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PCT NATIONAL PHASE ENTRIES
The national or regional patent office at which the applicant enters the PCT national phase initiates the
granting procedure according to prevailing national law. Statistics associated with PCT national phase entry
offer information on international patenting strategies. Statistics for national phase entry are based on data
supplied to WIPO by national and regional patent offices several months after the end of each year.
Therefore, the latest available data refer to 2009. Some data shown in this section might be estimated, as
not all offices have provided statistics. 11 The national phase entry section briefly describes the global trend
before reviewing national phase entries by applicants’ country and region of origin and by patent office.
GLOBAL TREND
A.16 PCT National Phase Entry Trend
Figure A.16 depicts the number of PCT national phase entries from 1995 to 2009. Missing data for offices
that have not furnished statistics are estimated by WIPO on an aggregate basis in order to present the
following figure.
Figure A.16: PCT national phase entries
PCT National Phase Entries Annual Growth rate (%)
500,000
400,000
PCT Natioanl Phase Entries
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
19.1
37.0
11.4
24.0
8.7
21.3
6.9
14.2 10.3 13.1
6.0 6.9
-1.5
-3.0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Year
Source: WIPO Statistics Database
> In 2009, an estimated 450,000 PCT national phase entries were filed at patent offices worldwide, representing
a decrease of 3.0% over 2008.
> Since 1995, the number of PCT national phase entries has decreased only twice, in 2003 and in 2009.
The average growth rate over the entire period stood at 12%. The number of PCT national phase entries
in 2009 was almost five times higher than in 1995.
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For further details, see “Statistical Sources and Methods” in the annex.