IP5 Statistics Report 2016 Edition
This annual report presents statistics about activities at the IP5 Offices. In 2016, 2.6 million patent applications were filed at the IP5 Offices and together they granted 1.1 million patents. The report highlights the trends in recent years as well as describing operations and developments at IP5 Offices.
Table of contents
The following links take you to specific chapters in the report.
Executive Summary (PDF, 93 KB)
Preface (PDF, 90 KB)
- Introduction (PDF, 139 KB)
- The IP5 Offices (PDF, 605 KB)
- Worldwide Patenting Activity (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Patent Activity at the IP5 Offices (PDF, 707 KB)
- The IP5 Offices and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (PDF, 553 KB)
- Other Work (PDF, 95 KB)
Annex 1: Definitions for Offices' Expenditures (PDF, 109 KB)
Annex 2: Definitions for Terms and for Statistics on Procedures (PDF, 176 KB)
Acronyms and IP5 Office contact details (PDF, 135 KB)
Web versions only
Glossary of Patent Related Terms (PDF, 294 KB)
Statistical Tables (XLS, 2.6 MB)
Full report
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Download the IP5 Statistics Report 2016 (PDF, 3.2 MB)