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44 INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AUTHORITIES Each PCT application must undergo an international search carried out by one of the ISAs. ROs have entered into agreements with at least one but sometimes several ISAs for the carrying out of international searches. Where a RO has an agreement with multiple ISAs, the PCT applicant must select one of them. Once the ISA has performed the search, the applicant will receive an ISR that contains a list of documents relevant for assessing the patentability of the invention. In addition, the ISA establishes a written opinion giving a detailed analysis of the potential patentability of the invention. B.11 Distribution by ISA Table B.11 shows the distribution of search reports issued by all ISAs from 2006 to 2010. Since 2009, 17 national patent offices or regional organizations have been acting as ISAs. 22 Table B.11: Distribution of ISRs by ISA Changed International Searching Year 2010 compared Authorities 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Share to 2009 (%) (%) Australia 2,752 2,811 2,753 2,666 3,425 2.1 28.5 Austria 1,094 1,168 1,193 1,588 409 0.2 -74.2 Brazil 66 312 0.2 372.5 Canada 2,317 2,529 2,478 2,053 2,209 1.3 7.6 China 3,892 5,492 6,188 8,095 13,298 8.1 64.3 European Patent Office 71,513 75,387 77,908 69,963 69,013 42.0 -1.4 Finland 642 718 660 860 924 0.6 7.4 Japan 25,146 25,947 27,117 28,446 30,968 18.8 8.9 Nordic Patent Institute 102 239 301 0.2 25.9 Republic of Korea 6,673 10,238 19,018 21,708 23,307 14.2 7.4 Russian Federation 807 856 895 849 804 0.5 -5.3 Spain 1,063 1,141 1,201 1,351 1,440 0.9 6.6 Sweden 3,190 3,131 2,339 2,038 2,079 1.3 2.0 United States of America 30,541 30,506 21,380 15,454 15,811 9.6 2.3 Total 149,630 159,924 163,232 155,376 164,300 100.0 5.7 Source: WIPO Statistics Database > With 42% of all ISRs issued in 2010, the EPO remains the most selected ISA despite a decrease of 1.4% compared to the previous year. > The ISAs that experienced the highest yearly increase in the number of ISRs issued in 2010 were China (+5,203), Japan (+2,522) and the Republic of Korea (+1,599). > The high annual growth rate observed for the office of Brazil can be explained by the fact that it started acting as an ISA in 2009. The office of Austria experienced a sharp drop coinciding with a 1,500 Euro increase in its search fee on January 1, 2010. 22 Fourteen ISAs are currently active. The national patent offices of India, Israel and Egypt, although appointed as ISAs, are not yet operating as such (bringing to 17 the total number of ISAs).
45 B.12 Timeliness in transmitting ISRs In order to ensure that the ISR is published with its corresponding PCT application, the PCT rules set a time limit for establishing the ISR: three months from receipt of the application by the ISA or nine months from the priority date, whichever time limit expires later. In practice, since the technical preparations for publishing a PCT application take approximately one month and should finish 15 days before the publication date, the establishment of the ISR within 16 months from the priority date still allows the IB to publish the ISR with the application. ISRs received at the IB after the completion of technical preparations for publication are published separately later. Figure B.12a presents information on timeliness in transmitting ISRs to the IB. Timeliness is measured using the transmittal dates recorded in the ISR and thus does not take into account possible postal delays. Figure B.12a: Timeliness in transmitting ISRs < 17 months between 17 - 18 months between 19 - 20 months between 21 - 30 months > 30 months Share ISRs transmitted within less than 17 months (%) 60.7 52.3 38.6 45.1 42.1 54.4 54.7 48.7 48.5 55.6 64.3 100 Distribution by Delays (%) 75 50 25 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Year Source: WIPO Statistics Database > In 2010, 64.3% of ISRs were established within the 16-month time limit. Reflecting one of the shortest ISR transmittal delays of the decade, the number of republications due to the late arrival of the ISR was 36,865 in 2010, representing a decrease of 27% compared to 2009.
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