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PCT
THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT SYSTEM
>> PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Quarterly Statistics Report
Jan.-March
2012
FOREWORD
The aim of the performance indicators report is to provide users with the latest available statistics of PCT
international applications and the performance of the PCT system. This report includes PCT applications statistics and
a core set of indicators that provides statistical information about the various stages of the PCT international
application process. All the data used in this document, along with longer time series, are available for download from
the PCT statistics website:
www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct
Statistics reported in this document are based on:
PCT international applications, which refer to patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT). PCT filings and PCT applications are used interchangeably to refer to PCT international
applications.
The international phase of the PCT procedure (i.e. this does not include national/regional phase statistics).
Counts are based on either the international filing date or the priority date or the publication date. The
selection of the reference date depends on the indicator and what the indicator attempts to measure.
Statistics for the most recent quarters (and recent year totals) are incomplete and provisional.
This document reports statistics for most quarters (and recent year totals). Statistics from 2000 onwards
are available for download from the PCT statistics web site.
Useful links
PCT Statistics: PCT monthly, quarterly and yearly statistics - www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct/
WIPO Industrial Property Statistics: Statistics on patents, utility models, PCT, trademarks, industrial designs,
plant varieties and microorganisms - www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/
PATENTSCOPE: WIPOs gateway to patent services and activities www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/
PCT Resources - http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/
Contact: ipstats.mail@wipo.int
Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Source: WIPO Statistics Database
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Methodological Information
Trends in PCT Filings
Trends in PCT Filings by Medium of Filings
Timeliness of the Receiving Offices (RO) to Transmit Copies of PCT Application to the International
Bureau: selected Receiving Offices
International Searching Authorities (ISA) Selected by PCT Applicants
International Searching Authorities (ISA) Selected by PCT Applicants, by Country of Origin
International Search Reports (ISR) Established by International Searching Authorities (ISA)
Timeliness of International Searching Authorities (ISA) to Transmit International Search Reports (ISR)
to the International Bureau
Demand for International Preliminary Examination (IPE) by International Preliminary Examining
Authorities (IPEA)
Supplementary International Search (SIS) Requests
Timeliness of International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEA) to Transmit International
Preliminary Examination Reports (IPER) to the International Bureau
Publication and Republication of PCT Applications by the International Bureau
Timeliness of International Bureau to Publish and Republish PCT Applications

