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PCT Monthly Statistics, January 2014 Source: WIPO Statistics Database

PCT MONTHLY STATISTICS

JANUARY 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Figure 1: Trends in PCT Filings

Figure 2: PCT Filings by Medium of Filing

Figure 3: Trends in PCT Filings: Top 12 Countries of Origin

Table 1a: Number of PCT Filings by Country of Origin

Table 1b: Share of Country in Total PCT Filings by Country of Origin (%)

Table 2a: Number of PCT Filings by Receiving Office (RO)

Table 2b: Receiving Office Share in Total PCT Filings (%)

Table 3a: Number of Paper Filings by Receiving Office (RO)

Table 3b: Paper Filings as a Percentage of Total Filings by Receiving Office (%)

Table 4a: Number of EASY Filings by Receiving Office (RO)

Table 4b: EASY Filings as a Percentage of Total Filings by Receiving Office (%)

Table 5: Electronic Filings (PDF, XML and EFS-Web) by Receiving Office (RO)


FOREWORD

The aim of this document is to provide users with the latest available PCT filing (i.e. international patent applications filed using the PCT procedure) statistics. It includes two types of statistics namely, PCT filing statistics and medium of filing statistics (i.e. method used to file international patent applications). This document includes PCT filing statistics for the most recent months (plus year total). All the data used in this document, along with longer time series, are available for download from the PCT statistics website:

www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct

Methodological Information

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large number of countries by filing a single "international" patent application. The PCT procedure consists of an international phase and a national/regional phase. The decision on whether to confer patent rights remains in the hands of the national and/or regional patent offices.

Statistics reported in this document are based on:

• The international phase of the PCT procedure (i.e. this does not include national/regional phase statistics).

• Counts are based on country of origin, which is the country of the residence of the first-named applicant or assignee. In some cases (e.g. the United States of America) the country of residence of the inventor (instead of applicant) is used to determine country of origin.

• The receiving Office is the patent office where the international patent application is filed. The receiving Office could be a national office, or a regional office, or the International Bureau.

• Counts are based on the international filing date (i.e. the date on which the international application is filed with a receiving Office).

• The PCT statistics for the most recent months are provisional and incomplete.

Useful links

PCT Statistics: PCT monthly, quarterly and yearly statistics - www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct/

WIPO Industrial Property Statistics: Statistics on patents, utility models, PCT, trademarks, industrial designs, plant varieties and microorganisms - www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/

PATENTSCOPE®: WIPO’s gateway to patent services and activities – www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/

Contact: [email protected]

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Figure 1: Trends in PCT Filings

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Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total2006 9,589 10,959 14,393 11,677 12,465 13,722 11,771 11,901 12,524 12,933 13,117 14,593 149,6442007 11,301 11,841 16,026 12,484 13,195 13,650 12,529 12,913 12,824 14,544 13,584 15,039 159,9302008 11,828 12,794 14,877 13,648 13,192 14,311 13,571 12,089 14,057 14,813 12,583 15,479 163,2422009 10,741 11,950 14,538 12,895 12,001 14,020 13,034 11,241 13,567 13,376 12,493 15,550 155,4062010 9,898 11,923 15,843 13,384 12,763 15,091 13,165 12,492 14,349 14,175 14,379 16,878 164,3402011 11,858 13,003 17,344 14,422 14,766 16,183 14,188 14,461 15,960 14,793 16,072 19,383 182,4332012 12,433 14,416 18,172 15,377 16,347 16,911 15,325 15,501 16,570 17,123 17,578 19,561 195,314

2013 (to date) 14,037 15,240 20,484 15,942 16,551 17,011 16,889 15,582 17,394 16,923 n.a. n.a. 166,053

Annualized Growth Rate of PCT Filings (based on trend line)Month

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total2006 10.8 10.0 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.9 8.6 7.9 9.2 9.5 9.4 9.42007 10.0 10.2 10.6 10.7 10.0 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.4 7.6 6.9 6.92008 6.0 6.0 4.2 4.4 3.9 4.3 4.5 3.3 3.9 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.12009 1.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.7 -1.5 -2.1 -3.0 -3.0 -4.1 -5.1 -4.6 -4.8 -4.82010 -4.7 -4.2 -3.2 -2.4 -1.2 -0.4 0.1 1.4 2.2 3.7 4.9 5.7 5.72011 7.6 8.3 8.4 8.7 9.4 9.4 9.9 10.3 10.8 10.6 10.4 11.0 11.02012 10.0 10.2 9.7 9.6 9.2 9.0 9.0 8.3 7.7 8.6 8.5 7.1 7.1

2013 (to date) 7.6 7.2 8.0 7.7 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.2 6.3 4.9 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. The growth rate is the annualized growth rate based on the trend line. Counts are based on the international filings date.


Figure 2: PCT Filings by Medium of Filing

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Year Month Total Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web2009 - 155,406 31,234 11,315 57,551 35,372 19,934 20.1 7.3 37.0 22.8 12.82010 - 164,340 26,520 9,102 67,044 39,935 21,739 16.1 5.5 40.8 24.3 13.22011 - 182,433 23,220 8,194 79,805 47,615 23,599 12.7 4.5 43.7 26.1 12.92012 - 195,314 18,340 6,451 90,319 55,055 25,149 9.4 3.3 46.2 28.2 12.92013 to date 166,053 12,700 4,664 81,441 46,271 20,977 7.6 2.8 49.0 27.9 12.6

Year Month Total Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web2011 1 11,858 1,641 652 4,777 3,145 1,643 13.8 5.5 40.3 26.5 13.92011 2 13,003 1,854 689 5,094 3,744 1,622 14.3 5.3 39.2 28.8 12.52011 3 17,344 2,369 873 6,674 5,223 2,205 13.7 5.0 38.5 30.1 12.72011 4 14,422 1,970 666 6,335 3,532 1,919 13.7 4.6 43.9 24.5 13.32011 5 14,766 1,963 687 6,846 3,307 1,963 13.3 4.7 46.4 22.4 13.32011 6 16,183 2,078 729 7,206 4,069 2,101 12.8 4.5 44.5 25.1 13.02011 7 14,188 2,010 649 6,122 3,770 1,637 14.2 4.6 43.1 26.6 11.52011 8 14,461 1,877 681 6,199 3,643 2,061 13.0 4.7 42.9 25.2 14.32011 9 15,960 1,853 727 7,016 4,252 2,112 11.6 4.6 44.0 26.6 13.22011 10 14,793 1,821 581 6,530 3,851 2,010 12.3 3.9 44.1 26.0 13.62011 11 16,072 1,751 622 7,303 4,362 2,034 10.9 3.9 45.4 27.1 12.72011 12 19,383 2,033 638 9,703 4,717 2,292 10.5 3.3 50.1 24.3 11.82012 1 12,433 1,377 441 5,433 3,561 1,621 11.1 3.5 43.7 28.6 13.02012 2 14,416 1,525 477 6,089 4,468 1,857 10.6 3.3 42.2 31.0 12.92012 3 18,172 1,859 657 8,162 5,348 2,146 10.2 3.6 44.9 29.4 11.82012 4 15,377 1,450 505 7,061 4,368 1,993 9.4 3.3 45.9 28.4 13.02012 5 16,347 1,557 606 7,662 4,367 2,155 9.5 3.7 46.9 26.7 13.22012 6 16,911 1,576 616 8,163 4,163 2,393 9.3 3.6 48.3 24.6 14.22012 7 15,325 1,543 473 7,160 4,184 1,965 10.1 3.1 46.7 27.3 12.82012 8 15,501 1,460 490 6,997 4,374 2,180 9.4 3.2 45.1 28.2 14.12012 9 16,570 1,381 545 7,676 4,741 2,227 8.3 3.3 46.3 28.6 13.42012 10 17,123 1,576 523 7,768 4,945 2,311 9.2 3.1 45.4 28.9 13.52012 11 17,578 1,501 530 8,336 5,081 2,130 8.5 3.0 47.4 28.9 12.12012 12 19,561 1,535 588 9,812 5,455 2,171 7.8 3.0 50.2 27.9 11.12013 1 14,037 1,146 351 6,960 3,718 1,862 8.2 2.5 49.6 26.5 13.32013 2 15,240 1,178 463 6,819 4,825 1,955 7.7 3.0 44.7 31.7 12.82013 3 20,484 1,413 601 9,482 6,028 2,960 6.9 2.9 46.3 29.4 14.52013 4 15,942 1,317 502 7,412 4,733 1,978 8.3 3.1 46.5 29.7 12.42013 5 16,551 1,274 492 8,197 4,365 2,223 7.7 3.0 49.5 26.4 13.42013 6 17,011 1,194 465 9,215 4,241 1,896 7.0 2.7 54.2 24.9 11.12013 7 16,889 1,362 488 8,410 4,704 1,925 8.1 2.9 49.8 27.9 11.42013 8 15,582 1,179 410 7,730 4,188 2,075 7.6 2.6 49.6 26.9 13.32013 9 17,394 1,256 461 8,924 4,738 2,015 7.2 2.7 51.3 27.2 11.62013 10 16,923 1,381 431 8,292 4,731 2,088 8.2 2.5 49.0 28.0 12.3

Number of PCT Filings by Medium of Filing Share of PCT filings by Medium of Filing (%)

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filings date. EASY (Electronic Application System) and EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System).



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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: Counts are based on the international filing date and the country of residence of the first named applicants. Trend line is based on moving average (MA) using six lagged terms, current observation and 5 forward terms.


