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U.S. Patent Statistics and Numbers for 2017
The USPTO issued approximately 318,849 utility patents in 2017, an increase of about 5.2 percent over 2016, and published 380,450 utility and plant patent applications, slightly fewer than 2016. Table 1 shows the number of documents by type. Design patents … Continue reading
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EPO patent filings up 3.1 percent in 2014
The EPO reports that patent filings were up 3.1 percent in 2014, to a record of nearly 275,000 applications. Approximately 65 percent of the filings originated from outside Europe with the U.S. accounting for 26 percent.
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U.S. Patent Statistics and Numbers for 2014
The USPTO issued 326,076 patents in 2014, an increase of 6.7 percent over 2013, and published 380,457 utility and plant patent applications, up 9.6 percent. The total number of U.S. patent documents published in 2014 increased to 706,553, another all-time … Continue reading
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IP5 Patent Statistics Report for 2013
The IP5 patent offices (China, Europe, Japan, Korea and the US) have released their annual patent statistics report for 2013. In 2013, more than 2.1 million patent applications were filed in the IP5 offices, an increase of 11 percent over … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Statistics and Numbers for 2013
The USPTO issued 305,081 patents in 2013, an increase of 10.2 percent over 2012. The agency also published 347,148 utility and plant patent applications, an increase of 4.7 percent over the previous year. The total number of U.S. patent documents … Continue reading
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China Leads US in Patent Applications
In 2011 China surpassed the US in patent application filings, according to data compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organization and reported in the Economist. The State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) received 526,412 applications … Continue reading
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2011 U.S. Patent Statistics
In 2011 the USPTO issued 225,777 patents and published 321,181 applications for a total of 568,577 patent documents, a 1.5 percent decrease from 2010. The USPTO has published approximately 2.9 million utility and plant patent applications since March 15, 2001. … Continue reading
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Strong Growth in Patent Applications Worldwide
Applications for patents and other forms of IP rebounded strongly in 2010, so says a new report from WIPO. Inventors and companies filed 1.98 million patent applications worldwide in 2010, a new record. China and the U.S. accounted for about … Continue reading
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Statistical Country Profiles from WIPO
Statistical country profiles for more than one hundred countries are now available on the WIPO website. Each profile provides information on patents, utility models, trademarks and industrial designs from 1995 to the present. Patent applications by the top fields of … Continue reading
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US Patent Counts, Q2 2011
The USPTO issued fewer patents but published more applications in the second quarter of 2011. The number of patents declined by 5.1 percent to 58,920. The number of published applications increased by 6.1 percent to 83,279. The USPTO has issued … Continue reading
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Patent Librarian's Notebook 