On December 21, 2023, the world's top 5 intellectual property offices (IP5) released the IP5 Statistics Report(2022). This report mainly introduces the patent activities and progress of IP5.
In 2021, the whole world received 3.4 million invention patent applications, including patent applications filed directly through countries/regions and submitted through Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) route, of which 93% came from countries/regions where IP5 are located.
In 2021, 77% of patent applications in the whole world were submitted directly through the countries. The proportion of applications submitted through PCT route increased by 1%.
In 2022, the world's top 5 intellectual property offices applied for a total of 2.9 million invention patents (a year-on-year growth of 1.4%), and granted a total of 1.5 million invention patents (a year-on-year growth of 5%). In 2022, among the IP5 patent offices, the number of patent applications of EPO increased by 3%, that of CNIPA increased by 2%, and that of JPO, KIPO and USPTO increased by less than 1%. The data shows that the overall annual growth rate of IP5 applications is about 1%.
In 2022, CNIPA granted 798,000 invention patents. The average examination period of high-value invention patent applications has been shortened to 13.0 months, and the average examination period of invention patents has been shortened to 16.5 months.
Source:https://www.sohu.com/a/749556120_121123759