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Still #1, U.S. Patenting Falls 11.4% in 2009; China Jumps to #5 With 29.7% Growth
International patent filings fell by 4.5 percent in 2009 with sharper than average declines experienced by some industrialized countries and growth in a number of East Asian countries, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization. With 45,790 applications, the U.S. filing rate dropped 11.4 percent in 2009, but maintained its top ranking by filing just under a third of all international applications.
Rounding out the top 10 nations are: Japan (+3.6%, 29,827 applications), Germany (-11.2% or 16,736 applications), Republic of Korea (+2.1%, 8,066 applications), China (29.7%, 7,946 applications), France (+1.6%, 7,166 applications), United Kingdom (-3.5% or 5,320 applications), the Netherlands (+3.0% or 4,471 applications), Switzerland (-1.6% or 3,688 applications) and Sweden (-11.3% or 3,667 applications).
Declines also were experienced in the Australia (-7.5%), Canada (-11.7%), Finland (-2.2%), Israel (-17.2%), Italy (-5.8%). More: http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2010/article_0003.html