Table 1a: Number of PCT Filings by Country of Origin

Origin_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Total 155,406 164,340 182,433 195,314 166,053 17,123 17,578 19,561 14,037 15,240 20,484 15,942 16,551 17,011 16,889 15,582 17,394 16,923Albania 1 3 1 1Algeria 8 3 4 4 5 1 1 2 1 1Andorra 2 12 3 7 4 1 1 1 1 1Angola 1 2 1 1Antigua and Barbuda 5 1 1Argentina 10 16 25 27 24 4 4 4 3 2 3 1 2 1 4 2 2 4Armenia 5 5 6 8 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1Australia 1,740 1,772 1,739 1,707 1,315 146 144 156 89 120 143 121 132 149 136 152 136 137Austria 1,024 1,141 1,346 1,320 1,019 103 114 124 83 97 117 136 95 91 92 82 126 100Azerbaijan 8 2 9 5 3 1 2 1Bahamas 26 20 9 13 10 1 2 1 1 3 1 2Bahrain 1 1 2 1 1 1 1Bangladesh 1 1 3 3 3Barbados 96 84 110 165 123 17 17 14 18 12 12 14 15 7 6 11 11 17Belarus 19 15 14 14 12 2 5 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2Belgium 1,008 1,056 1,191 1,226 909 123 82 140 74 85 102 84 90 109 95 81 91 98Belize 2 1 6 2 3 1 1 1Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1 1Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 13 6 9 7 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1Botswana 1Brazil 492 488 564 589 494 44 66 71 37 26 50 47 59 45 49 74 50 57Brunei Darussalam 3 1Bulgaria 25 33 28 33 48 4 3 1 1 5 5 8 7 7 9 4 2Burundi 1 3 1 1Cameroon 9 2 3 1 1Canada 2,527 2,698 2,945 2,758 2,365 280 255 225 229 234 333 237 257 226 209 197 200 243Chad 1Chile 54 88 118 118 113 14 10 14 9 12 8 7 10 9 13 16 13 16China 7,900 12,296 16,402 18,617 16,521 1,391 1,841 2,429 1,208 859 1,508 1,501 1,623 1,959 2,018 2,162 2,091 1,592Colombia 63 46 57 72 60 7 4 11 5 4 1 1 8 8 8 7 12 6Congo 1Costa Rica 4 3 3 5 5 1 1 1 1 2Côte d'Ivoire 1 2 1 1 1Croatia 38 50 47 30 35 3 3 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 7 1 3 3Cuba 9 5 10 9 7 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2Cyprus 41 44 26 49 23 3 3 7 1 8 2 3 4 1 1 3Czech Republic 178 137 148 163 161 15 12 23 12 19 22 17 13 11 10 14 21 22Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date and country of residence of the first named applicant.


Table 1a: Number of PCT Filings by Country of Origin Origin_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Total 155,406 164,340 182,433 195,314 166,053 17,123 17,578 19,561 14,037 15,240 20,484 15,942 16,551 17,011 16,889 15,582 17,394 16,923Liberia 1 1Libya 4 1Liechtenstein 55 73 86 102 142 18 13 13 4 7 16 14 15 12 12 19 19 24Lithuania 23 11 25 30 38 8 2 7 3 5 6 4 2 7 3 1 7Luxembourg 229 251 246 268 275 24 22 53 23 26 39 23 32 18 34 28 35 17Madagascar 2 1 1Malaysia 224 350 263 289 214 9 26 6 20 23 25 28 16 17 23 21 28 13Malta 32 21 19 18 61 2 2 2 3 8 10 7 5 6 2 13 5Marshall Islands 1 1 1Mauritius 2 2 4 5 6 1 3 1 1 1Mexico 194 191 225 191 156 17 16 22 20 7 14 21 18 7 23 12 16 18Monaco 13 17 26 15 15 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 2Mongolia 2 1Montenegro 2 2 1 1Morocco 24 20 19 39 28 10 5 5 1 1 1 6 3 8 1 2 2 3Namibia 4 30 19 14 5 1 2 3 1 1Netherlands 4,462 4,063 3,503 4,071 3,297 388 411 532 261 321 413 322 349 383 362 273 333 280New Zealand 301 309 328 304 243 33 27 25 8 26 31 25 20 30 28 20 37 18Nicaragua 1 1 2 2 1 1Niger 1 2Nigeria 1 2 5 11 2 3 6 1 1Norway 630 708 698 669 578 57 64 49 50 58 71 55 70 55 45 44 73 57Oman 2 4 3 3Pakistan 1 1 2 1 1Panama 10 5 10 16 17 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1Paraguay 1Peru 10 7 6 11 12 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 1Philippines 21 14 21 18 27 1 1 6 1 3 3 4 3 2 3 1 1Poland 173 199 235 252 259 36 15 16 18 30 26 21 17 24 53 22 24 24Portugal 163 116 95 129 131 12 10 18 10 16 19 18 15 9 17 8 10 9Qatar 1 7 53 27 6 4 1 4 2 2 7 3 5 1 2 1Republic of Korea 8,035 9,669 10,447 11,848 9,769 1,101 1,275 1,501 808 850 981 1,100 1,091 917 1,134 950 895 1,043Republic of Moldova 2 1 2 3 1 1Romania 24 20 26 25 9 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1Russian Federation 711 798 997 1,091 819 84 106 142 70 92 97 111 65 102 71 63 70 78Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 2 1 1 2 1 1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Samoa 6 5 2 1 3 2 1San Marino 8 5 1 7 3 1 1 1 1 1Saudi Arabia 70 81 147 293 162 30 20 49 16 8 24 15 20 16 15 12 14 22Senegal 2 1 1 1Serbia 26 19 19 20 22 2 1 1 3 4 5 2 1 5 1Seychelles 9 10 3 9 9 1 2 2 1 4Sierra Leone 2 1Singapore 593 641 661 708 676 74 65 70 51 54 72 72 81 60 78 67 63 78Slovakia 33 44 59 42 31 4 1 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 2 7 7Slovenia 137 126 125 115 96 10 7 9 10 6 9 11 14 14 8 4 7 13South Africa 375 295 319 314 283 38 42 17 16 29 30 29 32 30 36 33 26 22Spain 1,564 1,772 1,729 1,700 1,376 146 149 140 107 159 156 124 141 147 200 81 113 148Sri Lanka 16 10 12 14 12 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3Sudan 2Swaziland 2Sweden 3,568 3,314 3,462 3,587 3,067 344 312 399 237 264 404 296 363 433 237 222 292 319Switzerland 3,672 3,728 4,008 4,192 3,526 403 345 436 282 273 482 323 338 391 356 345 361 375Syrian Arab Republic 9 12 5 4 1 1T F Y R of Macedonia 2 2 2 1 1 1Thailand 20 72 67 67 65 3 9 7 4 6 2 8 3 4 5 13 12 8Tonga 1 1Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 1Tunisia 6 9 8 6 2 1 1 2Turkey 389 480 539 535 585 56 79 106 74 45 45 55 77 62 67 48 63 49Uganda 2 1 1Ukraine 79 109 141 120 124 9 8 18 13 8 13 14 7 10 19 8 23 9United Arab Emirates 28 30 38 51 47 6 4 9 2 4 3 6 4 5 10 4 2 7United Kingdom 5,044 4,891 4,848 4,895 4,033 441 401 422 354 410 463 354 490 353 461 343 391 414United States of America 45,628 45,031 49,112 51,644 46,468 4,686 4,543 4,724 4,140 4,158 6,068 4,120 4,720 4,939 4,139 4,498 4,872 4,814Unknown 33 9 13 21 13 3 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3Uruguay 9 5 5 8 3 2 1 1 1 1Uzbekistan 4 1 1 5 1 1 3Vanuatu 1Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

1 1 2 7 1 1

Viet Nam 5 9 18 13 17 1 2 7 2 1 2 1 4Yemen 1 3 1 1Zambia 1 1Zimbabwe 1 2 3 1 1 1





Albania 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Algeria 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Andorra 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Angola 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Antigua and Barbuda 0.00 0.00 0.00Argentina 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Australia 1.12 1.08 0.95 0.87 0.79 0.85 0.82 0.80 0.63 0.79 0.70 0.76 0.80 0.88 0.81 0.98 0.78 0.81Austria 0.66 0.69 0.74 0.68 0.61 0.60 0.65 0.63 0.59 0.64 0.57 0.85 0.57 0.53 0.54 0.53 0.72 0.59Azerbaijan 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01Bahamas 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01Bahrain 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01Bangladesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02Barbados 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.10 0.07 0.13 0.08 0.06 0.09 0.09 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.10Belarus 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Belgium 0.65 0.64 0.65 0.63 0.55 0.72 0.47 0.72 0.53 0.56 0.50 0.53 0.54 0.64 0.56 0.52 0.52 0.58Belize 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.00 0.01Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Botswana 0.00Brazil 0.32 0.30 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.26 0.38 0.36 0.26 0.17 0.24 0.29 0.36 0.26 0.29 0.47 0.29 0.34Brunei Darussalam 0.00 0.01Bulgaria 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.01Burundi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Cameroon 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Canada 1.63 1.64 1.61 1.41 1.42 1.64 1.45 1.15 1.63 1.54 1.63 1.49 1.55 1.33 1.24 1.26 1.15 1.44Chad 0.00Chile 0.03 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.08 0.10 0.07 0.09China 5.08 7.48 8.99 9.53 9.95 8.12 10.47 12.42 8.61 5.64 7.36 9.42 9.81 11.52 11.95 13.88 12.02 9.41Colombia 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.04Congo 0.00Costa Rica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Croatia 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.02Cuba 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Cyprus 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02Czech Republic 0.11 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.09 0.07 0.12 0.09 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.12 0.13Democratic People's Republic of Korea

