Trends in PCT Filings: Leading Countries,,,,
"Source: WIPO Statistics Database, October 2008",,,,
Note: 2007 and 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
Australia,AU,2000,1,277
Australia,AU,2000,2,504
Australia,AU,2000,3,390
Australia,AU,2000,4,405
Australia,AU,2001,1,357
Australia,AU,2001,2,423
Australia,AU,2001,3,429
Australia,AU,2001,4,455
Australia,AU,2002,1,408
Australia,AU,2002,2,446
Australia,AU,2002,3,472
Australia,AU,2002,4,433
Australia,AU,2003,1,378
Australia,AU,2003,2,425
Australia,AU,2003,3,447
Australia,AU,2003,4,430
Australia,AU,2004,1,403
Australia,AU,2004,2,465
Australia,AU,2004,3,469
Australia,AU,2004,4,500
Australia,AU,2005,1,489
Australia,AU,2005,2,497
Australia,AU,2005,3,536
Australia,AU,2005,4,474
Australia,AU,2006,1,437
Australia,AU,2006,2,485
Australia,AU,2006,3,505
Australia,AU,2006,4,574
Australia,AU,2007,1,441
Australia,AU,2007,2,518
Australia,AU,2007,3,537
Australia,AU,2007,4,555
Australia,AU,2008,1,454
Australia,AU,2008,2,506
Canada,CA,2000,1,391
Canada,CA,2000,2,484
Canada,CA,2000,3,392
Canada,CA,2000,4,534
Canada,CA,2001,1,508
Canada,CA,2001,2,580
Canada,CA,2001,3,457
Canada,CA,2001,4,569
Canada,CA,2002,1,501
Canada,CA,2002,2,616
Canada,CA,2002,3,532
Canada,CA,2002,4,611
Canada,CA,2003,1,533
Canada,CA,2003,2,578
Canada,CA,2003,3,563
Canada,CA,2003,4,597
Canada,CA,2004,1,533
Canada,CA,2004,2,515
Canada,CA,2004,3,548
Canada,CA,2004,4,508
Canada,CA,2005,1,555
Canada,CA,2005,2,626
Canada,CA,2005,3,575
Canada,CA,2005,4,563
Canada,CA,2006,1,570
Canada,CA,2006,2,733
Canada,CA,2006,3,616
Canada,CA,2006,4,654
Canada,CA,2007,1,623
Canada,CA,2007,2,781
Canada,CA,2007,3,678
Canada,CA,2007,4,764
Canada,CA,2008,1,732
Canada,CA,2008,2,743
China,CN,2000,1,91
China,CN,2000,2,119
China,CN,2000,3,116
China,CN,2000,4,458
China,CN,2001,1,561
China,CN,2001,2,589
China,CN,2001,3,363
China,CN,2001,4,218
China,CN,2002,1,248
China,CN,2002,2,240
China,CN,2002,3,273
China,CN,2002,4,257
China,CN,2003,1,246
China,CN,2003,2,339
China,CN,2003,3,350
China,CN,2003,4,360
China,CN,2004,1,331
China,CN,2004,2,433
China,CN,2004,3,454
China,CN,2004,4,488
China,CN,2005,1,453
China,CN,2005,2,547
China,CN,2005,3,690
China,CN,2005,4,813
China,CN,2006,1,606
China,CN,2006,2,987
China,CN,2006,3,"1,093"
China,CN,2006,4,"1,240"
China,CN,2007,1,"1,072"
China,CN,2007,2,"1,211"
China,CN,2007,3,"1,463"
China,CN,2007,4,"1,690"
China,CN,2008,1,"1,306"
China,CN,2008,2,"1,444"
Finland,FI,2000,1,324
Finland,FI,2000,2,429
Finland,FI,2000,3,349
Finland,FI,2000,4,476
Finland,FI,2001,1,408
Finland,FI,2001,2,469
Finland,FI,2001,3,346
Finland,FI,2001,4,473
Finland,FI,2002,1,417
Finland,FI,2002,2,542
Finland,FI,2002,3,316
Finland,FI,2002,4,487
Finland,FI,2003,1,357
Finland,FI,2003,2,448
Finland,FI,2003,3,271
Finland,FI,2003,4,481
Finland,FI,2004,1,384
Finland,FI,2004,2,454
Finland,FI,2004,3,319