Methodological Information
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO). The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large
number of countries by filing a single "international application with a single patent office (i.e. receiving Office). The
PCT system simplifies the process of multi-national patent filings by reducing the requirement to file multiple patent
applications for multi-national patent rights. The PCT international applications do not result in issuance of
international patents and the International Bureau (IB) does not grant patents. The decision on whether to confer
patent rights remains in the hands of the national and/or regional patent offices, and the patent rights are limited to the
jurisdiction of the patent granting authority.
The PCT procedure consists of an international phase and a national/regional phase. The PCT international
application process starts with the international phase and concludes with the national/regional phase. The timeline for
the PCT procedure is illustrated below 1 . In most cases, the applicant tends to file a patent application at the national
patent office in the first instance (date of the first filing is commonly referred to as the priority date), followed by a PCT
international application within 12 months from the priority date. Within sixteen months from the priority date, one of the
International Searching Authorities (ISA) will conduct an international search and establish an International Search
Report (ISR) along with the written opinion of the ISA. The purpose of the international search is to identify all the
relevant prior art. The ISR lists all the relevant prior art documents considered to be relevant, the classification of the
subject matter and an indication of the field searched. The ISA also establishes a preliminary and non-binding written
opinion on the questions whether the invention appears to be novel, involves an inventive step and is industrially
applicable. Both the ISR and the written opinion are transmitted to the applicant and the International Bureau.
The PCT international application, the ISR, and any amendments are published by the IB after the expiration of
the eighteen months from the priority date. At this point the claimed invention is disclosed in the public domain.
The applicant has the option to request for international preliminary examination (IPE). The request for the IPE
must be submitted within twenty-two months from the priority date. The main purpose of the IPE is to provide a
preliminary non-binding opinion on the patentability (it is novel, involves an inventive step and has an industrial
application) of the claimed invention. Within twenty-eight months from the priority date, one of the International
Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEA) will establish an international preliminary report of the patentability IPRP
(Chapter II), which includes a statement on the patentability of the invention and the citation of the documents believed
to support that statement.
If the applicant wishes to proceed to the national/regional phase, he must enter the national/regional phase
within thirty months from the priority date. Once the application enters the national (regional) phase, it is subject to the
formalities of the national (or regional) patent office. The application will be processed by the national (regional) patent
office to decide whether to confer (or reject) patent rights for the claimed invention.
PCT Terminology
International Bureau (IB): International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. In addition to
its task as receiving Office for applicants from all Contracting States, it handles certain processing tasks in
respect of all international applications filed with all receiving Offices worldwide.
International filing date: The date of receipt of the international application by the receiving Office.
International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA): National patent office (or intergovernmental
organization) appointed by the PCT Assembly to carry out the international preliminary examination procedure.
IPEA establishes the international preliminary report on patentability (Chapter II of the PCT).
It should be noted that the information and timeline relating to the PCT procedure outlined here are intended for statistical purposes. Only basic
information (and terminology) about the PCT procedure is provided to aid readers to understand statistics reported in this document. For
comprehensive details about the PCT procedure, please refer to PCT Resources on www.wipo.int/pct/en.
International Preliminary Report on Patentability (Chapter II of the PCT): Preliminary, non-binding opinion
established by the International Preliminary Examining Authority at the request of the applicant, on the
questions whether the claimed invention appears to be novel, to involve an inventive step (to be non-obvious),
and to be industrially applicable.
International Searching Authority (ISA): National patent office (or intergovernmental organization) appointed
by the PCT Assembly to carry out international searches. It establishes International Search Reports (ISR) and
the written opinion of the ISA.
International Search Report (ISR): Report established by the International Searching Authority containing
citations of documents considered to be relevant, the classification of the subject matter of the invention and an
indication of the fields searched.
Medium of filing: Method used by the applicant to file PCT international application.
Priority date: The date of the first filing.
Publication date: The date on which the International Bureau (IB) publishes the international application.
Receiving Office: Patent office (national, regional, intergovernmental, or international organization) with which
the international application is filed.
PCT Timeline
Chapter I
Chapter I national phase
entry in few offices
PCT international
application
International
publication
12 months
18 months
30 months
20 months
National (regional)
phase entry
Demand for IPE

0 month
National patent
application
16 months
19 months
22 months
International Search Report

28 months
and written opinion of the ISA
IPRP established
Chapter II

Figure 1: Trends in PCT Filings

PCT Filings
Trend
Forecast
Growth Rate
15,000
10,000
15
10
5,000
Growth rate (%)
Number of PCT Filings
20,000
5
0
-5
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. The growth rate is the annualized growth rate based on the trend line. Counts are based on the international filing date.
Number of PCT Filings
Month
Year
1
2004
7,280
2005
8,790
2006
9,590
2007
11,301
2008
11,829
2009
10,741
2010
9,898
2011
11,823
2012 (to date)
12,369
2
8,926
10,339
10,959
11,841
12,793
11,950
11,923
12,998
13,961
3
11,653
13,466
14,393
16,026
14,877
14,538
15,843
17,341
17,912
4
9,902
11,022
11,677
12,483
13,648
12,899
13,385
14,416
14,904
5
9,620
10,955
12,465
13,195
13,193
11,997
12,762
14,760
n.a.
6
11,178
12,692
13,721
13,649
14,311
14,020
15,092
16,184
n.a.
7
10,789
10,900
11,771
12,530
13,570
13,034
13,166
14,181
n.a.
8
9,219
10,698
11,901
12,913
12,088
11,241
12,492
14,455
n.a.
9
10,967
12,159
12,524
12,824
14,057
13,567
14,349
15,957
n.a.
10
10,697
10,943
12,932
14,543
14,812
13,376
14,171
14,765
n.a.
11
10,594
11,622
13,117
13,583
12,583
12,493
14,376
16,024
n.a.
12
11,806
13,162
14,592
15,039
15,479
15,549
16,877
19,281
n.a.
Total
122,631
136,748
149,642
159,927
163,240
155,405
164,334
182,185
59,146
Annualized Growth Rate of PCT Filings (based on trend line)

