China leads Asian patent growth
13 August 2007
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
China and South Korea’s patent applications have risen dramatically for another year, putting further strain on patent offices, according to WIPO’s 2007 World Patent Report
The Report was published on August 10 and provides figures from 2005, the most recent year for which full statistics are available.
In the top 20 of offices of filing, China has leapt into third place after seeing the number of patents filed increase by 32.9%. Japan and the US remain in first and second place, with increases of 0.9% and 9.5% respectively.
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