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Global Protection Systems and their ongoing improvement: update on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) APAA 59 th Council Meeting Workshop November 13, 2011 Makati City Matthew Bryan Director, PCT Legal Division, WIPO
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Global Protection Systems and theirongoing improvement: update on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
APAA 59th Council Meeting Workshop
November 13, 2011Makati City
Matthew Bryan
Director, PCT Legal Division, WIPO
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144 PCT States
PCT Statistics
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Overall +5.7% in 2010
All-time record of 164,300 applications
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International applications received in 2010 by country of origin
US: -1.6%
JP: +8%
DE: +4.5%
KR: +20.3%
CN: +55.6%
IN: +36.6%
2010: the year East Asia overtook North America and
Western Europe to become the subregion accounting for most
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International applications received in 2010 by country of origin (cont.)
2 million PCT applications
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9.58% increase in filings in first half 2011 over equivalent period in 2010, largely due to increasing filings in China, Japan and Republic of Korea
PCT: Recent & future developments
Amendments to the PCT Regulations—1 July 2012
Work on quality of ISRs/WOs
3rd Party Observations
ePCT
“Available for licensing” feature
PCT-PPH
PatentScope tools & features
Color drawings
Fraudulent communications