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0.00

Denmark 0.86 0.71 0.72 0.73 0.60 0.61 0.68 1.03 0.68 0.51 0.48 0.53 0.71 0.72 0.57 0.59 0.49 0.75Dominica 0.00 0.00Dominican Republic 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Ecuador 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02Egypt 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02El Salvador 0.00 0.00Eritrea 0.00 0.01Estonia 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Finland 1.37 1.30 1.14 1.19 1.09 1.38 1.13 0.97 1.35 1.20 1.14 1.44 1.36 1.13 0.75 0.80 0.95 0.80France 4.66 4.41 4.08 4.02 3.73 4.46 3.95 5.14 3.86 3.59 3.27 3.54 3.70 4.29 4.54 2.46 3.87 4.15Gabon 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Georgia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Germany 10.81 10.69 10.33 9.61 8.91 8.46 9.82 8.14 9.56 9.03 8.51 9.14 8.33 8.43 9.60 9.13 8.76 8.80Ghana 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Greece 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.09 0.05 0.04 0.08 0.02 0.09 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.07Guatemala 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Guinea 0.00Honduras 0.00Hungary 0.09 0.10 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.11 0.06 0.11 0.06 0.13 0.05 0.07 0.10 0.06 0.10 0.05 0.07 0.05Iceland 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02India 0.62 0.78 0.73 0.67 0.61 0.63 0.59 0.61 0.74 0.72 0.69 0.73 0.68 0.41 0.67 0.47 0.45 0.59Indonesia 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Ireland 0.31 0.27 0.23 0.20 0.22 0.23 0.19 0.22 0.21 0.25 0.19 0.20 0.25 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.21 0.27Israel 1.00 0.90 0.80 0.70 0.80 0.57 0.61 0.60 1.04 0.94 0.79 0.61 0.96 0.81 0.91 0.71 0.57 0.69Italy 1.71 1.62 1.48 1.47 1.35 1.58 1.37 1.61 1.32 1.36 1.35 1.46 1.68 1.35 1.63 0.88 1.28 1.20Jamaica 0.00 0.00 0.00Japan 19.18 19.56 21.31 22.35 22.21 21.98 21.33 19.78 21.13 27.04 25.48 23.08 19.42 19.39 20.89 20.56 22.35 22.19Jordan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Kazakhstan 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Kenya 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Kuwait 0.00 0.00Kyrgyzstan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Lao People's Democratic Republic

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01

Latvia 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02Lebanon 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01





Liberia 0.00 0.00Libya 0.00 0.00Liechtenstein 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.11 0.07 0.07 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.12 0.11 0.14Lithuania 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.04Luxembourg 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.14 0.17 0.14 0.13 0.27 0.16 0.17 0.19 0.14 0.19 0.11 0.20 0.18 0.20 0.10Madagascar 0.00 0.00 0.01Malaysia 0.14 0.21 0.14 0.15 0.13 0.05 0.15 0.03 0.14 0.15 0.12 0.18 0.10 0.10 0.14 0.13 0.16 0.08Malta 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.07 0.03Marshall Islands 0.00 0.00 0.01Mauritius 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01Mexico 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.11 0.14 0.05 0.07 0.13 0.11 0.04 0.14 0.08 0.09 0.11Monaco 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Mongolia 0.00 0.00Montenegro 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Morocco 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Namibia 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01Netherlands 2.87 2.47 1.92 2.08 1.99 2.27 2.34 2.72 1.86 2.11 2.02 2.02 2.11 2.25 2.14 1.75 1.91 1.65New Zealand 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.16 0.15 0.19 0.15 0.13 0.06 0.17 0.15 0.16 0.12 0.18 0.17 0.13 0.21 0.11Nicaragua 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Niger 0.00 0.00Nigeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01Norway 0.41 0.43 0.38 0.34 0.35 0.33 0.36 0.25 0.36 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.42 0.32 0.27 0.28 0.42 0.34Oman 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02Pakistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Panama 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Paraguay 0.00Peru 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01Philippines 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01Poland 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.16 0.21 0.09 0.08 0.13 0.20 0.13 0.13 0.10 0.14 0.31 0.14 0.14 0.14Portugal 0.10 0.07 0.05 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.09 0.07 0.11 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.05 0.10 0.05 0.06 0.05Qatar 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01Republic of Korea 5.17 5.88 5.73 6.07 5.88 6.43 7.25 7.67 5.76 5.58 4.79 6.90 6.59 5.39 6.71 6.10 5.15 6.16Republic of Moldova 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Romania 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Russian Federation 0.46 0.49 0.55 0.56 0.49 0.49 0.60 0.73 0.50 0.60 0.47 0.70 0.39 0.60 0.42 0.40 0.40 0.46Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01

Samoa 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01San Marino 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Saudi Arabia 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.15 0.10 0.18 0.11 0.25 0.11 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.12 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.13Senegal 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Serbia 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01Seychelles 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Sierra Leone 0.00 0.00Singapore 0.38 0.39 0.36 0.36 0.41 0.43 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.35 0.35 0.45 0.49 0.35 0.46 0.43 0.36 0.46Slovakia 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04Slovenia 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.08South Africa 0.24 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.22 0.24 0.09 0.11 0.19 0.15 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.21 0.15 0.13Spain 1.01 1.08 0.95 0.87 0.83 0.85 0.85 0.72 0.76 1.04 0.76 0.78 0.85 0.86 1.18 0.52 0.65 0.87Sri Lanka 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02Sudan 0.00Swaziland 0.00Sweden 2.30 2.02 1.90 1.84 1.85 2.01 1.77 2.04 1.69 1.73 1.97 1.86 2.19 2.55 1.40 1.42 1.68 1.89Switzerland 2.36 2.27 2.20 2.15 2.12 2.35 1.96 2.23 2.01 1.79 2.35 2.03 2.04 2.30 2.11 2.21 2.08 2.22Syrian Arab Republic 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01T F Y R of Macedonia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Thailand 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.08 0.07 0.05Tonga 0.00 0.01Trinidad and Tobago 0.00 0.00 0.00Tunisia 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01Turkey 0.25 0.29 0.30 0.27 0.35 0.33 0.45 0.54 0.53 0.30 0.22 0.35 0.47 0.36 0.40 0.31 0.36 0.29Uganda 0.00 0.00 0.01Ukraine 0.05 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.05 0.06 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.11 0.05 0.13 0.05United Arab Emirates 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.06 0.03 0.01 0.04United Kingdom 3.25 2.98 2.66 2.51 2.43 2.58 2.28 2.16 2.52 2.69 2.26 2.22 2.96 2.08 2.73 2.20 2.25 2.45United States of America 29.36 27.40 26.92 26.44 27.98 27.37 25.84 24.15 29.49 27.28 29.62 25.84 28.52 29.03 24.51 28.87 28.01 28.45Unknown 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Uruguay 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Uzbekistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02Vanuatu 0.00Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01

Viet Nam 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Yemen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00Zambia 0.00 0.00Zimbabwe 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01




RO_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Total 155,406 164,340 182,433 195,314 166,053 17,123 17,578 19,561 14,037 15,240 20,484 15,942 16,551 17,011 16,889 15,582 17,394 16,923African Intellectual Property Organization

3 2 3 2 2

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization

1 2 1 1

Albania 1 1Algeria 7 1 3 4 5 1 1 2 1 1Armenia 2 4 4 7 3 1 1 1 2Australia 1,710 1,749 1,690 1,607 1,253 139 135 141 83 105 144 111 131 139 126 142 133 139Austria 492 491 566 535 378 55 42 48 39 44 41 52 24 36 33 32 45 32Azerbaijan 9 2 10 4 3 1 2 1Belarus 11 12 8 7 8 2 2 2 2 1 1 2Belgium 59 88 72 53 58 3 3 5 6 4 5 8 3 9 5 5 5 8Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 7 6 9 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1Brazil 442 448 519 565 458 41 66 65 35 24 43 40 54 40 48 75 49 50Brunei Darussalam 2 1Bulgaria 21 27 28 31 45 2 3 1 1 4 5 8 6 6 9 3 2 1Canada 1,895 2,058 2,193 2,135 1,741 185 191 172 165 173 229 194 194 160 152 152 150 172Chile 28 60 84 79 80 10 5 9 5 11 3 7 6 6 11 10 9 12China 8,000 12,917 17,471 19,924 17,670 1,514 1,936 2,616 1,348 884 1,676 1,619 1,730 2,089 2,127 2,298 2,201 1,698Colombia 2 4 9 1 1 2 2 3 1Costa Rica 1 2 2 4 1 1 1Croatia 34 39 45 26 31 2 3 1 2 2 4 5 5 6 1 2 4Cuba 9 5 9 9 7 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2Cyprus 1 2Czech Republic 164 133 126 140 141 13 11 20 9 16 21 13 11 9 9 13 19 21Democratic People's Republic of Korea

