HANGZHOU, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's international patent applications via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) ranks first in the world for five consecutive years, said the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) chief during the ongoing 2024 International Association for the Protection of ...
Chinese applicants filed the highest number of international patent applications in the world through Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2020, reaching 69,000, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) said on Sunday. China granted 530,000 invention patents in 2020, exceedi...
Among them, China once again became the country with the largest number of international patent applications under the PCT framework, with 68,720 applications, an increase of 16.1% year-on-year. The United States and Japan ranked second and third with 59,230 and 50,520 respectively, followed ...
trademark and designs in 2021 on February 10. China remained the largest user of the International patent applications filed via WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2021, pacing the world for three consecutive years since 2019, according to a ...
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) issued statistics on patent, trademark and designs in 2021 on February 10. China remained the largest user of the International patent applications filed via WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2021, pacing the world for three consecutive yea...
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) issued statistics on patent, trademark and designs in 2021 on February 10. China remained the largest user of the International patent applications filed via WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2021, pacing the world for three consecutive yea...
However:A range of countries (more than 130) subscribe to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). By filing aPCT Applicationwithin 12 months of your first patent application (whether provisional or complete), you can extend the filing date for separate national patent applications by 18 months. ...
Internationalpatentapplications(PCT) 1.Filing,examinationandnationalizationprocedures 2.Whatwerequirefromclientforfilinganinternationalpatentapplication A.Whenrepresentationisassumedasoffilingoftheapplication B.WhenrepresentationisassumedasofinternationalsearchprocedurebyEPO ...
In 2021, the total number of PCT international patent applications increased against the trend, reaching 277500, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%, achieving a new record. The top 5 countries in terms of application volume are China, the United States (59600, +1.9%), Japan (50300, -0.6%)...
The PCT and International Patents section of BitLaw discusses the options available to U.S. inventors in seeking international patent protection, including a discussion of claiming priority and the Patent Cooperation Treaty.