The charts this month show important data on international patent trends. Charts 1 to 4 provide information on filing patterns in the US and Europe, while the remaining figures reveal which areas of technology are most commonly protected by some of the world's biggest patent filers. The data was extracted from the worldwide patent databases available from Questel•Orbit. The statistical analyses were made possible thanks to Questel•Orbit's search engine.
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