Finland,FI,2004,4,515
Finland,FI,2005,1,457
Finland,FI,2005,2,551
Finland,FI,2005,3,383
Finland,FI,2005,4,502
Finland,FI,2006,1,400
Finland,FI,2006,2,613
Finland,FI,2006,3,328
Finland,FI,2006,4,503
Finland,FI,2007,1,460
Finland,FI,2007,2,581
Finland,FI,2007,3,372
Finland,FI,2007,4,583
Finland,FI,2008,1,453
Finland,FI,2008,2,623
France,FR,2000,1,888
France,FR,2000,2,"1,130"
France,FR,2000,3,929
France,FR,2000,4,"1,191"
France,FR,2001,1,"1,040"
France,FR,2001,2,"1,246"
France,FR,2001,3,"1,037"
France,FR,2001,4,"1,384"
France,FR,2002,1,"1,186"
France,FR,2002,2,"1,265"
France,FR,2002,3,"1,186"
France,FR,2002,4,"1,453"
France,FR,2003,1,"1,169"
France,FR,2003,2,"1,327"
France,FR,2003,3,"1,111"
France,FR,2003,4,"1,564"
France,FR,2004,1,"1,193"
France,FR,2004,2,"1,271"
France,FR,2004,3,"1,189"
France,FR,2004,4,"1,531"
France,FR,2005,1,"1,272"
France,FR,2005,2,"1,489"
France,FR,2005,3,"1,281"
France,FR,2005,4,"1,706"
France,FR,2006,1,"1,352"
France,FR,2006,2,"1,652"
France,FR,2006,3,"1,409"
France,FR,2006,4,"1,848"
France,FR,2007,1,"1,483"
France,FR,2007,2,"1,657"
France,FR,2007,3,"1,479"
France,FR,2007,4,"1,941"
France,FR,2008,1,"1,550"
France,FR,2008,2,"1,170"
Germany,DE,2000,1,"2,839"
Germany,DE,2000,2,"3,064"
Germany,DE,2000,3,"3,435"
Germany,DE,2000,4,"3,244"
Germany,DE,2001,1,"3,521"
Germany,DE,2001,2,"3,304"
Germany,DE,2001,3,"3,675"
Germany,DE,2001,4,"3,531"
Germany,DE,2002,1,"3,526"
Germany,DE,2002,2,"3,510"
Germany,DE,2002,3,"3,840"
Germany,DE,2002,4,"3,450"
Germany,DE,2003,1,"3,376"
Germany,DE,2003,2,"3,543"
Germany,DE,2003,3,"3,790"
Germany,DE,2003,4,"3,953"
Germany,DE,2004,1,"3,292"
Germany,DE,2004,2,"3,670"
Germany,DE,2004,3,"4,170"
Germany,DE,2004,4,"4,082"
Germany,DE,2005,1,"3,823"
Germany,DE,2005,2,"3,985"
Germany,DE,2005,3,"4,165"
Germany,DE,2005,4,"4,011"
Germany,DE,2006,1,"3,826"
Germany,DE,2006,2,"4,067"
Germany,DE,2006,3,"4,527"
Germany,DE,2006,4,"4,314"
Germany,DE,2007,1,"4,260"
Germany,DE,2007,2,"4,420"
Germany,DE,2007,3,"4,545"
Germany,DE,2007,4,"4,592"
Germany,DE,2008,1,"4,278"
Germany,DE,2008,2,"4,647"
Israel,IL,2000,1,230
Israel,IL,2000,2,183
Israel,IL,2000,3,247
Israel,IL,2000,4,304
Israel,IL,2001,1,325
Israel,IL,2001,2,331
Israel,IL,2001,3,329
Israel,IL,2001,4,329
Israel,IL,2002,1,313
Israel,IL,2002,2,281
Israel,IL,2002,3,285
Israel,IL,2002,4,295
Israel,IL,2003,1,273
Israel,IL,2003,2,264
Israel,IL,2003,3,250
Israel,IL,2003,4,342
Israel,IL,2004,1,304
Israel,IL,2004,2,292
Israel,IL,2004,3,340
Israel,IL,2004,4,291
Israel,IL,2005,1,373
Israel,IL,2005,2,351
Israel,IL,2005,3,371
Israel,IL,2005,4,359
Israel,IL,2006,1,442
Israel,IL,2006,2,363
Israel,IL,2006,3,409
Israel,IL,2006,4,381
Israel,IL,2007,1,435
Israel,IL,2007,2,425
Israel,IL,2007,3,410
Israel,IL,2007,4,458
Israel,IL,2008,1,471
Israel,IL,2008,2,445
Italy,IT,2000,1,285
Italy,IT,2000,2,387
Italy,IT,2000,3,299
