Telecoms Firms Lead WIPO International Patent FilingsThree telecoms giants from China and the United States led international patent filing activity via WIPO in 2014 |
19.03.2015
China and the U.S. accounted for 87% of the total growth in filings under WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which saw some 215,000 applications in 2014, a 4.5% increase over the previous year.
| Country of Origin | No. of Application |
|---|---|
| U.S. | 61492 |
| Japan | 42459 |
| China | 25539 |
“The rapid growth in international patent applications underscores the increasing importance of intellectual property as it moves from the periphery to the center of the global economic system,” said WIPO Director General Francis Gurry.
| Company | Country | No. of Application |
|---|---|---|
| Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | China | 3,442 |
| Qualcomm Inc | U.S.A. | 2,409 |
| ZTE Corp | China | 2,179 |
