Trends in PCT Filings: Leading Countries,,,,,
"Source: WIPO Statistics Database, January 2009",,,,,
Note: 2008 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date and country of residence of the first named applicant.,,,,,
Origin_Name,Origin_Code,Year,Quarter,Number of PCT Filings,Share of Country in Total PCT Filings (%)
Canada,CA,2000,1,391,1.88
Canada,CA,2000,2,484,2.04
Canada,CA,2000,3,392,1.71
Canada,CA,2000,4,534,2.07
Canada,CA,2001,1,508,1.90
Canada,CA,2001,2,580,2.10
Canada,CA,2001,3,457,1.76
Canada,CA,2001,4,569,2.04
Canada,CA,2002,1,501,1.89
Canada,CA,2002,2,616,2.20
Canada,CA,2002,3,532,1.97
Canada,CA,2002,4,611,2.12
Canada,CA,2003,1,533,1.99
Canada,CA,2003,2,578,2.00
Canada,CA,2003,3,563,2.00
Canada,CA,2003,4,597,1.91
Canada,CA,2004,1,533,1.91
Canada,CA,2004,2,515,1.68
Canada,CA,2004,3,548,1.77
Canada,CA,2004,4,508,1.53
Canada,CA,2005,1,555,1.70
Canada,CA,2005,2,626,1.81
Canada,CA,2005,3,575,1.70
Canada,CA,2005,4,563,1.58
Canada,CA,2006,1,570,1.63
Canada,CA,2006,2,733,1.94
Canada,CA,2006,3,616,1.70
Canada,CA,2006,4,653,1.61
Canada,CA,2007,1,622,1.59
Canada,CA,2007,2,774,1.97
Canada,CA,2007,3,675,1.76
Canada,CA,2007,4,772,1.79
Canada,CA,2008,1,740,1.87
Canada,CA,2008,2,774,1.88
Canada,CA,2008,3,640,1.62
Canada,CA,2008,4,732,1.75
China,CN,2000,1,91,0.44
China,CN,2000,2,119,0.50
China,CN,2000,3,116,0.51
China,CN,2000,4,458,1.78
China,CN,2001,1,561,2.10
China,CN,2001,2,589,2.13
China,CN,2001,3,363,1.40
China,CN,2001,4,218,0.78
China,CN,2002,1,248,0.94
China,CN,2002,2,240,0.86
China,CN,2002,3,273,1.01
China,CN,2002,4,257,0.89
China,CN,2003,1,246,0.92
China,CN,2003,2,339,1.17
China,CN,2003,3,350,1.24
China,CN,2003,4,360,1.15
China,CN,2004,1,331,1.19
China,CN,2004,2,433,1.41
China,CN,2004,3,454,1.47
China,CN,2004,4,488,1.47
China,CN,2005,1,453,1.39
China,CN,2005,2,547,1.58
China,CN,2005,3,690,2.04
China,CN,2005,4,813,2.28
China,CN,2006,1,606,1.73
China,CN,2006,2,987,2.61
China,CN,2006,3,1094,3.02
China,CN,2006,4,1240,3.05
China,CN,2007,1,1071,2.73
China,CN,2007,2,1214,3.09
China,CN,2007,3,1464,3.83
China,CN,2007,4,1691,3.92
China,CN,2008,1,1309,3.32
China,CN,2008,2,1454,3.54
China,CN,2008,3,1533,3.87
China,CN,2008,4,1798,4.30
France,FR,2000,1,888,4.27
France,FR,2000,2,1130,4.77
France,FR,2000,3,929,4.05
France,FR,2000,4,1191,4.62
France,FR,2001,1,1040,3.89
France,FR,2001,2,1246,4.51
France,FR,2001,3,1037,3.99
France,FR,2001,4,1384,4.97
France,FR,2002,1,1186,4.47
France,FR,2002,2,1265,4.52
France,FR,2002,3,1186,4.38
France,FR,2002,4,1453,5.04
France,FR,2003,1,1169,4.35
France,FR,2003,2,1327,4.59
France,FR,2003,3,1111,3.95
France,FR,2003,4,1564,5.00
France,FR,2004,1,1193,4.28
France,FR,2004,2,1271,4.14
France,FR,2004,3,1189,3.84
France,FR,2004,4,1531,4.63
France,FR,2005,1,1272,3.90
France,FR,2005,2,1489,4.29
France,FR,2005,3,1281,3.79
France,FR,2005,4,1706,4.77
France,FR,2006,1,1352,3.87
France,FR,2006,2,1652,4.36
France,FR,2006,3,1409,3.89