1 3 4 3 1 1

Denmark 602 536 678 644 420 48 47 76 41 29 44 37 49 59 42 29 39 51Dominican Republic 1 3 6 2 2 1 2Ecuador 3 2 3 11 1 1Egypt 33 47 29 36 25 5 1 3 2 4 1 5 3 1 3 3El Salvador 3 1Estonia 17 18 9 6 5 1 1 2 2 1Eurasian Patent Organization 11 10 14 15 14 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3European Patent Office 27,360 28,900 30,893 32,429 26,050 2,783 2,938 3,351 2,266 2,434 3,091 2,535 2,591 2,734 2,737 2,239 2,650 2,773Finland 1,157 1,182 1,230 1,356 1,076 129 139 117 112 122 133 138 116 127 63 55 115 95France 3,771 3,441 3,498 3,266 2,613 337 262 340 213 231 270 246 276 286 336 144 321 290Georgia 4 5 5 5 7 2 1 1 1 2 3Germany 1,954 1,762 1,699 1,424 1,153 111 121 103 89 93 94 99 93 85 166 145 130 159Ghana 1 1 1 1Greece 69 57 58 54 51 6 3 3 8 3 5 10 2 10 3 3 2 5Guatemala 2 2 1 1Hungary 112 150 131 145 102 18 9 19 8 12 8 8 14 10 18 5 12 7Iceland 17 26 18 24 11 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2India 758 854 898 859 608 61 61 84 64 50 94 78 57 54 73 43 42 53Indonesia 2 9 8 9 7 1 3 1 1 2 1 2International Bureau 8,688 8,679 8,772 9,776 8,187 984 965 1,045 804 770 982 786 934 843 957 708 822 581Ireland 91 79 67 54 21 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date.




Total 155,406 164,340 182,433 195,314 166,053 17,123 17,578 19,561 14,037 15,240 20,484 15,942 16,551 17,011 16,889 15,582 17,394 16,923Israel 1,238 1,098 1,060 967 977 51 77 91 108 104 120 73 114 92 105 86 78 97Italy 603 527 424 407 296 35 28 45 29 32 35 31 27 24 33 18 32 35Japan 29,291 31,523 37,972 42,787 36,158 3,715 3,678 3,800 2,869 4,062 5,119 3,600 3,145 3,261 3,456 3,138 3,829 3,679Kazakhstan 21 18 22 15 13 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 1Kenya 3 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 1Kyrgyzstan 1 1Latvia 11 17 10 22 12 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 1Libya 1Lithuania 17 3 14 10 17 3 1 2 4 3 3 1 2 2 2Malaysia 224 333 251 294 185 8 23 6 20 23 21 25 14 17 19 11 26 9Mexico 146 164 167 138 129 12 14 17 19 7 11 18 16 6 17 9 13 13Morocco 22 22 18 35 28 10 5 4 1 1 1 6 3 8 1 2 2 3Netherlands 1,102 1,078 996 1,020 804 82 96 97 53 91 113 89 78 85 104 60 70 61New Zealand 303 265 277 242 191 27 22 22 6 19 29 21 16 21 21 18 29 11Nicaragua 1 1Norway 449 490 355 325 231 33 30 21 22 25 24 23 24 24 23 19 22 25Panama 1 1Peru 6 11 8 4 1 2 1 1 4Philippines 21 9 20 15 18 1 1 6 1 3 1 3 2 1 1Poland 151 166 207 171 163 25 10 9 10 23 19 18 11 18 19 13 18 14Portugal 82 67 48 54 62 5 3 8 5 6 8 6 9 6 12 2 2 6Republic of Korea 8,025 9,639 10,413 11,869 9,812 1,108 1,272 1,515 814 871 979 1,103 1,096 920 1,137 952 895 1,045Republic of Moldova 2 1 3 3 1 1Romania 24 14 23 25 2 1 1 1 1Russian Federation 756 813 1,050 1,129 815 93 108 139 70 91 101 108 70 105 74 57 63 76San Marino 2 1Serbia 25 16 17 17 18 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 1 4 1Singapore 500 491 456 494 470 47 42 41 41 41 43 45 57 44 51 56 47 45Slovakia 21 27 49 28 24 3 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 7 6Slovenia 68 76 80 67 64 6 2 6 6 4 5 8 11 8 5 3 6 8South Africa 109 73 93 93 74 23 10 3 3 5 11 11 9 6 14 10 2 3Spain 1,243 1,411 1,301 1,249 993 111 103 109 73 110 110 83 104 113 156 52 83 109Sweden 2,046 1,775 1,845 1,713 1,435 168 167 196 96 119 183 136 189 209 124 93 127 159Switzerland 412 331 312 281 189 18 19 17 20 12 23 19 17 26 19 18 20 15Syrian Arab Republic 9 12 5 1 1 1T F Y R of Macedonia 2 2 2 1 1Thailand 4 49 51 54 60 1 7 3 4 5 5 8 2 4 4 10 11 7Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1Tunisia 2 7 6 5 1 1 1 1Turkey 160 264 279 241 310 24 21 42 55 28 23 26 46 31 45 29 18 9Uganda 1 1Ukraine 72 96 131 121 122 9 8 16 16 6 12 14 6 10 21 8 21 8United Kingdom 4,627 4,411 4,226 4,129 3,234 357 320 341 254 330 393 299 406 299 355 260 295 343United States of America 46,055 45,228 49,366 51,999 46,860 4,685 4,537 4,761 4,129 4,183 6,172 4,152 4,750 4,945 4,125 4,538 4,903 4,963Uzbekistan 3 2 1 1Viet Nam 4 5 11 8 12 2 5 1 1 1 4Zambia 1 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date.




African Intellectual Property Organization

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01


0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01

Albania 0.00 0.00Algeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Australia 1.10 1.06 0.93 0.82 0.75 0.81 0.77 0.72 0.59 0.69 0.70 0.70 0.79 0.82 0.75 0.91 0.76 0.82Austria 0.32 0.30 0.31 0.27 0.23 0.32 0.24 0.25 0.28 0.29 0.20 0.33 0.15 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.26 0.19Azerbaijan 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01Belarus 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Belgium 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.05Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Brazil 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.28 0.24 0.38 0.33 0.25 0.16 0.21 0.25 0.33 0.24 0.28 0.48 0.28 0.30Brunei Darussalam 0.00 0.01Bulgaria 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.01Canada 1.22 1.25 1.20 1.09 1.05 1.08 1.09 0.88 1.18 1.14 1.12 1.22 1.17 0.94 0.90 0.98 0.86 1.02Chile 0.02 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.07China 5.15 7.86 9.58 10.20 10.64 8.84 11.01 13.37 9.60 5.80 8.18 10.16 10.45 12.28 12.59 14.75 12.65 10.03Colombia 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01Costa Rica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00Croatia 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.02Cuba 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Cyprus 0.00 0.00Czech Republic 0.11 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.10 0.06 0.11 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.11 0.12Democratic People's Republic of Korea

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01

Denmark 0.39 0.33 0.37 0.33 0.25 0.28 0.27 0.39 0.29 0.19 0.21 0.23 0.30 0.35 0.25 0.19 0.22 0.30Dominican Republic 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Ecuador 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01Egypt 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02El Salvador 0.00 0.00Estonia 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Eurasian Patent Organization 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02European Patent Office 17.61 17.59 16.93 16.60 15.69 16.25 16.71 17.13 16.14 15.97 15.09 15.90 15.65 16.07 16.21 14.37 15.24 16.39Finland 0.74 0.72 0.67 0.69 0.65 0.75 0.79 0.60 0.80 0.80 0.65 0.87 0.70 0.75 0.37 0.35 0.66 0.56France 2.43 2.09 1.92 1.67 1.57 1.97 1.49 1.74 1.52 1.52 1.32 1.54 1.67 1.68 1.99 0.92 1.85 1.71Georgia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Germany 1.26 1.07 0.93 0.73 0.69 0.65 0.69 0.53 0.63 0.61 0.46 0.62 0.56 0.50 0.98 0.93 0.75 0.94Ghana 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01Greece 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03Guatemala 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Hungary 0.07 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.11 0.05 0.10 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.05 0.08 0.06 0.11 0.03 0.07 0.04Iceland 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01India 0.49 0.52 0.49 0.44 0.37 0.36 0.35 0.43 0.46 0.33 0.46 0.49 0.34 0.32 0.43 0.28 0.24 0.31Indonesia 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01International Bureau 5.59 5.28 4.81 5.01 4.93 5.75 5.49 5.34 5.73 5.05 4.79 4.93 5.64 4.96 5.67 4.54 4.73 3.43Ireland 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date.




