PCT Yearly Review - WIPO

Section A
use of the pct system
A.8.2 PCT national phase entries by office and
country of origin
Table A.8.2 shows the breakdown of NPE data for the
top 20 offices by the top 10 countries of origin in order
to capture the “flow of patents” between countries via
the PCT system.
US applicants accounted for the largest share of nonresident
NPEs received by all reported offices, except
for the German office which received the largest number
of its NPEs from Japan.
The share of resident NPEs was substantial at several
offices. This was particularly so for Japanese applicants
which accounted for the largest share of NPEs at the JPO,
with 15,897 filings representing 31% of total JPO NPEs
in 2011. The German office, the JPO and the USPTO are
the third-most preferred offices of destination for their
respective resident applicants. SIPO is the second-most
preferred office of destination for Chinese applicants.
A PCT applicant seeking patent protection in a European
Patent Convention (EPC) member state (see list of PCT
Contracting States in the annex) can choose to enter
the national phase at the national office (provided the
“national route” is not closed) or at the EPO. As a result,
the number of NPEs at some European national patent
offices is lower than would otherwise be expected in view
of the size of that particular country’s economy.
Table A.8.2: National phase entries for top 20 offices and top 10 origins, 2011
Origin
Office
CH CN DE FR GB JP KR NL SE US Others Unknown Total
United States of America 1,899 3,455 12,766 6,017 5,303 25,938 4,304 2,688 2,470 16,120 16,601 0 97,561
European Patent Office 2,622 2,008 11,621 5,189 3,146 12,052 2,082 2,927 2,489 23,903 12,231 5 80,275
China 1,786 2,289 7,483 3,058 1,694 16,591 2,850 2,307 1,434 17,324 7,226 444 64,486
Japan 1,524 954 4,982 2,761 1,336 15,897 1,972 1,883 1,076 14,627 4,198 309 51,519
Republic of Korea 931 585 3,055 1,512 707 8,992 363 946 492 10,526 2,930 0 31,039
India 1,359 915 3,372 1,429 1,084 3,727 621 1,472 828 9,120 4,419 110 28,456
Canada 1,233 307 2,284 1,528 1,192 1,565 313 630 458 12,129 5,012 108 26,759
Brazil 1,148 516 2,431 1,582 751 2,083 251 1,087 475 7,177 3,344 159 21,004
Australia 920 342 1,432 695 1,048 1,255 290 545 399 7,950 3,898 73 18,847
Russian Federation 696 369 1,960 906 369 1,471 266 937 329 3,040 1,944 0 12,287
Mexico 743 184 1,106 496 368 649 162 409 186 4,883 1,774 40 11,000
Singapore 444 147 515 327 279 865 71 117 114 2,651 1,155 41 6,726
South Africa 419 120 723 357 506 291 37 155 154 1,905 1,421 52 6,140
Israel 12 61 22 162 211 214 32 48 51 2,345 762 1,605 5,525
Malaysia 288 109 462 281 263 766 151 156 99 1,375 737 0 4,687
New Zealand 212 40 328 165 274 186 31 101 112 1,550 1,019 27 4,045
Germany 40 57 690 27 42 1,043 73 11 21 699 221 22 2,946
Viet Nam 149 130 272 143 63 700 115 117 31 735 490 0 2,945
Eurasian Patent Organization 171 41 378 205 178 159 11 179 56 652 855 10 2,895
Ukraine 220 32 458 165 110 105 28 70 36 540 550 7 2,321
Note: This table shows the top 20 offices for which NPE data by origin are available. CH (Switzerland), CN (China), DE (Germany), FR (France), GB (United
Kingdom), JP (Japan), KR (Republic of Korea), NL (Netherlands), SE (Sweden), US (United States of America).
Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013
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