France,FR,2006,4,1847,4.54
France,FR,2007,1,1484,3.79
France,FR,2007,2,1657,4.21
France,FR,2007,3,1475,3.85
France,FR,2007,4,1943,4.50
France,FR,2008,1,1551,3.93
France,FR,2008,2,1808,4.40
France,FR,2008,3,1582,4.00
France,FR,2008,4,1564,3.74
Germany,DE,2000,1,2839,13.65
Germany,DE,2000,2,3064,12.93
Germany,DE,2000,3,3435,14.96
Germany,DE,2000,4,3244,12.57
Germany,DE,2001,1,3521,13.16
Germany,DE,2001,2,3304,11.97
Germany,DE,2001,3,3675,14.14
Germany,DE,2001,4,3531,12.67
Germany,DE,2002,1,3526,13.30
Germany,DE,2002,2,3510,12.55
Germany,DE,2002,3,3840,14.20
Germany,DE,2002,4,3450,11.96
Germany,DE,2003,1,3376,12.57
Germany,DE,2003,2,3543,12.25
Germany,DE,2003,3,3790,13.47
Germany,DE,2003,4,3953,12.63
Germany,DE,2004,1,3292,11.82
Germany,DE,2004,2,3670,11.95
Germany,DE,2004,3,4170,13.46
Germany,DE,2004,4,4082,12.33
Germany,DE,2005,1,3823,11.73
Germany,DE,2005,2,3985,11.49
Germany,DE,2005,3,4165,12.34
Germany,DE,2005,4,4011,11.23
Germany,DE,2006,1,3826,10.95
Germany,DE,2006,2,4067,10.74
Germany,DE,2006,3,4526,12.50
Germany,DE,2006,4,4313,10.61
Germany,DE,2007,1,4256,10.87
Germany,DE,2007,2,4421,11.24
Germany,DE,2007,3,4550,11.89
Germany,DE,2007,4,4589,10.63
Germany,DE,2008,1,4275,10.83
Germany,DE,2008,2,4664,11.35
Germany,DE,2008,3,4874,12.31
Germany,DE,2008,4,4856,11.62
Italy,IT,2000,1,285,1.37
Italy,IT,2000,2,387,1.63
Italy,IT,2000,3,299,1.30
Italy,IT,2000,4,422,1.64
Italy,IT,2001,1,421,1.57
Italy,IT,2001,2,415,1.50
Italy,IT,2001,3,360,1.39
Italy,IT,2001,4,427,1.53
Italy,IT,2002,1,470,1.77
Italy,IT,2002,2,496,1.77
Italy,IT,2002,3,444,1.64
Italy,IT,2002,4,572,1.98
Italy,IT,2003,1,479,1.78
Italy,IT,2003,2,568,1.96
Italy,IT,2003,3,465,1.65
Italy,IT,2003,4,651,2.08
Italy,IT,2004,1,475,1.71
Italy,IT,2004,2,583,1.90
Italy,IT,2004,3,522,1.69
Italy,IT,2004,4,609,1.84
Italy,IT,2005,1,509,1.56
Italy,IT,2005,2,603,1.74
Italy,IT,2005,3,564,1.67
Italy,IT,2005,4,672,1.88
Italy,IT,2006,1,644,1.84
Italy,IT,2006,2,783,2.07
Italy,IT,2006,3,586,1.62
Italy,IT,2006,4,693,1.71
Italy,IT,2007,1,719,1.84
Italy,IT,2007,2,748,1.90
Italy,IT,2007,3,681,1.78
Italy,IT,2007,4,796,1.84
Italy,IT,2008,1,678,1.72
Italy,IT,2008,2,775,1.89
Italy,IT,2008,3,673,1.70
Italy,IT,2008,4,751,1.80
Japan,JP,2000,1,2160,10.39
Japan,JP,2000,2,2281,9.63
Japan,JP,2000,3,2450,10.67
Japan,JP,2000,4,2676,10.37
Japan,JP,2001,1,2885,10.78
Japan,JP,2001,2,2904,10.52
Japan,JP,2001,3,2996,11.53
Japan,JP,2001,4,3119,11.19
Japan,JP,2002,1,3291,12.41
Japan,JP,2002,2,3419,12.22
Japan,JP,2002,3,3618,13.38
Japan,JP,2002,4,3735,12.94
Japan,JP,2003,1,4243,15.80
Japan,JP,2003,2,4264,14.74
Japan,JP,2003,3,4324,15.36
Japan,JP,2003,4,4583,14.65
Japan,JP,2004,1,4854,17.42
Japan,JP,2004,2,4848,15.79
Japan,JP,2004,3,5225,16.87
Japan,JP,2004,4,5337,16.13
Japan,JP,2005,1,6766,20.76
Japan,JP,2005,2,5790,16.70
Japan,JP,2005,3,6200,18.37
Japan,JP,2005,4,6112,17.11
Japan,JP,2006,1,7286,20.85
Japan,JP,2006,2,6246,16.49