Israel 0.80 0.67 0.58 0.50 0.59 0.30 0.44 0.47 0.77 0.68 0.59 0.46 0.69 0.54 0.62 0.55 0.45 0.57Italy 0.39 0.32 0.23 0.21 0.18 0.20 0.16 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.17 0.19 0.16 0.14 0.20 0.12 0.18 0.21Japan 18.85 19.18 20.81 21.91 21.78 21.70 20.92 19.43 20.44 26.65 24.99 22.58 19.00 19.17 20.46 20.14 22.01 21.74Kazakhstan 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Kenya 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Kyrgyzstan 0.00 0.00Latvia 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01Libya 0.00Lithuania 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01Malaysia 0.14 0.20 0.14 0.15 0.11 0.05 0.13 0.03 0.14 0.15 0.10 0.16 0.08 0.10 0.11 0.07 0.15 0.05Mexico 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.14 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.10 0.04 0.10 0.06 0.07 0.08Morocco 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Netherlands 0.71 0.66 0.55 0.52 0.48 0.48 0.55 0.50 0.38 0.60 0.55 0.56 0.47 0.50 0.62 0.39 0.40 0.36New Zealand 0.20 0.16 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.16 0.13 0.11 0.04 0.12 0.14 0.13 0.10 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.17 0.07Nicaragua 0.00 0.01Norway 0.29 0.30 0.19 0.17 0.14 0.19 0.17 0.11 0.16 0.16 0.12 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.12 0.13 0.15Panama 0.00 0.01Peru 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Philippines 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01Poland 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.09 0.10 0.15 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.15 0.09 0.11 0.07 0.11 0.11 0.08 0.10 0.08Portugal 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.04Republic of Korea 5.16 5.87 5.71 6.08 5.91 6.47 7.24 7.75 5.80 5.72 4.78 6.92 6.62 5.41 6.73 6.11 5.15 6.18Republic of Moldova 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Romania 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00Russian Federation 0.49 0.49 0.58 0.58 0.49 0.54 0.61 0.71 0.50 0.60 0.49 0.68 0.42 0.62 0.44 0.37 0.36 0.45San Marino 0.00 0.00Serbia 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01Singapore 0.32 0.30 0.25 0.25 0.28 0.27 0.24 0.21 0.29 0.27 0.21 0.28 0.34 0.26 0.30 0.36 0.27 0.27Slovakia 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04Slovenia 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05South Africa 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.13 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.08 0.06 0.01 0.02Spain 0.80 0.86 0.71 0.64 0.60 0.65 0.59 0.56 0.52 0.72 0.54 0.52 0.63 0.66 0.92 0.33 0.48 0.64Sweden 1.32 1.08 1.01 0.88 0.86 0.98 0.95 1.00 0.68 0.78 0.89 0.85 1.14 1.23 0.73 0.60 0.73 0.94Switzerland 0.27 0.20 0.17 0.14 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.14 0.08 0.11 0.12 0.10 0.15 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.09Syrian Arab Republic 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01T F Y R of Macedonia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Thailand 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.06 0.04Trinidad and Tobago 0.00 0.00 0.00Tunisia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01Turkey 0.10 0.16 0.15 0.12 0.19 0.14 0.12 0.21 0.39 0.18 0.11 0.16 0.28 0.18 0.27 0.19 0.10 0.05Uganda 0.00 0.01Ukraine 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.11 0.04 0.06 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.12 0.05 0.12 0.05United Kingdom 2.98 2.68 2.32 2.11 1.95 2.08 1.82 1.74 1.81 2.17 1.92 1.88 2.45 1.76 2.10 1.67 1.70 2.03United States of America 29.64 27.52 27.06 26.62 28.22 27.36 25.81 24.34 29.42 27.45 30.13 26.04 28.70 29.07 24.42 29.12 28.19 29.33Uzbekistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01Viet Nam 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02Zambia 0.00 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date.


Table 3a: Number of Paper Filings by Receiving Office (RO)


Total 31,234 26,520 23,220 18,340 12,700 1,576 1,501 1,535 1,146 1,178 1,413 1,317 1,274 1,194 1,362 1,179 1,256 1,381African Intellectual Property Organization

3 2 3 2 2


1 2 1 1

Albania 1 1Australia 526 507 445 408 354 35 37 40 27 30 51 28 29 31 24 42 59 33Austria 464 463 478 306 171 31 24 25 11 21 15 30 10 19 14 14 16 21Azerbaijan 9 2 10 4 3 1 2 1Belarus 11 12 8 7 8 2 2 2 2 1 1 2Belgium 59 80 66 50 55 2 3 5 6 3 4 8 3 8 5 5 5 8Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 7 6 9 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1Brazil 305 304 389 443 343 30 55 55 27 17 27 29 43 36 38 52 35 39Brunei Darussalam 2 1Bulgaria 9 21 19 19 37 2 1 1 3 4 7 5 4 9 2 2 1Canada 752 715 682 558 494 45 48 36 47 53 60 62 70 36 35 42 46 43Chile 28 53 76 70 67 8 5 9 4 10 2 7 5 5 8 9 7 10China 1,082 1,841 1,926 1,520 992 101 117 130 85 79 128 95 124 113 72 91 101 104Colombia 2 1 9 1 2 2 3 1Costa Rica 1 2 1 3 1 1 1Croatia 34 38 45 26 31 2 3 1 2 2 4 5 5 6 1 2 4Cyprus 1 2Czech Republic 135 96 102 112 112 7 10 17 5 13 18 12 8 7 9 9 19 12Democratic People's Republic of Korea

1 3 4 3 1 1

Denmark 266 177 158 133 70 12 10 5 12 7 4 7 3 11 2 10 4 10Dominican Republic 1 3 6 2 2 1 2Egypt 33 47 29 36 25 5 1 3 2 4 1 5 3 1 3 3El Salvador 3 1Estonia 6 8 5 3 4 1 2 2Eurasian Patent Organization 9 10 8 13 12 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3European Patent Office 9,289 7,926 6,574 5,344 3,247 445 404 418 290 297 365 319 318 303 364 337 309 345Finland 106 79 56 45 41 4 2 3 5 3 5 10 3 1 2 2 3 7France 1,073 639 578 452 205 44 47 40 24 18 18 22 9 19 38 14 24 19Georgia 4 5 4 5 6 2 1 1 2 3Germany 1,554 1,412 1,276 897 485 73 71 56 47 43 47 43 48 35 60 55 45 62Ghana 1 1 1 1Greece 67 55 54 51 49 5 3 3 8 3 4 10 2 10 3 2 2 5Guatemala 2 2 1 1Hungary 84 107 99 90 63 8 8 14 7 8 4 5 9 5 13 2 6 4Iceland 11 3 3 7 3 2 1 1 1India 441 526 587 497 299 41 42 37 35 19 58 38 31 28 32 19 11 28Indonesia 2 9 8 9 7 1 3 1 1 2 1 2International Bureau 2,435 2,082 1,900 1,612 1,241 151 172 143 116 109 136 115 125 100 165 110 119 146Ireland 91 79 67 54 21 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 1Israel 111 86 80 85 73 9 9 8 10 7 5 1 3 4 10 10 11 12Italy 602 527 424 407 295 35 28 45 29 32 35 31 27 24 33 18 32 34Japan 586 424 423 356 279 20 32 33 20 32 32 46 26 37 21 23 18 24Kazakhstan 21 18 22 15 13 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 1Kenya 2 2 3 1 2 1 1Kyrgyzstan 1 1Latvia 4 8 5 3 4 1 1 2 2Libya 1Malaysia 192 267 214 240 156 7 20 6 16 18 14 24 12 17 16 11 22 6Mexico 128 152 149 125 113 12 13 15 15 7 9 15 16 6 16 8 12 9Morocco 22 22 18 35 28 10 5 4 1 1 1 6 3 8 1 2 2 3Netherlands 267 174 83 83 51 4 9 9 1 14 4 5 7 6 4 2 5 3New Zealand 44 40 43 30 17 2 2 4 2 2 2 6 1 4Norway 131 133 100 53 46 6 1 6 2 2 5 6 4 2 16 2 2 5Panama 1 1Peru 6 11 8 4 1 2 1 1 4Philippines 21 9 20 15 18 1 1 6 1 3 1 3 2 1 1Poland 114 130 146 133 139 23 8 6 10 16 17 17 11 14 14 13 15 12Portugal 38 32 28 30 44 4 1 5 4 6 4 3 6 5 7 2 1 6Republic of Korea 160 185 185 177 177 16 5 22 15 14 22 17 20 15 15 15 17 27Romania 24 14 23 25 2 1 1 1 1Russian Federation 654 753 921 975 777 87 89 120 66 87 94 100 64 100 72 55 63 76San Marino 2 1Serbia 23 14 15 16 18 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 1 4 1Singapore 218 174 142 188 181 21 12 17 18 18 16 15 18 21 20 22 15 18Slovakia 5 7 25 13 14 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3Slovenia 31 41 47 34 38 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 1 5 5South Africa 19 12 14 21 20 8 3 2 1 4 1 1 6 2 3Spain 518 442 316 282 221 19 21 24 21 31 23 21 24 19 31 10 18 23Sweden 500 245 234 201 159 23 22 24 11 18 11 13 31 14 15 13 18 15Switzerland 285 247 234 217 136 13 15 13 15 8 15 15 12 20 16 10 14 11Syrian Arab Republic 9 12 5 1 1 1T F Y R of Macedonia 2 2 2 1 1Thailand 4 49 51 54 60 1 7 3 4 5 5 8 2 4 4 10 11 7Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1Tunisia 2 7 6 5 1 1 1 1Turkey 68 144 173 142 166 15 11 23 43 16 12 15 23 9 18 15 9 6Uganda 1 1Ukraine 72 96 130 119 117 9 8 15 16 6 11 13 6 9 19 8 21 8United Kingdom 2,747 2,205 1,639 862 393 57 57 45 33 40 53 34 55 32 33 32 40 41United States of America 4,697 2,520 1,607 577 448 107 34 24 24 32 43 26 23 29 43 62 59 107Uzbekistan 3 2 1 1Viet Nam 4 5 11 8 12 2 5 1 1 1 4Zambia 1

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date.


