 Furniture, games 25 2 10 11 5 20 20 2 16
34 Other consumer goods 29 1 2 12 7 5 21 90 4 17
35 Civil engineering 22 3 3 9 11 9 58 17 10 32
Source: WIPO Statistics Database
Note: Two-letter country codes are used for: BR (Brazil), CL (Chile), CO (Colombia), IN (India), MX (Mexico), MY (Malaysia), RU (Russian Federation), TR (Turkey),
UA (Ukraine) and ZA (South Africa).
> Most published PCT applications filed by applicants from India belonged to the Pharmaceuticals and
Organic fine chemistry fields.
> Medical technology was the leading field of technology for Brazilian applicants, and Civil engineering
was the most popular field for Russian and South African applicants.