PCT Yearly Review - WIPO

Section A
use of the pct system
A.7.2 PCT national phase entries by middleincome
country of origin
Figure A.7.2.1 shows PCT NPEs for middle-income
countries of origin.
With 12,901 NPEs in 2011, China had the largest number
of filings among this selection of countries, followed by
India and Brazil with 2,946 and 1,166 NPEs, respectively.
All countries reported in figure A.7.2.1 experienced
double-digit growth - except the Russian Federation,
for which NPEs declined by 6.8% - including Colombia
(+108.7%), Malaysia (+92.9%), Chile (+88.2%) and China
(+67%). Despite these high growth rates, the number of
NPEs remained relatively low for a majority of origins.
Table A.7.2.2 provides PCT NPEs for the top five middleincome
origins in each geographical region.
Figure A.7.2.1: PCT national phase entries for the top 10 middle-income origins, 2011
67.0 14.6 17.1 22.4 -6.8 33.2 26.1 92.9 88.2 108.7
12,901
Growth rate (%): 2010-11
PCT national phase entries
2,946
1,166 984 933
594 565 486 239 144
China
India
Brazil
South Africa
Russian Federation
Turkey
Mexico
Malaysia
Chile
Colombia
Origin
Note: WIPO estimates
Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013
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