IP5 Statistics Report 2013 Released

Recently, the IP5 Statistics Report, an annual compilation of patent statistics for the world’s five largest Intellectual Property Offices , namely the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO), and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), was jointly released. According to the report, in 2013, 2,077,642 patent applications were received by IP5 Offices, up 11%. the number of applications for invention patents received by SIPO reached a record of 825,136, up 26%.

In 2013, there were increases in patent applications received by SIPO, KIPO and USPTO. At the SIPO, patent applications increased by 26% (825,136). Also applications at the KIPO and the USPTO increased 8% (204,589) and 5% (571,612) respectively. While applications received by JPO decreased by 4% (328,436), applications received by EPO decreased by less than 1% (147,869).

Together the IP5 Offices granted 956,644 patents in 2013, up 4%. JPO granted 277,079 patents in 2013, higher than other IP5 Offices. The number of patents granted by KIPO and USPTO increased by 12% and 10% respectively. Also the number of patents granted by EPO and JPO increased 2% and 1% respectively, while the number of patents granted by the SIPO decreased by 4%.

Together the IP5 Offices contributed 82% of the PCT international filings in 2013 (205,055). USPTO received 57,526 PCT filings, larger than other IP5 offices. SIPO (15%) had the largest growth rate in that field.