Recent China Patent Statistics

828,328 patent applications were filed in China in 2008. 86.6% were filed by domestic applicants and the rest, by foreign applicants.

This is nearly a 20% increase compared to 2007.

The breakdown of the domestic-based patent applications was:
27.1% – patent for invention;
31.2% – utility models
41.6% designs

Foreign applicants filed 85.7% invention application.

Which citizens produce the most patents per population?

Reports show that on 2008, the most “fruitful” people where the Japanese. Israel is 6th.

Here is the complete list:

Japan
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
Netherlands
Israel
Korea
United States
Finland
Luxembourg
Denmark
Austria
France
Belgium
United Kingdom
Norway
Singapore
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
Italy
Taiwan
Spain
Hungary
Hong Kong
South Africa
Russian Federation
Turkey
Brazil
China
India

USPTO, EPO and JPO – Account for 88% of All Patent Families

The number of patent families filed at the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) — has more than doubled since the mid-1980s, to reach nearly 52,000 in 2005 according to OECD estimation.

The average rate of growth was 5.8% per year between 1995 – 2000, and slowing to 3% per year between 2000 – 2005.

The United States (31%), European Union (28%) and Japan (29%) are responsible for 88% of the patent families.

The exception to the rule of growth are Finland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, which have shown a decline since the early 2000s.

Trademark Statistics – Domestic and Foreign Filings (source: WIPO)

A very interesting piece of information is the differences between the amount of domestic and foreign trademark filings in a specific country. Developing countries are usually charactatizes by a large number of incoming filings by international companies, while the domestic companies are still less aware of the importance of IP protection.

From a business perspective, if we will know that a specific country receives much more application than it sends, it means that this country is well established for foreign brands. We can therefore advice our clients that, for example, getting a new brand into the Irish or the Swiss market is much easier than branding in Japan, Turkey or even Italy!

The first graph here shows the through the years, there was no significant change in the breakdown between domestic and foreign filings.

Trademark Stats by residents and non residents

The first graph here shows the breakdown of domestic and foreign filings in different countries:

 

Trademark stats - countries

US Patent Applications Filed and Granted, 1963-2007 (source: USPTO)

 

The following table displays the calendar year along with counts of patent applications and grants, by document category:

