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China Takes 2nd Place for WIPO Patent Filings

2018/03/22

China overtook Japan to become the second-largest source of international patent filings via the World Intellectual Property Organization's Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2017, despite strong growth in Japanese companies' use of the system. China is projected to overtake the United States - which currently files the most international patents annually - within three years as the largest source of patent applications via the PCT. Last year, US-based patent applicants filed 56,624 applications using the PCT, followed by 48,882 from China and 48,208 from Japan. Germany and South Korea ranked No 4 and No 5, with 18,982 and 15,763 applications, respectively. Huawei and ZTET, two Shenzhen-based Chinese technology companies were the top filers via the PCT in 2017.

Source: China Daily




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