Timeliness of the International Bureau (IB) to Publish PCT Applications;;;;
Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2012;;;;
Note: 2011 data are provisional and incomplete. Delay is calculated as the time difference between the theoretical publication date (18 months from the priority date) and the actual publication date.;;;;
Year;Quarter;Delay;Number of PCT Applications;Percentage
2005;1;Within 7 days;4340;14.4971
2005;2;Within 7 days;1226;4.0345
2005;3;Within 7 days;2292;7.3075
2005;4;Within 7 days;2694;8.0176
2006;1;Within 7 days;11859;34.3659
2006;2;Within 7 days;14771;42.3323
2006;3;Within 7 days;18686;56.1529
2006;4;Within 7 days;22761;63.1198
2007;1;Within 7 days;18710;52.0185
2007;2;Within 7 days;16811;44.7089
2007;3;Within 7 days;14875;41.0469
2007;4;Within 7 days;14284;35.4741
2008;1;Within 7 days;28437;76.9087
2008;2;Within 7 days;21339;53.1244
2008;3;Within 7 days;19368;49.5726
2008;4;Within 7 days;19071;42.554
2009;1;Within 7 days;23072;63.4998
2009;2;Within 7 days;24719;61.6019
2009;3;Within 7 days;21026;55.2226
2009;4;Within 7 days;33651;82.1177
2010;1;Within 7 days;28297;83.1458
2010;2;Within 7 days;23085;60.965
2010;3;Within 7 days;26294;66.0454
2010;4;Within 7 days;35092;87.3218
2011;1;Within 7 days;32160;83.6977
2011;2;Within 7 days;24946;60.9927
2011;3;Within 7 days;28557;70.1129
2005;1;Between 8 - 14 days;15538;51.9023
2005;2;Between 8 - 14 days;15811;52.0304
2005;3;Between 8 - 14 days;14288;45.554
2005;4;Between 8 - 14 days;17923;53.3407
2006;1;Between 8 - 14 days;15288;44.3028
2006;2;Between 8 - 14 days;17972;51.506
2006;3;Between 8 - 14 days;12725;38.2396
2006;4;Between 8 - 14 days;11570;32.0854
2007;1;Between 8 - 14 days;15233;42.3515
2007;2;Between 8 - 14 days;18436;49.0306
2007;3;Between 8 - 14 days;17623;48.6299
2007;4;Between 8 - 14 days;20612;51.1896
2008;1;Between 8 - 14 days;7120;19.2563
2008;2;Between 8 - 14 days;15573;38.7697
2008;3;Between 8 - 14 days;16587;42.4546
2008;4;Between 8 - 14 days;20299;45.2941
2009;1;Between 8 - 14 days;11614;31.9646
2009;2;Between 8 - 14 days;13489;33.6158
2009;3;Between 8 - 14 days;13728;36.0552
2009;4;Between 8 - 14 days;4775;11.6523
2010;1;Between 8 - 14 days;4527;13.3018
2010;2;Between 8 - 14 days;13101;34.5983
2010;3;Between 8 - 14 days;11302;28.3884
2010;4;Between 8 - 14 days;4498;11.1927
2011;1;Between 8 - 14 days;5377;13.9939
2011;2;Between 8 - 14 days;15120;36.9682
2011;3;Between 8 - 14 days;10055;24.687
2005;1;Between 15 - 21 days;5895;19.6914
2005;2;Between 15 - 21 days;8847;29.1135
2005;3;Between 15 - 21 days;8780;27.993
2005;4;Between 15 - 21 days;7913;23.5499
2006;1;Between 15 - 21 days;1689;4.8945
2006;2;Between 15 - 21 days;1137;3.2585
2006;3;Between 15 - 21 days;204;0.613
2006;4;Between 15 - 21 days;440;1.2202
