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Ten Key Trends from the “World Intellectual Property Indicators 2022” (3/4)
Ten Key Trends from the “World Intellectual Property Indicators 2022” (3/4)

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In my last blog we continued the discussion on the top ten key trends of global patent filing, which highlighted the Asia and China leadership. Taking that discussion further the next three key trends that were the key highlight for 2020 and 2021:

  1. In terms of key technologies - computer technology led accounting for one-tenth of patent applications published worldwide in 2020.
  • It was followed by electrical machinery, measurement, digital communication and medical technology. These five fields have continued to occupy the top five spots in the ranking since 2012 – albeit in a varying order.
  • Globally, these five fields accounted for a total of 32.6% of all published applications in 2020, which is an increase of five percentage points compared to a decade earlier in 2010.

 

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Source: World Intellectual Property Indicators 2022

 

  1. China’s leadership continued in terms of number of patents in force with it surpassing the US to become the top jurisdiction.
    • China saw the fastest growth in patents in force in 2021 (+17.6%), followed by Germany (+5.2%) and the Republic of Korea (+5.2%)
    • Japan (–0.9%) and the US (–0.6%) reported a small decrease in 2021.
    • Beyond the top five offices, India (+19.4%), Switzerland (+5.9%) and Canada (+5.7%) also recorded notable growth in 2021.

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Source: World Intellectual Property Indicators 2022

 

Stay tuned for more trends in my next blog, also wait for more India specific patent data and issues in the patent filing process in NASSCOM’s next report on this World IP day – April 26, 2023.

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Neha Jain
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