Month
Year
1
2
3
4
2004
3.5
3.1
5.0
4.7
2005
8.4
9.6
9.6
10.4
2006
10.8
10.0
9.2
8.8
2007
10.0
10.2
10.6
10.7
2008
6.0
6.0
4.2
4.4
2009
1.1
-0.1
0.4
-0.7
2010
-4.7
-4.2
-3.2
-2.4
2011
7.6
8.3
8.3
8.7
2012 (to date)
9.9
9.8
9.1
8.9
5
4.6
11.4
8.8
10.0
3.9
-1.5
-1.2
9.4
n.a.
6
5.7
11.3
8.3
9.2
4.3
-2.1
-0.4
9.4
n.a.
7
6.0
10.6
8.9
9.0
4.5
-3.0
0.1
9.9
n.a.
8
6.7
11.2
8.6
8.8
3.3
-3.0
1.4
10.3
n.a.
9
7.1
11.0
7.9
8.8
3.9
-4.1
2.2
10.7
n.a.
10
6.7
11.0
9.2
8.4
3.0
-5.1
3.7
10.6
n.a.
11
7.5
10.7
9.5
7.6
2.1
-4.6
4.9
10.3
n.a.
12
6.4
11.5
9.4
6.9
2.1
-4.8
5.7
10.9
n.a.
Total
6.4
11.5
9.4
6.9
2.1
-4.8
5.7
10.9
n.a.

Distribution of PCT Filings by Medium of Filing (%)
Figure 2: Trends in PCT Filings by Medium of Filing

EFS-Web
XML
PDF
EASY
Paper
100
80
60
40
20
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date. EASY (Electronic Application System) and EFS-Web (Electronic Filing
System).
Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Month
to date
Year
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
Month
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
Number of PCT Filings by Medium of Filing

Total
Paper
EASY
PDF
XML EFS-Web
163,240
41,879
16,801
52,590
32,757
19,213
155,405
31,229
11,339
57,519
35,373
19,945
164,334
26,513
9,109
67,036
39,937
21,739
182,185
23,361
8,097
79,612
47,599
23,516
59,146
6,379
1,917
26,010
17,726
7,114
Total
11,241
13,567
13,376
12,493
15,549
9,898
11,923
15,843
13,385
12,762
15,092
13,166
12,492
14,349
14,171
14,376
16,877
11,823
12,998
17,341
14,416
14,760
16,184
14,181
14,455
15,957
14,765
16,024
19,281
12,369
13,961
17,912
14,904
Paper
2,224
2,474
2,544
2,365
2,731
1,802
2,172
2,725
2,149
2,081
2,321
2,312
1,957
2,220
2,188
2,152
2,434
1,650
1,867
2,402
1,973
1,982
2,098
2,027
1,895
1,862
1,828
1,753
2,024
1,398
1,777
1,836
1,368
EASY
759
988
841
831
972
610
711
1,014
773
716
836
705
660
766
719
758
841
648
685
863
662
680
727
642
672
720
573
616
609
413
447
604
453
PDF
4,093
4,994
5,158
5,020
6,521
3,574
4,134
5,657
5,513
5,647
6,578
5,474
5,038
5,849
5,937
6,178
7,457
4,752
5,083
6,654
6,331
6,828
7,187
6,109
6,190
7,011
6,518
7,282
9,667
5,399
5,719
8,035
6,857
XML EFS-Web
2,621
1,544
3,281
1,830
2,934
1,899
2,706
1,571
3,442
1,883
2,393
1,519
3,221
1,685
4,321
2,126
3,046
1,904
2,663
1,655
3,372
1,985
3,057
1,618
3,110
1,727
3,624
1,890
3,419
1,908
3,559
1,729
4,152
1,993
3,145
1,628
3,742
1,621
5,221
2,201
3,530
1,920
3,307
1,963
4,070
2,102
3,766
1,637
3,640
2,058
4,251
2,113
3,851
1,995
4,361
2,012
4,715
2,266
3,561
1,598
4,463
1,555
5,342
2,095
4,360
1,866
Share of PCT filings by Medium of Filing (%)

