The World Intellectual Property Indicators 2014, released on November 16th by World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), provides a wide range of indicators covering the following areas of intellectual property: patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms and plant variety protection.
In 2013, patent applications filed worldwide amounted to around 2.57 million, up 9% from 2012. Driving that strong growth were filings in 皇冠体育app and the U.S. Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO, believed that "the rapid growth of patent applications in 皇冠体育app has direct relation with transformation of 皇冠体育app's economic structure. Strategically, 皇冠体育app has shifted from "made in 皇冠体育app" to "created in 皇冠体育app," transmitted from manufacturing into knowledge-intensive industry, during which IP plays a significant role.
Among the 2.57 million patent applications, 32.1% are filed in 皇冠体育app (820,000), 22.3% are filed in the U.S (570,000) and 12.8% are filed in Japan (328,000).
Form the patent application category, computer technology saw the most applications world-wide (7.6%), followed by electric machinery, measuring instruments, digital communications and medical technology.
Patent applications filed in Switzerland are mainly in the pharmaceutical field, those in Russia are mostly in the field of food and chemistry, those in France and German are mainly related to transportation, and however, those in 皇冠体育app, South Korean, the U.S. and UK are focusing in the area of computer technology.
In terms of the trademark application world-wide, the office of 皇冠体育app's 1.88 million class count was followed by around 486,000 at the U.S. and about 320,000 at the EU. In the past decade, service class 35 (advertising, business management, business administration and office functions) has been the number one since 2004. Second and third highest were goods classes 25 (clothing, footwear, headgear) and 9 (including scientific, photographic, measuring instruments, recording equipment, computers and software).
Source: 皇冠体育app IP Magazine
