PCT Yearly Review - WIPO

Section A
use of the pct system
A.4.3 Share of PCT applications with foreign coapplicants
Figure A.4.3 shows the proportion of PCT applications
published in 2012 that were jointly filed by applicants from
different countries. The share is calculated based on all
applicants named in PCT applications published in 2012
(not only first-named applicants) that are corporations
(excluding applicants that are natural persons).
The overall level of international collaboration among applicants
from different countries remained low in 2012,
with only 5.8% of PCT applications having at least two
joint corporate applicants from different countries.
About a quarter of PCT applications from the Netherlands
(27.2%), India (24.5%) and the United Kingdom (24%)
were filed jointly with foreign applicants. In contrast, only
1.4% of PCT applications from Japan and 2.2% from the
Republic of Korea had foreign co-applicants.
Figure A.4.3: Share of PCT applications with at least one foreign co-applicant for top 20 origins, 2012
Share of PCT applications
with foreign co-applicant(s) (%)
-0.3 3.0 2.2 -0.0 -0.9 -2.1 -4.0 0.6 0.4 -0.3 0.3 0.6 0.9 -0.5 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 0.7 0.0
27.2
Percentage point change over 2011 (%)
24.5 24.0
19.2
16.1
10.6
9.0
6.4 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.3
3.5 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.2
1.4
Netherlands
India
United Kingdom
Canada
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Total
Israel
Spain
Finland
Austria
United States of America
Italy
Australia
China
Sweden
Republic of Korea
Japan
Origin
Note: Counts are based on corporate applicants only (thus excluding natural persons) and on all applicants named in PCT applications. Due to confidentiality
requirements, PCT data are based on publication date.
Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013
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