Italy,IT,2000,4,422
Italy,IT,2001,1,421
Italy,IT,2001,2,415
Italy,IT,2001,3,360
Italy,IT,2001,4,427
Italy,IT,2002,1,470
Italy,IT,2002,2,496
Italy,IT,2002,3,444
Italy,IT,2002,4,572
Italy,IT,2003,1,479
Italy,IT,2003,2,568
Italy,IT,2003,3,465
Italy,IT,2003,4,651
Italy,IT,2004,1,475
Italy,IT,2004,2,583
Italy,IT,2004,3,522
Italy,IT,2004,4,609
Italy,IT,2005,1,509
Italy,IT,2005,2,603
Italy,IT,2005,3,564
Italy,IT,2005,4,672
Italy,IT,2006,1,644
Italy,IT,2006,2,783
Italy,IT,2006,3,585
Italy,IT,2006,4,695
Italy,IT,2007,1,719
Italy,IT,2007,2,752
Italy,IT,2007,3,684
Italy,IT,2007,4,797
Italy,IT,2008,1,679
Italy,IT,2008,2,760
Japan,JP,2000,1,"2,160"
Japan,JP,2000,2,"2,281"
Japan,JP,2000,3,"2,450"
Japan,JP,2000,4,"2,676"
Japan,JP,2001,1,"2,885"
Japan,JP,2001,2,"2,904"
Japan,JP,2001,3,"2,996"
Japan,JP,2001,4,"3,119"
Japan,JP,2002,1,"3,291"
Japan,JP,2002,2,"3,419"
Japan,JP,2002,3,"3,618"
Japan,JP,2002,4,"3,735"
Japan,JP,2003,1,"4,243"
Japan,JP,2003,2,"4,264"
Japan,JP,2003,3,"4,324"
Japan,JP,2003,4,"4,583"
Japan,JP,2004,1,"4,854"
Japan,JP,2004,2,"4,848"
Japan,JP,2004,3,"5,225"
Japan,JP,2004,4,"5,337"
Japan,JP,2005,1,"6,766"
Japan,JP,2005,2,"5,790"
Japan,JP,2005,3,"6,200"
Japan,JP,2005,4,"6,112"
Japan,JP,2006,1,"7,286"
Japan,JP,2006,2,"6,246"
Japan,JP,2006,3,"6,661"
Japan,JP,2006,4,"6,831"
Japan,JP,2007,1,"8,068"
Japan,JP,2007,2,"6,320"
Japan,JP,2007,3,"6,523"
Japan,JP,2007,4,"6,830"
Japan,JP,2008,1,"7,596"
Japan,JP,2008,2,"6,396"
Netherlands,NL,2000,1,559
Netherlands,NL,2000,2,698
Netherlands,NL,2000,3,715
Netherlands,NL,2000,4,956
Netherlands,NL,2001,1,792
Netherlands,NL,2001,2,828
Netherlands,NL,2001,3,778
Netherlands,NL,2001,4,"1,012"
Netherlands,NL,2002,1,836
Netherlands,NL,2002,2,"1,030"
Netherlands,NL,2002,3,907
Netherlands,NL,2002,4,"1,204"
Netherlands,NL,2003,1,855
Netherlands,NL,2003,2,"1,120"
Netherlands,NL,2003,3,"1,063"
Netherlands,NL,2003,4,"1,441"
Netherlands,NL,2004,1,826
Netherlands,NL,2004,2,"1,164"
Netherlands,NL,2004,3,"1,116"
Netherlands,NL,2004,4,"1,178"
Netherlands,NL,2005,1,"1,085"
Netherlands,NL,2005,2,"1,121"
Netherlands,NL,2005,3,"1,021"
Netherlands,NL,2005,4,"1,273"
Netherlands,NL,2006,1,978
Netherlands,NL,2006,2,"1,189"
Netherlands,NL,2006,3,"1,048"
Netherlands,NL,2006,4,"1,329"
Netherlands,NL,2007,1,927
Netherlands,NL,2007,2,"1,123"
Netherlands,NL,2007,3,"1,044"
Netherlands,NL,2007,4,"1,260"
Netherlands,NL,2008,1,962
Netherlands,NL,2008,2,"1,103"
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,1,299
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,2,410
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,3,393
Republic of Korea,KR,2000,4,478
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,1,551
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,2,582
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,3,525
Republic of Korea,KR,2001,4,666