Table 3b: Paper Filings as a Percentage of Total Filings by Receiving Office (%)


Total 20.1 16.1 12.7 9.4 7.6 9.2 8.5 7.8 8.2 7.7 6.9 8.3 7.7 7.0 8.1 7.6 7.2 8.2African Intellectual Property Organization

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Albania 100.0 100.0Australia 30.8 29.0 26.3 25.4 28.3 25.2 27.4 28.4 32.5 28.6 35.4 25.2 22.1 22.3 19.0 29.6 44.4 23.7Austria 94.3 94.3 84.5 57.2 45.2 56.4 57.1 52.1 28.2 47.7 36.6 57.7 41.7 52.8 42.4 43.8 35.6 65.6Azerbaijan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Belarus 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Belgium 100.0 90.9 91.7 94.3 94.8 66.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 75.0 80.0 100.0 100.0 88.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Brazil 69.0 67.9 75.0 78.4 74.9 73.2 83.3 84.6 77.1 70.8 62.8 72.5 79.6 90.0 79.2 69.3 71.4 78.0Brunei Darussalam 100.0 100.0Bulgaria 42.9 77.8 67.9 61.3 82.2 100.0 33.3 100.0 75.0 80.0 87.5 83.3 66.7 100.0 66.7 100.0 100.0Canada 39.7 34.7 31.1 26.1 28.4 24.3 25.1 20.9 28.5 30.6 26.2 32.0 36.1 22.5 23.0 27.6 30.7 25.0Chile 100.0 88.3 90.5 88.6 83.8 80.0 100.0 100.0 80.0 90.9 66.7 100.0 83.3 83.3 72.7 90.0 77.8 83.3China 13.5 14.3 11.0 7.6 5.6 6.7 6.0 5.0 6.3 8.9 7.6 5.9 7.2 5.4 3.4 4.0 4.6 6.1Colombia 100.0 25.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Costa Rica 100.0 100.0 50.0 75.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Croatia 100.0 97.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Cyprus 100.0 100.0Czech Republic 82.3 72.2 81.0 80.0 79.4 53.8 90.9 85.0 55.6 81.3 85.7 92.3 72.7 77.8 100.0 69.2 100.0 57.1Democratic People's Republic of Korea

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Denmark 44.2 33.0 23.3 20.7 16.7 25.0 21.3 6.6 29.3 24.1 9.1 18.9 6.1 18.6 4.8 34.5 10.3 19.6Dominican Republic 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Egypt 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0El Salvador 100.0 100.0Estonia 35.3 44.4 55.6 50.0 80.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Eurasian Patent Organization 81.8 100.0 57.1 86.7 85.7 100.0 100.0 75.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 50.0 100.0 100.0 100.0European Patent Office 34.0 27.4 21.3 16.5 12.5 16.0 13.8 12.5 12.8 12.2 11.8 12.6 12.3 11.1 13.3 15.1 11.7 12.4Finland 9.2 6.7 4.6 3.3 3.8 3.1 1.4 2.6 4.5 2.5 3.8 7.2 2.6 0.8 3.2 3.6 2.6 7.4France 28.5 18.6 16.5 13.8 7.8 13.1 17.9 11.8 11.3 7.8 6.7 8.9 3.3 6.6 11.3 9.7 7.5 6.6Georgia 100.0 100.0 80.0 100.0 85.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Germany 79.5 80.1 75.1 63.0 42.1 65.8 58.7 54.4 52.8 46.2 50.0 43.4 51.6 41.2 36.1 37.9 34.6 39.0Ghana 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Greece 97.1 96.5 93.1 94.4 96.1 83.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 66.7 100.0 100.0Guatemala 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Hungary 75.0 71.3 75.6 62.1 61.8 44.4 88.9 73.7 87.5 66.7 50.0 62.5 64.3 50.0 72.2 40.0 50.0 57.1Iceland 64.7 11.5 16.7 29.2 27.3 100.0 50.0 50.0 50.0India 58.2 61.6 65.4 57.9 49.2 67.2 68.9 44.0 54.7 38.0 61.7 48.7 54.4 51.9 43.8 44.2 26.2 52.8Indonesia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0International Bureau 28.0 24.0 21.7 16.5 15.2 15.3 17.8 13.7 14.4 14.2 13.8 14.6 13.4 11.9 17.2 15.5 14.5 25.1Ireland 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Israel 9.0 7.8 7.5 8.8 7.5 17.6 11.7 8.8 9.3 6.7 4.2 1.4 2.6 4.3 9.5 11.6 14.1 12.4Italy 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.1Japan 2.0 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7Kazakhstan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Kenya 66.7 100.0 75.0 50.0 66.7 100.0 100.0Kyrgyzstan 100.0 100.0Latvia 36.4 47.1 50.0 13.6 33.3 33.3 50.0 66.7 50.0Libya 100.0Malaysia 85.7 80.2 85.3 81.6 84.3 87.5 87.0 100.0 80.0 78.3 66.7 96.0 85.7 100.0 84.2 100.0 84.6 66.7Mexico 87.7 92.7 89.2 90.6 87.6 100.0 92.9 88.2 78.9 100.0 81.8 83.3 100.0 100.0 94.1 88.9 92.3 69.2Morocco 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Netherlands 24.2 16.1 8.3 8.1 6.3 4.9 9.4 9.3 1.9 15.4 3.5 5.6 9.0 7.1 3.8 3.3 7.1 4.9New Zealand 14.5 15.1 15.5 12.4 8.9 7.4 9.1 18.2 10.5 6.9 9.5 28.6 5.6 13.8Norway 29.2 27.1 28.2 16.3 19.9 18.2 3.3 28.6 9.1 8.0 20.8 26.1 16.7 8.3 69.6 10.5 9.1 20.0Panama 100.0 100.0Peru 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Philippines 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Poland 75.5 78.3 70.5 77.8 85.3 92.0 80.0 66.7 100.0 69.6 89.5 94.4 100.0 77.8 73.7 100.0 83.3 85.7Portugal 46.3 47.8 58.3 55.6 71.0 80.0 33.3 62.5 80.0 100.0 50.0 50.0 66.7 83.3 58.3 100.0 50.0 100.0Republic of Korea 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.4 0.4 1.5 1.8 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.6Romania 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Russian Federation 86.5 92.6 87.7 86.4 95.3 93.5 82.4 86.3 94.3 95.6 93.1 92.6 91.4 95.2 97.3 96.5 100.0 100.0San Marino 100.0 100.0Serbia 92.0 87.5 88.2 94.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Singapore 43.6 35.4 31.1 38.1 38.5 44.7 28.6 41.5 43.9 43.9 37.2 33.3 31.6 47.7 39.2 39.3 31.9 40.0Slovakia 23.8 25.9 51.0 46.4 58.3 33.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 25.0 100.0 100.0 42.9 50.0Slovenia 45.6 53.9 58.8 50.7 59.4 33.3 33.3 50.0 75.0 60.0 50.0 45.5 62.5 80.0 33.3 83.3 62.5South Africa 17.4 16.4 15.1 22.6 27.0 34.8 30.0 40.0 9.1 36.4 11.1 16.7 42.9 20.0 100.0Spain 41.7 31.3 24.3 22.6 22.3 17.1 20.4 22.0 28.8 28.2 20.9 25.3 23.1 16.8 19.9 19.2 21.7 21.1Sweden 24.4 13.8 12.7 11.7 11.1 13.7 13.2 12.2 11.5 15.1 6.0 9.6 16.4 6.7 12.1 14.0 14.2 9.4Switzerland 69.2 74.6 75.0 77.2 72.0 72.2 78.9 76.5 75.0 66.7 65.2 78.9 70.6 76.9 84.2 55.6 70.0 73.3Syrian Arab Republic 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0T F Y R of Macedonia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Thailand 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Trinidad and Tobago 100.0 100.0 100.0Tunisia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Turkey 42.5 54.5 62.0 58.9 53.5 62.5 52.4 54.8 78.2 57.1 52.2 57.7 50.0 29.0 40.0 51.7 50.0 66.7Uganda 100.0 100.0Ukraine 100.0 100.0 99.2 98.3 95.9 100.0 100.0 93.8 100.0 100.0 91.7 92.9 100.0 90.0 90.5 100.0 100.0 100.0United Kingdom 59.4 50.0 38.8 20.9 12.2 16.0 17.8 13.2 13.0 12.1 13.5 11.4 13.5 10.7 9.3 12.3 13.6 12.0United States of America 10.2 5.6 3.3 1.1 1.0 2.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.2 2.2Uzbekistan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Viet Nam 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Zambia 100.0

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date.