Japan,JP,2006,3,6662,18.40
Japan,JP,2006,4,6830,16.80
Japan,JP,2007,1,8068,20.60
Japan,JP,2007,2,6321,16.07
Japan,JP,2007,3,6530,17.06
Japan,JP,2007,4,6835,15.84
Japan,JP,2008,1,7604,19.26
Japan,JP,2008,2,6408,15.59
Japan,JP,2008,3,7178,18.13
Japan,JP,2008,4,7593,18.17
Netherlands,NL,2000,1,559,2.69
Netherlands,NL,2000,2,698,2.95
Netherlands,NL,2000,3,715,3.11
Netherlands,NL,2000,4,956,3.71
Netherlands,NL,2001,1,792,2.96
Netherlands,NL,2001,2,828,3.00
Netherlands,NL,2001,3,778,2.99
Netherlands,NL,2001,4,1012,3.63
Netherlands,NL,2002,1,836,3.15
Netherlands,NL,2002,2,1030,3.68
Netherlands,NL,2002,3,907,3.35
Netherlands,NL,2002,4,1204,4.17
Netherlands,NL,2003,1,855,3.18
Netherlands,NL,2003,2,1120,3.87
Netherlands,NL,2003,3,1063,3.78
Netherlands,NL,2003,4,1441,4.60
Netherlands,NL,2004,1,826,2.96
Netherlands,NL,2004,2,1164,3.79
Netherlands,NL,2004,3,1116,3.60
Netherlands,NL,2004,4,1178,3.56
Netherlands,NL,2005,1,1085,3.33
Netherlands,NL,2005,2,1121,3.23
Netherlands,NL,2005,3,1021,3.02
Netherlands,NL,2005,4,1273,3.56
Netherlands,NL,2006,1,978,2.80
Netherlands,NL,2006,2,1188,3.14
Netherlands,NL,2006,3,1049,2.90
Netherlands,NL,2006,4,1329,3.27
Netherlands,NL,2007,1,928,2.37
Netherlands,NL,2007,2,1121,2.85
Netherlands,NL,2007,3,1044,2.73
Netherlands,NL,2007,4,1280,2.97
Netherlands,NL,2008,1,963,2.44
Netherlands,NL,2008,2,1118,2.72
Netherlands,NL,2008,3,914,2.31
Netherlands,NL,2008,4,1314,3.14
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,1,299,1.44
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,2,410,1.73
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,3,393,1.71
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,4,478,1.85
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,1,551,2.06
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,2,582,2.11
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,3,525,2.02
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,4,666,2.39
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,1,567,2.14
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,2,692,2.47
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,3,591,2.19
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,4,670,2.32
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,1,647,2.41
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,2,642,2.22
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,3,741,2.63
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,4,919,2.94
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,1,747,2.68
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,2,853,2.78
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,3,904,2.92
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,4,1054,3.18
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,1,955,2.93
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,2,1129,3.26
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,3,1169,3.46
