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HIGHLIGHTS PCT applications grow by 6.6% About 194,400 PCT applications were filed in 2012, representing an increase of 6.6% on 2011. This was the third consecutive year of positive growth since the decrease in 2009. The 2012 growth rate was slower than that observed in 2011 (+11%). 4 The United States of America remains the leading country of origin for PCT applications Applicants from the United States of America (US) filed 51,207 PCT applications in 2012, representing an increase of 4.4% on 2011. This corresponds to 26.3% of all PCT applications filed. The US was followed by applicants residing in Japan (43,660 applications) and Germany (18,855). China will most likely overtake Germany in 2013, as its filings grew much faster than those from Germany over the last few years. In 2012, applicants from Japan contributed most to overall growth in PCT filings, with 4,786 more PCT applications filed than in 2011, followed by applicants from China (+2,225 PCT filings) and the US (+2,147). Large middle-income countries such as Turkey (-16.3%), Mexico (-15.6%), India (-9.2%), South Africa (-5.3%) and the Russian Federation (-4%) saw drops in PCT applications. China (+13.6%) and Brazil (+4.1%) were among the few exceptions. 5 ZTE files the largest number of PCT applications ZTE Corporation of China remained the top PCT applicant with 3,906 published applications in 2012. It had almost 1,000 more published applications than Panasonic Corporation of Japan (with 2,951) which ranked second. Both applicants, however, showed the strongest increases, with 1,080 and 488 more published applications in 2012 than in 2011. The University of California, with 351 applications, remained the largest filer among educational institutions, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (168) and Harvard University (146). All three institutions are located in the US. The Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives of France accounted for the largest number of PCT publications in the government and research institutions category, with 391 published applications. In second place was German research organization Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung E.V. (264) followed by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France (197). 6 Electronic machinery overtakes digital communications as the technological field with the largest number of PCT applications In 2012, electronic machinery - with 13,293 published applications – was the field of technology in which the largest number of PCT applications was published. This was followed by digital communications (12,616 applications), which moved to second position, and computer technology (12,391) in third place. This is the first time that the top three fields of technology belong to the same sector, namely electrical engineering. This sector concentrated the largest number of filings for half of the top 10 countries of origin. For example, 31.8% of total filings from China were concentrated in the fields of technology within electrical engineering. This share was also high for total applications from the Republic of Korea (23.8%), Sweden (23.6%), Japan (20.4%) and the US (17.5%). 7 6 4 For further details see A.1. 5 For further details see A.2. For further details see A.3. 7 For further details see A.5. 10
Highlights PCT national phase entries reach the halfmillion mark The number of PCT national phase entries (NPEs) totaled 507,400 in 2011, accounting for a 4.2% increase on 2010. 8 More than half (54.9%) of all applications filed abroad were filed using the PCT system. Applicants from the US accounted for the largest number of NPEs worldwide, with 144,466, followed by applicants from Japan (96,069 NPEs) and Germany (57.769). All three origins saw growth on 2010 with 0.4%, 5.3% and 3.3%, respectively. All top 10 middle-income countries - except the Russian Federation (-6.8%) - showed double-digit growth in NPEs, including Malaysia (+92.9%), China (+67%), South Africa (+22.4%) and Brazil (+17.1%). Due to its significant growth, China moved up three places in 2012 to become the ninth country in terms of NPEs initiated worldwide. 9 8 The latest available data for PCT national phase entries refer to 2011. For further details see A.6. 9 For further details see A.7. 11
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