Table 4a: Number of EASY Filings by Receiving Office (RO)


Total 11,315 9,102 8,194 6,451 4,664 523 530 588 351 463 601 502 492 465 488 410 461 431Algeria 7 1 3 4 5 1 1 2 1 1Armenia 2 4 4 7 3 1 1 1 2Australia 834 756 610 536 393 39 46 41 23 34 46 31 44 40 45 51 29 50Austria 28 28 36 18Belgium 8 6 3 3 1 1 1 1Brazil 137 144 130 122 115 11 11 10 8 7 16 11 11 4 10 23 14 11Bulgaria 12 6 9 12 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1Canada 944 851 746 649 431 54 50 60 42 47 60 61 38 38 33 33 36 43Chile 7 8 9 13 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 2China 259 174 110 65 23 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 3 1 2 6 1Colombia 3 1Costa Rica 1 1Croatia 1Cuba 9 5 9 9 7 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2Czech Republic 29 37 24 28 29 6 1 3 4 3 3 1 3 2 4 9Ecuador 3 2 3 11 1 1Estonia 11 10 4 3 1 1 1Eurasian Patent Organization 2 6 2 2 1 1 1France 191 90 23 10 7 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1Georgia 1 1 1Germany 250 104 46 35 29 3 6 3 2 5 6 8 3 4 1Greece 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 1Hungary 28 43 32 55 39 10 1 5 1 4 4 3 5 5 5 3 6 3Iceland 6 10India 317 328 311 362 309 20 19 47 29 31 36 40 26 26 41 24 31 25International Bureau 604 555 508 367 275 52 50 42 25 23 36 27 25 42 34 17 22 24Israel 1,127 1,012 894 338 37 10 11 13 6 8 5 6 6 3 3Italy 1 1 1Japan 2,271 2,238 2,265 1,877 1,232 119 151 137 80 150 201 125 123 127 107 93 124 102Kenya 1 1 1 1 1 1Latvia 7 9 5 19 8 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1Lithuania 17 3 14 10 16 3 1 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 2Malaysia 3 1 1 1Mexico 18 12 18 13 15 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 3Netherlands 1 2New Zealand 259 225 234 212 174 25 20 18 6 17 27 19 16 21 15 17 25 11Nicaragua 1 1Norway 318 357 255 14 1 1Portugal 43 35 20 24 17 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 1 5 1Republic of Korea 489 439 611 756 806 76 68 106 58 69 64 91 88 73 100 66 101 96Republic of Moldova 2 1 3 3 1 1Russian Federation 102 60 129 154 38 6 19 19 4 4 7 8 6 5 2 2Serbia 2 2 2 1Singapore 282 317 314 306 289 26 30 24 23 23 27 30 39 23 31 34 32 27Slovakia 2 1 1Slovenia 37 35 33 33 26 4 2 4 3 1 2 4 6 3 1 2 1 3South Africa 90 61 79 72 54 15 7 3 3 3 10 7 8 5 8 8 2Spain 82 91 69 48 16 2 4 8 4 2 2 2 2 2 2Sweden 31 44 2 9 1 1 1 1Switzerland 127 84 78 64 53 5 4 4 5 4 8 4 5 6 3 8 6 4Turkey 92 120 106 99 144 9 10 19 12 12 11 11 23 22 27 14 9 3Ukraine 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 2United Kingdom 110 1United States of America 2,129 789 427 81 28 11 4 5 3 1 10 1 4 2 5 2 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date. EASY (Electronic Application System).


Table 4b: EASY Filings as a Percentage of Total Filings by Receiving Office (%)


Total 7.3 5.5 4.5 3.3 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.5Algeria 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Armenia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Australia 48.8 43.2 36.1 33.4 31.4 28.1 34.1 29.1 27.7 32.4 31.9 27.9 33.6 28.8 35.7 35.9 21.8 36.0Austria 5.7 5.7 6.4 3.4Belgium 9.1 8.3 5.7 5.2 33.3 25.0 20.0 11.1Brazil 31.0 32.1 25.0 21.6 25.1 26.8 16.7 15.4 22.9 29.2 37.2 27.5 20.4 10.0 20.8 30.7 28.6 22.0Bulgaria 57.1 22.2 32.1 38.7 17.8 66.7 100.0 25.0 20.0 12.5 16.7 33.3 33.3Canada 49.8 41.4 34.0 30.4 24.8 29.2 26.2 34.9 25.5 27.2 26.2 31.4 19.6 23.8 21.7 21.7 24.0 25.0Chile 11.7 9.5 11.4 16.3 20.0 20.0 9.1 33.3 16.7 16.7 27.3 10.0 22.2 16.7China 3.2 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1Colombia 75.0 100.0Costa Rica 50.0 25.0Croatia 2.6Cuba 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Czech Republic 17.7 27.8 19.0 20.0 20.6 46.2 9.1 15.0 44.4 18.8 14.3 7.7 27.3 22.2 30.8 42.9Ecuador 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Estonia 64.7 55.6 44.4 50.0 20.0 100.0 100.0Eurasian Patent Organization 18.2 42.9 13.3 14.3 25.0 100.0 50.0France 5.1 2.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3Georgia 20.0 14.3 100.0Germany 12.8 5.9 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.7 5.0 2.9 2.2 5.4 6.4 8.1 3.2 4.7 0.6Greece 2.9 3.5 6.9 5.6 3.9 16.7 20.0 33.3Hungary 25.0 28.7 24.4 37.9 38.2 55.6 11.1 26.3 12.5 33.3 50.0 37.5 35.7 50.0 27.8 60.0 50.0 42.9Iceland 35.3 38.5India 41.8 38.4 34.6 42.1 50.8 32.8 31.1 56.0 45.3 62.0 38.3 51.3 45.6 48.1 56.2 55.8 73.8 47.2International Bureau 7.0 6.4 5.8 3.8 3.4 5.3 5.2 4.0 3.1 3.0 3.7 3.4 2.7 5.0 3.6 2.4 2.7 4.1Israel 91.0 92.2 84.3 35.0 3.8 19.6 14.3 14.3 5.6 7.7 4.2 8.2 5.3 3.3 2.9Italy 0.2 0.3 2.9Japan 7.8 7.1 6.0 4.4 3.4 3.2 4.1 3.6 2.8 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.1 3.0 3.2 2.8Kenya 33.3 25.0 50.0 33.3 100.0 100.0Latvia 63.6 52.9 50.0 86.4 66.7 66.7 100.0 50.0 100.0 33.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 50.0 100.0Lithuania 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 50.0 100.0Malaysia 1.6 5.3 3.8 11.1Mexico 12.3 7.3 10.8 9.4 11.6 7.1 11.8 21.1 18.2 16.7 5.9 11.1 7.7 23.1Netherlands 0.1 0.2New Zealand 85.5 84.9 84.5 87.6 91.1 92.6 90.9 81.8 100.0 89.5 93.1 90.5 100.0 100.0 71.4 94.4 86.2 100.0Nicaragua 100.0 100.0Norway 70.8 72.9 71.8 4.3 0.4 4.0Portugal 52.4 52.2 41.7 44.4 27.4 20.0 66.7 37.5 20.0 37.5 50.0 33.3 16.7 41.7 50.0Republic of Korea 6.1 4.6 5.9 6.4 8.2 6.9 5.3 7.0 7.1 7.9 6.5 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.8 6.9 11.3 9.2Republic of Moldova 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Russian Federation 13.5 7.4 12.3 13.6 4.7 6.5 17.6 13.7 5.7 4.4 6.9 7.4 8.6 4.8 2.7 3.5Serbia 8.0 12.5 11.8 5.9Singapore 56.4 64.6 68.9 61.9 61.5 55.3 71.4 58.5 56.1 56.1 62.8 66.7 68.4 52.3 60.8 60.7 68.1 60.0Slovakia 9.5 4.2 14.3Slovenia 54.4 46.1 41.3 49.3 40.6 66.7 100.0 66.7 50.0 25.0 40.0 50.0 54.5 37.5 20.0 66.7 16.7 37.5South Africa 82.6 83.6 84.9 77.4 73.0 65.2 70.0 100.0 100.0 60.0 90.9 63.6 88.9 83.3 57.1 80.0 100.0Spain 6.6 6.4 5.3 3.8 1.6 1.8 3.9 7.3 3.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.3 2.4 1.8Sweden 1.5 2.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.5Switzerland 30.8 25.4 25.0 22.8 28.0 27.8 21.1 23.5 25.0 33.3 34.8 21.1 29.4 23.1 15.8 44.4 30.0 26.7Turkey 57.5 45.5 38.0 41.1 46.5 37.5 47.6 45.2 21.8 42.9 47.8 42.3 50.0 71.0 60.0 48.3 50.0 33.3Ukraine 0.8 1.7 4.1 6.3 8.3 7.1 10.0 9.5United Kingdom 2.4 0.0United States of America 4.6 1.7 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date. EASY (Electronic Application System).



Number of PDF Filing by Receiving OfficeRO_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013

Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Total 57,551 67,044 79,805 90,319 81,441 7,768 8,336 9,812 6,960 6,819 9,482 7,412 8,197 9,215 8,410 7,730 8,924 8,292Australia 349 480 630 658 501 63 52 59 31 40 47 52 58 67 56 49 45 56Austria 49 207 204 23 18 23 28 23 25 21 14 17 19 17 29 11Canada 193 487 755 917 809 84 92 74 76 72 108 69 85 85 84 77 68 85China 5,854 9,607 13,382 15,532 14,287 1,116 1,518 2,149 1,090 681 1,338 1,264 1,287 1,690 1,747 1,938 1,867 1,385Denmark 335 344 517 510 350 36 37 71 29 22 40 30 46 48 40 19 35 41European Patent Office 17,792 20,671 23,974 26,657 22,554 2,302 2,470 2,858 1,962 2,119 2,709 2,185 2,233 2,412 2,346 1,890 2,306 2,392Finland 1,051 1,102 1,172 1,310 1,035 125 137 114 107 119 128 128 113 126 61 53 112 88France 2,507 2,712 2,896 2,804 2,401 292 213 300 188 212 252 224 265 266 298 130 296 270Germany 124 228 353 480 636 35 44 41 39 45 41 47 42 46 105 90 84 97Iceland 13 15 17 8 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1International Bureau 4,909 5,358 5,714 7,032 5,951 693 666 765 584 562 707 570 698 633 666 516 631 384Israel 86 541 865 32 56 69 92 89 110 66 105 85 90 76 67 85Lithuania 1 1Malaysia 3 12 1 1 3 1 2 3 2Netherlands 834 902 912 937 753 78 87 88 52 77 109 84 71 79 100 58 65 58Norway 257 184 27 29 15 20 23 19 17 20 22 7 17 20 19Poland 37 36 61 38 24 2 2 3 7 2 1 4 5 3 2Portugal 1 1 1Slovakia 11 17 20 15 7 2 2 2 3Spain 633 867 890 901 751 90 78 74 52 75 85 62 77 92 122 42 62 82Sweden 1,514 1,484 1,606 1,501 1,274 144 144 172 85 101 172 122 158 194 109 80 109 144United Kingdom 1,732 2,154 2,573 3,248 2,831 299 262 293 220 290 338 264 350 267 320 227 254 301United States of America 19,675 20,582 24,200 26,754 26,002 2,324 2,429 2,642 2,303 2,259 3,249 2,205 2,571 3,081 2,232 2,450 2,866 2,786

