International Patent Filings Begin To Bounce Back; China Rocketing, US at Half-Mast

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The storm appears to be subsiding for international patent filings as 2010 showed a cautious recovery in growth,the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization said on February 9th 2011

After the first-ever drop in applications in 2009, 2010 filings almost returned to their 2008 level. And China holds pole position in growth numbers.

International patent filings under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) increased by 4.8% in 2010, with strong growth from China (+56.2%), the Republic of Korea (+20.5%), and Japan (+7.9%), offsetting a mixed performance in European countries and a continued decline in the United States (-1.7%). Provisional data indicates that 162,9001 international patent applications were filed in 2010 as compared to the 155,398 applications filed in 2009
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