Among the leading IP countries, China recorded the highest growth in the number of patents in force in 2020, followed by Germany, the US and South Korea.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said on November 8 that China’s Intellectual Property Office will lead the world in 2020 with 1.5 million patent applications, twice as high. ,5 times that of the United States, the second largest country in the world in terms of patents.
According to the 2021 edition of WIPO’s “World Intellectual Property Index”, international patent applications increased again in 2020 after falling for the first time in a decade in 2019. .
The growth in patent volume is fueled by long-term growth in China as well as increased intellectual property activity in other Asian countries.
Asian patent applications accounted for about two-thirds of the world’s total intellectual property (IP) applications in 2020, significantly up from 51.5% in 2010.
Among the leading IP countries, China recorded the highest growth in the number of patents in force in 2020, followed by Germany, the US and South Korea.
WIPO said that the world is estimated to have about 13.4 million trademark applications for 17.2 million types of goods and services filed in 2020.
The number of IP types increased to 13.7% in 2020, and thereby recorded the 11th consecutive year of growth. The number of types of intellectual property registered goods of China is the largest at about 9.3 million, followed by the US and Turkey.