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,4,1436,4.02
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,1,1215,3.48
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,2,1380,3.64
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,3,1376,3.80
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,4,1975,4.86
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,1,1579,4.03
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,2,1603,4.08
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,3,1595,4.17
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,4,2283,5.29
Republic of Korea,KR,2008,1,1804,4.57
Republic of Korea,KR,2008,2,2056,5.00
Republic of Korea,KR,2008,3,1901,4.80
Republic of Korea,KR,2008,4,2149,5.14
Sweden,SE,2000,1,693,3.33
Sweden,SE,2000,2,874,3.69
Sweden,SE,2000,3,598,2.60
Sweden,SE,2000,4,926,3.59
Sweden,SE,2001,1,810,3.03
Sweden,SE,2001,2,914,3.31
Sweden,SE,2001,3,727,2.80
Sweden,SE,2001,4,970,3.48
Sweden,SE,2002,1,778,2.93
Sweden,SE,2002,2,815,2.91
Sweden,SE,2002,3,599,2.21
Sweden,SE,2002,4,798,2.77
Sweden,SE,2003,1,630,2.35
Sweden,SE,2003,2,716,2.48
Sweden,SE,2003,3,531,1.89
Sweden,SE,2003,4,735,2.35
Sweden,SE,2004,1,677,2.43
Sweden,SE,2004,2,752,2.45
Sweden,SE,2004,3,529,1.71
Sweden,SE,2004,4,893,2.70
Sweden,SE,2005,1,649,1.99
Sweden,SE,2005,2,798,2.30
Sweden,SE,2005,3,583,1.73
Sweden,SE,2005,4,853,2.39
Sweden,SE,2006,1,682,1.95
Sweden,SE,2006,2,823,2.17
Sweden,SE,2006,3,714,1.97
Sweden,SE,2006,4,1114,2.74
Sweden,SE,2007,1,825,2.11
Sweden,SE,2007,2,968,2.46
Sweden,SE,2007,3,715,1.87
Sweden,SE,2007,4,1148,2.66
Sweden,SE,2008,1,987,2.50
Sweden,SE,2008,2,1061,2.58
Sweden,SE,2008,3,896,2.26
Sweden,SE,2008,4,1170,2.80
Switzerland,CH,2000,1,481,2.31
Switzerland,CH,2000,2,444,1.87
Switzerland,CH,2000,3,525,2.29
Switzerland,CH,2000,4,539,2.09
Switzerland,CH,2001,1,587,2.19
Switzerland,CH,2001,2,596,2.16
Switzerland,CH,2001,3,543,2.09
Switzerland,CH,2001,4,623,2.24
Switzerland,CH,2002,1,675,2.55
Switzerland,CH,2002,2,640,2.29
Switzerland,CH,2002,3,692,2.56
Switzerland,CH,2002,4,748,2.59
Switzerland,CH,2003,1,666,2.48
Switzerland,CH,2003,2,743,2.57
Switzerland,CH,2003,3,682,2.42
Switzerland,CH,2003,4,770,2.46
Switzerland,CH,2004,1,664,2.38
Switzerland,CH,2004,2,754,2.46
Switzerland,CH,2004,3,668,2.16
Switzerland,CH,2004,4,813,2.46
Switzerland,CH,2005,1,739,2.27
Switzerland,CH,2005,2,769,2.22
Switzerland,CH,2005,3,815,2.41
Switzerland,CH,2005,4,968,2.71
Switzerland,CH,2006,1,828,2.37
Switzerland,CH,2006,2,883,2.33
Switzerland,CH,2006,3,874,2.41
Switzerland,CH,2006,4,1027,2.53
Switzerland,CH,2007,1,847,2.16
Switzerland,CH,2007,2,918,2.33
Switzerland,CH,2007,3,977,2.55
Switzerland,CH,2007,4,1054,2.44
Switzerland,CH,2008,1,866,2.19
Switzerland,CH,2008,2,1014,2.47
Switzerland,CH,2008,3,914,2.31
Switzerland,CH,2008,4,1055,2.52
United Kingdom,GB,2000,1,1181,5.68
United Kingdom,GB,2000,2,1207,5.09
United Kingdom,GB,2000,3,1177,5.13
