Trends in PCT Filings,,,,,
"Source: WIPO Statistics Database, October 2008",,,,,
Note: 2007 and 2008 data are provisional and incomplete. The growth rate is the rate of change from the equivalent month of the previous year. Counts are based on the international filing date.,,,,,
Year,Month,Actual Number of PCT Filings,Forecast Number of PCT Filings,Actual Growth Rate of PCT Filings,Forecast Growth Rate of PCT Filings
2000,1,"5,525",,15.3,
2000,2,"6,694",,24.2,
2000,3,"8,573",,20.5,
2000,4,"7,150",,19.6,
2000,5,"8,184",,35.7,
2000,6,"8,356",,25.4,
2000,7,"7,243",,10.4,
2000,8,"7,850",,32.1,
2000,9,"7,863",,15.8,
2000,10,"8,455",,25.8,
2000,11,"8,409",,21.4,
2000,12,"8,936",,19.9,
2001,1,"7,493",,35.6
2001,2,"8,654",,29.3
2001,3,"10,615",,23.8
2001,4,"8,554",,19.6
2001,5,"9,684",,18.3
2001,6,"9,368",,12.1
2001,7,"8,769",,21.1
2001,8,"8,637",,10.0
2001,9,"8,583",,9.2
2001,10,"9,490",,12.2
2001,11,"9,176",,9.1
2001,12,"9,207",,3.0
2002,1,"7,745",,3.4
2002,2,"8,392",,-3.0
2002,3,"10,382",,-2.2
2002,4,"9,183",,7.4
2002,5,"9,449",,-2.4
2002,6,"9,340",,-0.3
2002,7,"9,487",,8.2
2002,8,"8,560",,-0.9
2002,9,"9,001",,4.9
2002,10,"9,682",,2.0
2002,11,"9,091",,-0.9
2002,12,"10,081",,9.5
2003,1,"7,971",,2.9
2003,2,"8,895",,6.0
2003,3,"9,981",,-3.9
2003,4,"9,685",,5.5
2003,5,"9,563",,1.2
2003,6,"9,672",,3.6
2003,7,"9,953",,4.9
2003,8,"8,511",,-0.6
2003,9,"9,680",,7.5
2003,10,"10,433",,7.8
2003,11,"9,370",,3.1
2003,12,"11,489",,14.0
2004,1,"7,280",,-8.7
2004,2,"8,926",,0.3
2004,3,"11,653",,16.8
2004,4,"9,902",,2.2
2004,5,"9,620",,0.6
2004,6,"11,178",,15.6
2004,7,"10,788",,8.4
2004,8,"9,219",,8.3
2004,9,"10,967",,13.3
2004,10,"10,697",,2.5
2004,11,"10,595",,13.1
2004,12,"11,805",,2.8
2005,1,"8,789",,20.7
2005,2,"10,340",,15.8
2005,3,"13,465",,15.5
2005,4,"11,022",,11.3
2005,5,"10,956",,13.9
2005,6,"12,692",,13.5
2005,7,"10,900",,1.0
2005,8,"10,699",,16.1
2005,9,"12,159",,10.9
2005,10,"10,942",,2.3
2005,11,"11,622",,9.7
2005,12,"13,163",,11.5
2006,1,"9,592",,9.1
2006,2,"10,959",,6.0
2006,3,"14,393",,6.9
2006,4,"11,679",,6.0
2006,5,"12,465",,13.8
2006,6,"13,721",,8.1
2006,7,"11,774",,8.0
2006,8,"11,903",,11.3
2006,9,"12,526",,3.0
2006,10,"12,930",,18.2
2006,11,"13,120",,12.9
2006,12,"14,591",,10.8
2007,1,"11,298",,17.8
2007,2,"11,841",,8.0
2007,3,"16,018",,11.3
2007,4,"12,482",,6.9
2007,5,"13,196",,5.9
2007,6,"13,634",,-0.6
2007,7,"12,520",,6.3
2007,8,"12,900",,8.4
2007,9,"12,806",,2.2,
2007,10,"14,508",,12.2,
2007,11,"13,538",,3.2,
2007,12,"14,996",,2.8,
2008,1,"11,799",,4.4,
2008,2,"12,760",,7.8,
2008,3,"14,773","16,685",,4.2
2008,4,"13,318","13,561",,8.6
2008,5,"12,620","14,091",,6.8
2008,6,"13,500","14,521",,6.5
2008,7,"12,406","13,768",,10.0
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