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Montevideo, April 25th 2024 - 01:55 UTC

Tag: international patent filings

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

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

    In the main category - the Patent Cooperation Treaty, or PCT - China topped the ranking for the first time, with 58,990 applications.

    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.