22 November 2013: Nearly 1.9 million patent
applications were filed at the world's five largest patent offices last year,
according to the latest statistical report published by 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),
collectively known as the five IP offices, or IP5. This represents a growth of
11% over 2011.
The 2012 edition of the IP5
Statistics Report also finds that altogether the IP5 offices granted almost 924
000 patents for inventions in 2012, an increase of 17% compared to 2011.
The IP5 offices have worked
together closely since 2007 to improve efficiency and address the growing
backlogs in applications worldwide.
Source: http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2013/20131122.html
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