2007;1;Between 15 - 21 days;681;1.8933
2007;2;Between 15 - 21 days;1138;3.0265
2007;3;Between 15 - 21 days;1803;4.9753
2007;4;Between 15 - 21 days;2322;5.7667
2008;1;Between 15 - 21 days;233;0.6302
2008;2;Between 15 - 21 days;742;1.8472
2008;3;Between 15 - 21 days;848;2.1705
2008;4;Between 15 - 21 days;1875;4.1838
2009;1;Between 15 - 21 days;229;0.6303
2009;2;Between 15 - 21 days;437;1.089
2009;3;Between 15 - 21 days;1791;4.7039
2009;4;Between 15 - 21 days;368;0.898
2010;1;Between 15 - 21 days;181;0.5318
2010;2;Between 15 - 21 days;436;1.1514
2010;3;Between 15 - 21 days;711;1.7859
2010;4;Between 15 - 21 days;248;0.6171
2011;1;Between 15 - 21 days;398;1.0358
2011;2;Between 15 - 21 days;517;1.2641
2011;3;Between 15 - 21 days;153;0.3756
2005;1;Between 22 - 28 days;1336;4.4627
2005;2;Between 22 - 28 days;1830;6.0221
2005;3;Between 22 - 28 days;3226;10.2853
2005;4;Between 22 - 28 days;2315;6.8897
2006;1;Between 22 - 28 days;779;2.2574
2006;2;Between 22 - 28 days;204;0.5846
2006;3;Between 22 - 28 days;153;0.4598
2006;4;Between 22 - 28 days;256;0.7099
2007;1;Between 22 - 28 days;197;0.5477
2007;2;Between 22 - 28 days;284;0.7553
2007;3;Between 22 - 28 days;685;1.8902
2007;4;Between 22 - 28 days;514;1.2765
2008;1;Between 22 - 28 days;142;0.384
2008;2;Between 22 - 28 days;338;0.8415
2008;3;Between 22 - 28 days;357;0.9137
2008;4;Between 22 - 28 days;1002;2.2358
2009;1;Between 22 - 28 days;221;0.6082
2009;2;Between 22 - 28 days;391;0.9744
2009;3;Between 22 - 28 days;321;0.8431
2009;4;Between 22 - 28 days;671;1.6374
2010;1;Between 22 - 28 days;336;0.9873
2010;2;Between 22 - 28 days;203;0.5361
2010;3;Between 22 - 28 days;933;2.3435
2010;4;Between 22 - 28 days;68;0.1692
2011;1;Between 22 - 28 days;255;0.6636
2011;2;Between 22 - 28 days;59;0.1443
2011;3;Between 22 - 28 days;1147;2.8161
2005;1;More than 28 days;2828;9.4465
2005;2;More than 28 days;2674;8.7995
2005;3;More than 28 days;2779;8.8602
2005;4;More than 28 days;2756;8.2021
2006;1;More than 28 days;4893;14.1793
2006;2;More than 28 days;809;2.3185
2006;3;More than 28 days;1509;4.5347
2006;4;More than 28 days;1033;2.8647
2007;1;More than 28 days;1147;3.1889
2007;2;More than 28 days;932;2.4787
2007;3;More than 28 days;1253;3.4576
2007;4;More than 28 days;2534;6.2932
2008;1;More than 28 days;1043;2.8208
2008;2;More than 28 days;2176;5.4172
2008;3;More than 28 days;1910;4.8887
2008;4;More than 28 days;2569;5.7323
2009;1;More than 28 days;1198;3.2972
2009;2;More than 28 days;1091;2.7189
2009;3;More than 28 days;1209;3.1753
2009;4;More than 28 days;1514;3.6946
2010;1;More than 28 days;692;2.0333
2010;2;More than 28 days;1041;2.7492
2010;3;More than 28 days;572;1.4368
2010;4;More than 28 days;281;0.6992
2011;1;More than 28 days;234;0.609
2011;2;More than 28 days;258;0.6308
2011;3;More than 28 days;818;2.0083