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,1,567
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,2,692
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,3,591
Republic of Korea,KR,2002,4,670
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,1,647
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,2,642
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,3,741
Republic of Korea,KR,2003,4,919
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,1,747
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,2,853
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,3,904
Republic of Korea,KR,2004,4,"1,054"
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,1,955
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,2,"1,129"
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,3,"1,169"
Republic of Korea,KR,2005,4,"1,436"
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,1,"1,215"
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,2,"1,380"
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,3,"1,376"
Republic of Korea,KR,2006,4,"1,975"
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,1,"1,578"
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,2,"1,604"
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,3,"1,596"
Republic of Korea,KR,2007,4,"2,283"
Republic of Korea,KR,2008,1,"1,805"
Republic of Korea,KR,2008,2,"2,052"
Sweden,SE,2000,1,693
Sweden,SE,2000,2,874
Sweden,SE,2000,3,598
Sweden,SE,2000,4,926
Sweden,SE,2001,1,810
Sweden,SE,2001,2,914
Sweden,SE,2001,3,727
Sweden,SE,2001,4,970
Sweden,SE,2002,1,778
Sweden,SE,2002,2,815
Sweden,SE,2002,3,599
Sweden,SE,2002,4,798
Sweden,SE,2003,1,630
Sweden,SE,2003,2,716
Sweden,SE,2003,3,531
Sweden,SE,2003,4,735
Sweden,SE,2004,1,677
Sweden,SE,2004,2,752
Sweden,SE,2004,3,529
Sweden,SE,2004,4,893
Sweden,SE,2005,1,649
Sweden,SE,2005,2,798
Sweden,SE,2005,3,583
Sweden,SE,2005,4,853
Sweden,SE,2006,1,682
Sweden,SE,2006,2,823
Sweden,SE,2006,3,714
Sweden,SE,2006,4,"1,114"
Sweden,SE,2007,1,825
Sweden,SE,2007,2,967
Sweden,SE,2007,3,717
Sweden,SE,2007,4,"1,144"
Sweden,SE,2008,1,985
Sweden,SE,2008,2,"1,024"
Switzerland,CH,2000,1,481
Switzerland,CH,2000,2,444
Switzerland,CH,2000,3,525
Switzerland,CH,2000,4,539
Switzerland,CH,2001,1,587
Switzerland,CH,2001,2,596
Switzerland,CH,2001,3,543
Switzerland,CH,2001,4,623
Switzerland,CH,2002,1,675
Switzerland,CH,2002,2,640
Switzerland,CH,2002,3,692
Switzerland,CH,2002,4,748
Switzerland,CH,2003,1,666
Switzerland,CH,2003,2,743
Switzerland,CH,2003,3,682
Switzerland,CH,2003,4,770
Switzerland,CH,2004,1,664
Switzerland,CH,2004,2,754
Switzerland,CH,2004,3,668
Switzerland,CH,2004,4,813
Switzerland,CH,2005,1,739
Switzerland,CH,2005,2,769
Switzerland,CH,2005,3,815
Switzerland,CH,2005,4,968
Switzerland,CH,2006,1,828
Switzerland,CH,2006,2,883
Switzerland,CH,2006,3,876
Switzerland,CH,2006,4,"1,023"
