Global patent filings grow despite COVID-19
03-03-2021
16-07-2019
International patent applications increased in 2020, reaching a record 275,900 filings per year, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The World Intellectual Property Organisation announced today that patent filings grew 4% year-on-year from 2019 despite a drop of 3.5% annual GDP in 2020.
For the second year running China filed the most patent applications, submitting 68,720 filings to the WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system. This marks a 16.1% year-on-year increase over 2019.
The US was the second-largest filer with 59,230 applications, up 3% from 2019. Japan filed 50,520 applications, marking a 4.1% drop off year-on-year and Korea came in fourth with 2,060 applications, an increase of 5.2%.
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China has extended its lead over the number two filer the United States, the U.N. patent agency said on Tuesday
The United Nations has said that China remains the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world in 2020 for the second consecutive year.
China has extended its lead over the number two filer the United States, the U.N. patent agency said on Tuesday.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which oversees a system for countries to share recognition of patents, said China filed 68,720 applications last year while the United States filed 59,230.
The rate of increase was higher for China with a 16.1 per cent year-on-year increase versus 3 per cent for the United States, it added. China first knocked the United States from the top spot in 2019.
22-05-2019
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) has criticised the US government for failing to recognise IP policy as a national priority and lagging behind China in protecting key technologies.
In the latest NSCAI report on the AI market, the commission dedicates an entire chapter to the importance of reforming the country’s IP. Citing China’s continued “leverage and exploiting” of IP policies, NSCAI calls for ‘comprehensive’ IP policy reform surrounding AI to ensure the US leads the sector.
“The US has failed to similarly recognise the importance of IP in securing its own national security, economic interests, and technology competitiveness. The US has not developed comprehensive IP policies to incentivise investments in and protect the creation of AI and other emerging technologies,” said the report.
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International patent applications via WIPO in 2020 continued to grow amid the COVID-19 pandemic's vast human and economic toll, with leading users China.