Meeting the Asian patent boom challenge
08 February 2007
Francis Gurry, deputy director general of WIPO, says that the rapid growth in PCT applications from north-east Asia will create linguistic challenges for the rest of the world, which has grown used to technology produced in European languages
Francis Gurry, deputy director general of WIPO, says that the rapid growth in PCT applications from north-east Asia will create linguistic challenges for the rest of the world, which has grown used to technology produced in European languages.
PCT applications from China and South Korea rose sharply in 2006, according to the latest figures from WIPO.
Applicants from China filed 3,910 PCT applications last year, an increase of 56.8% over 2005.
South Korea also saw a large increase, with applications rising by more than 25% to 5,935. Across the board, PCT applications rose 6.4% in 2006 over the previous year.
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