Tag: international patent filings

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 07:29 UTC

  China unseats the US as the world leader in international patent filings

  

  China last year became the world leader in international patent filings, unseating the United States which had held the top spot for more than four decades, the UN said on Tuesday. A record 265,800 international patent applications were filed last year, a hike of 5.2% from 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization said in its annual report.