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NOVEMBER 2006

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Facing the Asian patent challenge head-on

WIPO's latest patent report reveals an Asian patent boom. Peter Ollier considers what impact the rise of IP offices in China and Korea will have on the international patent system

When WIPO released its 2006 Patent Report last month, the top three offices by total number of patent applications received in 2004 (the latest year for which figures are available) had a reassuring familiarity. In first place was the JPO, then the USPTO, with the European Patent Office in third.



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