Year of Application or Grant	Utility Patent Applications, U.S. Origin	Utility Patent Applications, Foreign Origin	Utility Patent Applications, Foreign Origin Percent Share	Utility Patent Applications, All Origin Total	Design Patent Applications	Plant Patent Applications	Total Patent Applications *		Utility Patent Grants, U.S. Origin	Utility Patent Grants, Foreign Origin	Utility Patent Grants, Foreign Origin Percent Share	Utility Patent Grants, All Origin Total	Design Patent Grants	Plant Patent Grants	Reissue Patent Grants	Total Patent Grants	Total Patent Grants, Foreign Origin Percent Share *	Year of Application or Grant
2007	241,347	214,807	47.1	456,154	27,752	1,049	484,955		79,527	77,756	49.4	157,283	24,063	1,047	508	182,901	49	2007
2006	221,784	204,183	47.9	425,967	25,515	1,151	452,633		89,823	83,948	48.3	173,771	20,965	1,149	519	196,404	48	2006
2005	207,867	182,866	46.8	390,733	25,553	1,222	417,508		74,637	69,169	48.1	143,806	12,950	716	245	157,717	48	2005
2004	189,536	167,407	46.9	356,943	23,975	1,221	382,139		84,271	80,020	48.7	164,293	15,695	1,016	298	181,302	48	2004
2003	188,941	153,500	44.8	342,441	22,602	1,000	366,043		87,893	81,130	48.0	169,026	16,574	994	421	187,015	47	2003
2002	184,245	150,200	44.9	334,445	20,904	1,144	356,493		86,971	80,360	48.0	167,331	15,451	1,133	460	184,376	47	2002
2001	177,511	148,997	45.6	326,508	18,280	944	345,732		87,600	78,436	47.2	166,036	16,871	584	480	183,972	46	2001
2000	164,795	131,131	44.3	295,926	18,292	797	315,015		85,068	72,426	46.0	157,494	17,413	548	524	175,979	45	2000
1999	149,825	120,362	44.5	270,187	17,761	863	288,811		83,905	69,580	45.3	153,485	14,732	420	448	169,086	44	1999
1998	135,483	107,579	44.3	243,062	17,107	720	260,889		80,289	67,229	45.6	147,518	14,766	561	298	163,144	44	1998
1997	120,445	94,812	44.0	215,257	16,546	621	232,424		61,708	50,276	44.9	111,984	11,414	394	277	124,069	44	1997
1996	106,892	88,295	45.2	195,187	15,161	665	211,013		61,104	48,541	44.3	109,645	11,410	362	279	121,696	43	1996
1995	123,958	88,419	41.6	212,377	15,409	452	228,238		55,739	45,680	45.0	101,419	11,712	387	316	113,834	43	1995
1994	107,233	82,624	43.5	189,857	15,774	459	206,090		56,066	45,610	44.9	101,676	11,095	499	317	113,587	43	1994
1993	99,955	74,788	42.8	174,743	13,635	361	188,739		53,231	45,111	45.9	98,342	10,630	442	332	109,746	44	1993
1992	92,425	80,650	46.6	173,075	13,078	354	186,507		52,253	45,191	46.4	97,444	9,269	321	360	107,394	45	1992
1991	87,955	76,351	46.5	164,306	13,061	463	177,830		51,177	45,334	47.0	96,511	9,569	353	263	106,696	46	1991
1990	90,643	73,915	44.9	164,558	11,288	418	176,264		47,391	42,974	47.6	90,365	8,024	318	370	99,077	47	1990
1989	82,370	70,380	46.1	152,750	12,615	383	165,748		50,185	45,352	47.5	95,537	6,092	587	317	102,533	47	1989
1988	75,192	64,633	46.2	139,825	11,289	377	151,491		40,497	37,427	48.0	77,924	5,679	425	244	84,272	47	1988
1987	68,315	59,602	46.6	127,917	11,153	385	139,455		43,520	39,432	47.5	82,952	5,959	229	245	89,385	47	1987
1986	65,487	56,946	46.5	122,433	9,912	320	132,665		38,126	32,734	46.2	70,860	5,518	224	260	76,862	45	1986
1985	63,874	53,132	45.4	117,006	9,551	231	126,788		39,555	32,106	44.8	71,661	5,066	242	276	77,245	44	1985
1984	61,841	49,443	44.4	111,284	8,739	253	120,276		38,367	28,833	42.9	67,200	4,938	212	300	72,650	42	1984
1983	59,390	44,313	42.7	103,703	8,082	255	112,040		32,871	23,989	42.2	56,860	4,563	197	362	61,982	41	1983
1982	63,316	46,309	42.2	109,625	8,174	188	117,987		33,896	23,992	41.4	57,888	4,944	173	271	63,276	40	1982
1981	62,404	44,009	41.4	106,413	7,375	178	113,966		39,223	26,548	40.4	65,771	4,745	183	364	71,063	39	1981
1980	62,098	42,231	40.5	104,329	7,830	220	112,379		37,355	24,464	39.6	61,819	3,949	117	285	66,170	38	1980
1979	60,535	39,959	39.8	100,494	7,519	196	108,209		30,078	18,776	38.4	48,854	3,119	131	308	52,412	37	1979
1978	61,441	39,475	39.1	100,916	7,538	194	108,648		41,255	24,847	37.6	66,102	3,862	186	363	70,513	37	1978
1977	62,863	38,068	37.7	100,931	7,258	188	108,377		41,484	23,785	36.4	65,269	3,929	173	407	69,778	36	1977
1976	65,050	37,294	36.4	102,344	7,061	175	109,580		44,280	25,946	36.9	70,226	4,564	176	422	75,388		1976
1975	64,445	36,569	36.2	101,014	6,292	150	107,456		46,715	25,285	35.1	72,000	4,282	150	378	76,810		1975
1974	64,093	38,445	37.5	102,538	5,318	155	108,011		50,645	25,633	33.6	76,278	4,304	261	435	81,278	33	1974
1973	66,935	37,144	35.7	104,079	5,425	118	109,622		51,500	22,643	30.5	74,143	4,033	132	314	78,622	30	1973
1972	65,943	33,355	33.6	99,298	5,867	135	105,300		51,518	23,292	31.1	74,810	2,901	199	275	78,185	30	1972
1971	71,089	33,640	32.1	104,729	6,211	155	111,095		55,976	22,341	28.5	78,317	3,156	71	246	81,790	28	1971
1970	72,343	30,832	29.9	103,175	5,996	188	109,359		47,072	17,357	26.9	64,429	3,214	52	269	67,964	26	1970
1969	68,243	30,507	30.9	98,750	5,496	111	104,357		50,394	17,165	25.4	67,559	3,335	103	233	71,230	25 *	1969
1968	67,180	26,291	28.1	93,471	5,171	95	98,737		45,780	13,323	22.5	59,103	3,352	72	186	62,713	22 *	1968
1967	61,651	24,046	28.0	85,697	4,744	103	90,544		51,273	14,379	21.9	65,652	3,165	85	196	69,098	21 *	1967
1966	66,855	21,670	24.5	88,525	4,853	104	93,482		54,634	13,771	20.1	68,405	3,188	114	179	71,886	20 *	1966
1965	72,317	22,312	23.6	94,629	5,413	108	100,150		50,331	12,526	19.9	62,857	3,424	120	246	66,647	19 *	1965
1964	67,013	20,579	23.5	87,592	5,259	120	92,971		38,410	8,965	18.9	47,375	2,686	128	200	50,389	18 *	1964
1963	66,715	19,154	23.3	85,869	4,968	145	90,982		37,174	8,505	18.6	45,679	2,965	129	198	48,971	18 *	1963

Original document: http://www.uspto.gov/go/taf/us_stat.htm

Welcome to my new blog about Intellectual Property Statistics!

Hi Guys,

I am Zeev Fisher, partner in Appelfeld Zer Fisher, a medium sized patent attorney firm in Israel.

Many blogs report Intellectual Property news from different countries. Other blogs relate to drafting and prosecution of patents, and to recent case law and legislation of patents and trademarks.

My firm’s head of medical devices department, Dr. Yosef Freedland, runs the best blog on drafting patents that I know of.
My firm also has a blog on israel patent and trademark news.

However, while the great Patently-o does make some research on statistics in the USPTO – it seems that there is no central source that collects data about Intellectual Property statistics.

IP stats are very interesting. One can learn a lot from the statistics in different countries on the development of the country’s economy and IP field.

Stats are also very impressive when you use them to make a point to a client or in a lecture. For example, many clients ask us whether filing a patent application in China is worthy, since “everybody in China copies everything”. We use stats to show them otherwise.

Therefore, I believe that as I will start aggregating information to this blog from different places, you will find this a very useful resource for your work.

Yours,
Zeev Fisher, Adv.
Appelfeld Zer Fisher, Israeli Advocates and Patent Attorneys