Switzerland,CH,2007,1,843
Switzerland,CH,2007,2,904
Switzerland,CH,2007,3,977
Switzerland,CH,2007,4,"1,043"
Switzerland,CH,2008,1,861
Switzerland,CH,2008,2,972
United Kingdom,GB,2000,1,"1,181"
United Kingdom,GB,2000,2,"1,207"
United Kingdom,GB,2000,3,"1,177"
United Kingdom,GB,2000,4,"1,230"
United Kingdom,GB,2001,1,"1,431"
United Kingdom,GB,2001,2,"1,413"
United Kingdom,GB,2001,3,"1,300"
United Kingdom,GB,2001,4,"1,338"
United Kingdom,GB,2002,1,"1,361"
United Kingdom,GB,2002,2,"1,333"
United Kingdom,GB,2002,3,"1,288"
United Kingdom,GB,2002,4,"1,394"
United Kingdom,GB,2003,1,"1,323"
United Kingdom,GB,2003,2,"1,254"
United Kingdom,GB,2003,3,"1,287"
United Kingdom,GB,2003,4,"1,342"
United Kingdom,GB,2004,1,"1,266"
United Kingdom,GB,2004,2,"1,277"
United Kingdom,GB,2004,3,"1,251"
United Kingdom,GB,2004,4,"1,233"
United Kingdom,GB,2005,1,"1,234"
United Kingdom,GB,2005,2,"1,319"
United Kingdom,GB,2005,3,"1,247"
United Kingdom,GB,2005,4,"1,285"
United Kingdom,GB,2006,1,"1,224"
United Kingdom,GB,2006,2,"1,261"
United Kingdom,GB,2006,3,"1,281"
United Kingdom,GB,2006,4,"1,320"
United Kingdom,GB,2007,1,"1,377"
United Kingdom,GB,2007,2,"1,392"
United Kingdom,GB,2007,3,"1,361"
United Kingdom,GB,2007,4,"1,408"
United Kingdom,GB,2008,1,"1,389"
United Kingdom,GB,2008,2,"1,396"
United States of America,US,2000,1,"8,670"
United States of America,US,2000,2,"9,770"
United States of America,US,2000,3,"9,374"
United States of America,US,2000,4,"10,193"
United States of America,US,2001,1,"10,795"
United States of America,US,2001,2,"11,039"
United States of America,US,2001,3,"10,444"
United States of America,US,2001,4,"10,776"
United States of America,US,2002,1,"10,031"
United States of America,US,2002,2,"10,617"
United States of America,US,2002,3,"10,154"
United States of America,US,2002,4,"10,494"
United States of America,US,2003,1,"9,713"
United States of America,US,2003,2,"10,537"
United States of America,US,2003,3,"10,155"
United States of America,US,2003,4,"10,627"
United States of America,US,2004,1,"9,846"
United States of America,US,2004,2,"11,030"
United States of America,US,2004,3,"10,994"
United States of America,US,2004,4,"11,481"
United States of America,US,2005,1,"10,885"
United States of America,US,2005,2,"12,372"
United States of America,US,2005,3,"11,641"
United States of America,US,2005,4,"11,927"
United States of America,US,2006,1,"11,950"
United States of America,US,2006,2,"13,423"
United States of America,US,2006,3,"12,135"
United States of America,US,2006,4,"13,732"
United States of America,US,2007,1,"13,167"
United States of America,US,2007,2,"13,652"
United States of America,US,2007,3,"12,976"
United States of America,US,2007,4,"14,296"
United States of America,US,2008,1,"12,921"
United States of America,US,2008,2,"12,952"
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