Resident filings by office

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) says patent filings by applicants in their country of residence grew steadily from 2004 to 2005 - up 6.6 per cent.

WIPO says the most notable rises came through patent offices of emerging countries, with China’s resident filings up 42.1 per cent.

The following WIPO chart shows the number of resident patent applications filed at the top 15 patent offices in 2004 and 2005.

• Resident patent filings up 6.6 per cent from 2004 to 2005.
• The number of patent applications filed by residents at the Japan Patent Office remained almost steady between 2004 and 2005, while the number of resident filings in the next four offices rose at rates between 4 per cent at the European Patent Office and 42 per cent in China.

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