PDF Filings as a Percentage of Total Filings by Receiving Office (%)RO_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013

Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Total 37.0 40.8 43.7 46.2 49.0 45.4 47.4 50.2 49.6 44.7 46.3 46.5 49.5 54.2 49.8 49.6 51.3 49.0Australia 20.4 27.4 37.3 40.9 40.0 45.3 38.5 41.8 37.3 38.1 32.6 46.8 44.3 48.2 44.4 34.5 33.8 40.3Austria 8.7 38.7 54.0 41.8 42.9 47.9 71.8 52.3 61.0 40.4 58.3 47.2 57.6 53.1 64.4 34.4Canada 10.2 23.7 34.4 43.0 46.5 45.4 48.2 43.0 46.1 41.6 47.2 35.6 43.8 53.1 55.3 50.7 45.3 49.4China 73.2 74.4 76.6 78.0 80.9 73.7 78.4 82.1 80.9 77.0 79.8 78.1 74.4 80.9 82.1 84.3 84.8 81.6Denmark 55.6 64.2 76.3 79.2 83.3 75.0 78.7 93.4 70.7 75.9 90.9 81.1 93.9 81.4 95.2 65.5 89.7 80.4European Patent Office 65.0 71.5 77.6 82.2 86.6 82.7 84.1 85.3 86.6 87.1 87.6 86.2 86.2 88.2 85.7 84.4 87.0 86.3Finland 90.8 93.2 95.3 96.6 96.2 96.9 98.6 97.4 95.5 97.5 96.2 92.8 97.4 99.2 96.8 96.4 97.4 92.6France 66.5 78.8 82.8 85.9 91.9 86.6 81.3 88.2 88.3 91.8 93.3 91.1 96.0 93.0 88.7 90.3 92.2 93.1Germany 6.3 12.9 20.8 33.7 55.2 31.5 36.4 39.8 43.8 48.4 43.6 47.5 45.2 54.1 63.3 62.1 64.6 61.0Iceland 50.0 83.3 70.8 72.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 50.0 100.0 100.0 50.0 50.0International Bureau 56.5 61.7 65.1 71.9 72.7 70.4 69.0 73.2 72.6 73.0 72.0 72.5 74.7 75.1 69.6 72.9 76.8 66.1Israel 8.1 55.9 88.5 62.7 72.7 75.8 85.2 85.6 91.7 90.4 92.1 92.4 85.7 88.4 85.9 87.6Lithuania 5.9 50.0Malaysia 1.0 6.5 12.5 5.0 13.0 4.8 10.5 11.5 22.2Netherlands 75.7 83.7 91.6 91.9 93.7 95.1 90.6 90.7 98.1 84.6 96.5 94.4 91.0 92.9 96.2 96.7 92.9 95.1Norway 79.1 79.7 81.8 96.7 71.4 90.9 92.0 79.2 73.9 83.3 91.7 30.4 89.5 90.9 76.0Poland 24.5 21.7 29.5 22.2 14.7 8.0 20.0 33.3 30.4 10.5 5.6 22.2 26.3 16.7 14.3Portugal 1.2 1.6 12.5Slovakia 52.4 63.0 40.8 53.6 29.2 66.7 50.0 28.6 50.0Spain 50.9 61.4 68.4 72.1 75.6 81.1 75.7 67.9 71.2 68.2 77.3 74.7 74.0 81.4 78.2 80.8 74.7 75.2Sweden 74.0 83.6 87.0 87.6 88.8 85.7 86.2 87.8 88.5 84.9 94.0 89.7 83.6 92.8 87.9 86.0 85.8 90.6United Kingdom 37.4 48.8 60.9 78.7 87.5 83.8 81.9 85.9 86.6 87.9 86.0 88.3 86.2 89.3 90.1 87.3 86.1 87.8United States of America 42.7 45.5 49.0 51.5 55.5 49.6 53.5 55.5 55.8 54.0 52.6 53.1 54.1 62.3 54.1 54.0 58.5 56.1 Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date. EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System).



Number of XML Filings by Receiving Office RO_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013

Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Total 35,372 39,935 47,615 55,055 46,271 4,945 5,081 5,455 3,718 4,825 6,028 4,733 4,365 4,241 4,704 4,188 4,738 4,731Australia 1 6 5 5 5 2 1 2 1 1 1Austria 3 4 3 1 1 1 1Canada 6 5 10 11 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1China 805 1,295 2,053 2,807 2,368 291 300 336 171 123 209 254 316 285 308 267 227 208Denmark 1 15 3 1European Patent Office 279 303 345 428 249 36 64 75 14 18 17 31 40 19 27 12 35 36Finland 1 2 1France 1Germany 26 18 24 12 3 3 1 1 1International Bureau 360 282 183 202 126 20 17 14 16 12 13 17 19 6 13 14 8 8Israel 3 2 1 1 2Japan 26,434 28,861 35,284 40,554 34,647 3,576 3,495 3,630 2,769 3,880 4,886 3,429 2,996 3,097 3,328 3,022 3,687 3,553Malaysia 32 66 37 51 14 3 3 2 6 1 2Netherlands 1Norway 1Republic of Korea 7,376 9,015 9,617 10,936 8,829 1,016 1,199 1,387 741 788 893 995 988 832 1,022 871 777 922Slovakia 3 3 4 2 1 1Spain 10 11 26 18 5 3 1 1 1 2Sweden 1 2 3 2 1 1United Kingdom 38 52 14 18 10 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1United States of America 1

XML Filings as a Percentage of Total Filings by Receiving Office (%)RO_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013

Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Total 22.8 24.3 26.1 28.2 27.9 28.9 28.9 27.9 26.5 31.7 29.4 29.7 26.4 24.9 27.9 26.9 27.2 28.0Australia 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.4 0.7 2.4 1.0 0.7 0.8Austria 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.4 1.9 3.1Canada 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6China 10.1 10.0 11.8 14.1 13.4 19.2 15.5 12.8 12.7 13.9 12.5 15.7 18.3 13.6 14.5 11.6 10.3 12.2Denmark 0.2 2.8 0.4 0.2European Patent Office 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.3 2.2 2.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.2 1.5 0.7 1.0 0.5 1.3 1.3Finland 0.1 0.2 0.1France 0.0Germany 1.3 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.3 2.9 1.1 1.0 0.8International Bureau 4.1 3.2 2.1 2.1 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.3 2.0 1.6 1.3 2.2 2.0 0.7 1.4 2.0 1.0 1.4Israel 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.1 1.9Japan 90.2 91.6 92.9 94.8 95.8 96.3 95.0 95.5 96.5 95.5 95.4 95.3 95.3 95.0 96.3 96.3 96.3 96.6Malaysia 14.3 19.8 14.7 17.3 7.6 13.0 15.0 8.7 28.6 4.0 14.3Netherlands 0.1Norway 0.3Republic of Korea 91.9 93.5 92.4 92.1 90.0 91.7 94.3 91.6 91.0 90.5 91.2 90.2 90.1 90.4 89.9 91.5 86.8 88.2Slovakia 14.3 11.1 8.2 8.3 25.0 14.3Spain 0.8 0.8 2.0 1.4 0.5 2.8 1.0 0.6 1.2 1.8Sweden 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7United Kingdom 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3United States of America 0.0

Number of EFS-Web Filings by Receiving Office RO_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013

Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Total 19,934 21,739 23,599 25,149 20,977 2,311 2,130 2,171 1,862 1,955 2,960 1,978 2,223 1,896 1,925 2,075 2,015 2,088International Bureau 380 402 467 563 594 68 60 81 63 64 90 57 67 62 79 51 42 19Mexico 1 1United States of America 19,554 21,337 23,132 24,586 20,382 2,243 2,070 2,090 1,799 1,891 2,870 1,921 2,156 1,834 1,846 2,024 1,973 2,068

EFS-Web Filings as a Percentage of Total Filings by Receiving Office (%)RO_Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013

Year / Month - - - - to date 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Total 12.8 13.2 12.9 12.9 12.6 13.5 12.1 11.1 13.3 12.8 14.5 12.4 13.4 11.1 11.4 13.3 11.6 12.3International Bureau 4.4 4.6 5.3 5.8 7.3 6.9 6.2 7.8 7.8 8.3 9.2 7.3 7.2 7.4 8.3 7.2 5.1 3.3Mexico 0.8 7.7United States of America 42.5 47.2 46.9 47.3 43.5 47.9 45.6 43.9 43.6 45.2 46.5 46.3 45.4 37.1 44.8 44.6 40.2 41.7

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2014 Note: 2013 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date. EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System).

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