United Kingdom,GB,2000,4,1230,4.77
United Kingdom,GB,2001,1,1431,5.35
United Kingdom,GB,2001,2,1413,5.12
United Kingdom,GB,2001,3,1300,5.00
United Kingdom,GB,2001,4,1338,4.80
United Kingdom,GB,2002,1,1361,5.13
United Kingdom,GB,2002,2,1333,4.77
United Kingdom,GB,2002,3,1288,4.76
United Kingdom,GB,2002,4,1394,4.83
United Kingdom,GB,2003,1,1323,4.93
United Kingdom,GB,2003,2,1254,4.34
United Kingdom,GB,2003,3,1287,4.57
United Kingdom,GB,2003,4,1342,4.29
United Kingdom,GB,2004,1,1266,4.54
United Kingdom,GB,2004,2,1277,4.16
United Kingdom,GB,2004,3,1251,4.04
United Kingdom,GB,2004,4,1233,3.73
United Kingdom,GB,2005,1,1234,3.79
United Kingdom,GB,2005,2,1319,3.80
United Kingdom,GB,2005,3,1247,3.69
United Kingdom,GB,2005,4,1285,3.60
United Kingdom,GB,2006,1,1224,3.50
United Kingdom,GB,2006,2,1262,3.33
United Kingdom,GB,2006,3,1279,3.53
United Kingdom,GB,2006,4,1320,3.25
United Kingdom,GB,2007,1,1378,3.52
United Kingdom,GB,2007,2,1392,3.54
United Kingdom,GB,2007,3,1358,3.55
United Kingdom,GB,2007,4,1398,3.24
United Kingdom,GB,2008,1,1393,3.53
United Kingdom,GB,2008,2,1407,3.42
United Kingdom,GB,2008,3,1351,3.41
United Kingdom,GB,2008,4,1341,3.21
United States of America,US,2000,1,8670,41.70
United States of America,US,2000,2,9770,41.24
United States of America,US,2000,3,9374,40.83
United States of America,US,2000,4,10193,39.51
United States of America,US,2001,1,10795,40.34
United States of America,US,2001,2,11039,39.99
United States of America,US,2001,3,10444,40.19
United States of America,US,2001,4,10776,38.66
United States of America,US,2002,1,10031,37.83
United States of America,US,2002,2,10617,37.96
United States of America,US,2002,3,10154,37.54
United States of America,US,2002,4,10494,36.37
United States of America,US,2003,1,9713,36.18
United States of America,US,2003,2,10537,36.43
United States of America,US,2003,3,10155,36.08
United States of America,US,2003,4,10628,33.96
United States of America,US,2004,1,9846,35.34
United States of America,US,2004,2,11030,35.93
United States of America,US,2004,3,10995,35.50
United States of America,US,2004,4,11481,34.69
United States of America,US,2005,1,10887,33.40
United States of America,US,2005,2,12374,35.69
United States of America,US,2005,3,11641,34.48
United States of America,US,2005,4,11928,33.39
United States of America,US,2006,1,11950,34.20
United States of America,US,2006,2,13424,35.45
United States of America,US,2006,3,12134,33.52
United States of America,US,2006,4,13738,33.80
United States of America,US,2007,1,13170,33.63
United States of America,US,2007,2,13627,34.65
United States of America,US,2007,3,12921,33.76
United States of America,US,2007,4,14307,33.16
United States of America,US,2008,1,12976,32.86
United States of America,US,2008,2,13559,32.98
United States of America,US,2008,3,12295,31.05
United States of America,US,2008,4,12521,29.96
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