Paper
EASY
PDF
XML EFS-Web
25.7
10.3
32.2
20.1
11.8
20.1
7.3
37.0
22.8
12.8
16.1
5.5
40.8
24.3
13.2
12.8
4.4
43.7
26.1
12.9
10.8
3.2
44.0
30.0
12.0
Paper
19.8
18.2
19.0
18.9
17.6
18.2
18.2
17.2
16.1
16.3
15.4
17.6
15.7
15.5
15.4
15.0
14.4
14.0
14.4
13.9
13.7
13.4
13.0
14.3
13.1
11.7
12.4
10.9
10.5
11.3
12.7
10.3
9.2
EASY
6.8
7.3
6.3
6.7
6.3
6.2
6.0
6.4
5.8
5.6
5.5
5.4
5.3
5.3
5.1
5.3
5.0
5.5
5.3
5.0
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.6
4.5
3.9
3.8
3.2
3.3
3.2
3.4
3.0
PDF
36.4
36.8
38.6
40.2
41.9
36.1
34.7
35.7
41.2
44.2
43.6
41.6
40.3
40.8
41.9
43.0
44.2
40.2
39.1
38.4
43.9
46.3
44.4
43.1
42.8
43.9
44.1
45.4
50.1
43.6
41.0
44.9
46.0
XML EFS-Web
23.3
13.7
24.2
13.5
21.9
14.2
21.7
12.6
22.1
12.1
24.2
15.3
27.0
14.1
27.3
13.4
22.8
14.2
20.9
13.0
22.3
13.2
23.2
12.3
24.9
13.8
25.3
13.2
24.1
13.5
24.8
12.0
24.6
11.8
26.6
13.8
28.8
12.5
30.1
12.7
24.5
13.3
22.4
13.3
25.1
13.0
26.6
11.5
25.2
14.2
26.6
13.2
26.1
13.5
27.2
12.6
24.5
11.8
28.8
12.9
32.0
11.1
29.8
11.7
29.3
12.5

Figure 3: Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to transmit copies of PCT

application to the International Bureau: Selected Receiving Offices
RO: Australia
2011
RO: Canada
2010
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2012
Copies of PCT Applications Transmitted to IB (%)
2012
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2012
RO: European Patent Office

2010
100
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
3
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)
2012
RO: Germany
2010
90
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)
100
2010
90
RO: France
2011
2011
100
Delay (Weeks)
2012
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)
RO: China
2011
2010
100
Delay (Weeks)
2012
2011
2011
2010
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. This indicator shows the timeliness of the RO to transmit copies of PCT application to the International Bureau (IB). Delay
is calculated as the time difference between the international filing date and the date on which the IB received a copy of the PCT application from the RO.

Figure 3: Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to transmit copies of PCT

application to the International Bureau: Selected Receiving Offices
RO: International Bureau
2011
RO: Japan
2010
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2012
2012
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2012
RO: Sweden
2010
100
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
3
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)
2012
RO: United States of America

2010
90
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)
100
2010
90
RO: United Kingdom

2011
2011
100
Delay (Weeks)
2012
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)
RO: Republic of Korea

2011
2010
100
Delay (Weeks)
2012
2011
2011
2010
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Delay (Weeks)

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. This indicator shows the timeliness of the RO to transmit copies of PCT application to the International Bureau (IB). Delay
is calculated as the time difference between the international filing date and the date on which the IB received a copy of the PCT application from the RO.

Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to Transmit Copies of PCT Application to the International Bureau (IB)
RO_Name / Delay in week(s)
Year / Quarter
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
Australia
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
Canada
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
China
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
European Patent 5 weeks
Office
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
France
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
Germany
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
to date
76
185
257
226
323
100
590
895
616
495
560
72
883
658
567
651
550
124
286
160
145
301
177
73
137
9
54
82
35
4
109
13
16
14
13
2
29
7
3
8
4
1
5
4
3
4
14
14
2
6
4
1
2,129 1,945 1,663 1,787 1,666
377
3
4
75
82
112
24
312
111
314
375
369
65
1,032
792
872
757
617
127
570
712
480
433
393
103
198
428
160
94
132
59
40
207
25
80
118
32
11
56
7
108
147
26
3
21
8
59
87
27
103
61
31
26
98
90
2,272 2,392 1,972 2,014 2,073
553
538
275
430
955 1,053
53
630 2,556 3,688 5,843 8,417 1,589
952 1,596 2,327 3,374 5,169 1,353
1,743 1,049
780 1,629 1,759
628
981
551
196
636
572
170
400
86
58
213
186
61
99
19
16
63
42
14
38
4
21
17
14
2
29
33
26
217
70
104
5,410 6,169 7,542 12,947 17,282 3,974
707
187 2,680 4,196 8,370 1,964
4,034 3,040 7,737 8,327 10,364 2,330
6,838 8,478 7,128 6,846 5,715 1,474
5,762 7,192 4,518 4,579 3,194 1,099
3,936 4,788 3,004 2,268 1,252
442
2,120 3,254 1,734
920
612
374
951 1,565
755
496
374
89
430
575
257
191
333
39
674
512
406
707
941
83
25,452 29,591 28,219 28,530 31,155 7,894
4
6
1
15
2
1
1
1
4
1
6
47
134
3
37
177
353
26
4
146
364 1,087
272
2
159
574 1,056
267
10
187 1,094
498
214
39
1
217
693
431
11
3,511 3,438 3,959
453
66
54
3,572 3,445 4,712 3,418 3,631
848
11
2
2
3
1
2
5
3
4
14
25
54
24
16
20
61
19
351
208
85
64
86
17
405
322
149
217
94
15
496
456
310
375
127
20
451
443
452
487
150
27
308
256
420
291
157
19
283
413
548
324
726
381
2,364 2,124 1,985 1,785 1,416
525
2009
1
45
123
149
66
20
2
3
2009
2
71
155
150
39
16
11
2009
3
67
233
114
3
1
2009
4
74
105
154
37
18
2
3
408
10
59
123
103
102
22
5
6
29
459
36
596
701
272
53
8
3
16
1,685
277
1,298
1,200
1,324
1,405
1,099
443
165
181
7,392
445
17
60
248
161
33
1
1
1
522
96
922
618
156
31
11
1
2
1,837
55
1,031
2,558
1,575
911
368
142
37
80
6,757
1
418
21
95
253
95
12
1
1
6
30
47
49
107
89
187
515
1,106
1,107
1
3
6
13
30
64
107
125
129
478
412
32
141
218
83
15
1
1
2
480
225
1,350
502
110
7
2
1
2,197
1,281
2,310
1,569
1,093
501
192
117
37
102
7,202
793
793
2
392
27
100
248
121
13
1
2010
1
87
87
108
80
33
10
6
1
1,152
1,153
3
21
39
127
110
94
85
479
511
73
820
506
242
105
37
12
21
7
1,823
1,067
3,098
1,801
526
187
75
53
18
43
6,868
1
491
386
1,263
352
285
112
48
7
4
141
2,598
632
2,033
1,592
1,189
523
302
204
54
143
6,672
9
6
37
146
158
187
217
908
1,659
1
1
54
162
185
428
134
17
990
2
1
21
33
70
128
112
147
513
3
21
28
73
63
65
178
433
2010
2
68
157
151
49
20
1
1
2
449
25
93
186
99
17
17
16
4
3
460
209
1,444
959
337
111
32
11
3
8
3,114
709
2,101
1,638
1,084
594
223
100
45
312
6,806
3
29
72
63
34
104
221
111
637
1
1
2
18
64
94
135
80
44
439
2010
3
44
134
220
41
7
2
1
2
451
11
51
198
127
38
25
33
32
8
523
148
1,590
1,243
574
167
26
15
4
35
3,802
1,574
1,984
2,013
985
489
206
121
56
177
7,605
2
1
17
46
81
164
174
192
238
915
1
10
9
82
139
158
52
23
474
2010
4
27
117
172
131
22
1
1
2
2
475
14
90
155
124
24
37
59
23
14
540
212
1,546
820
433
246
107
30
6
33
3,433
1,281
2,209
1,603
1,321
662
189
71
36
75
7,447
1
2011
1
54
111
111
71
19
5
1
2
374
22
81
147
115
47
25
37
24
24
522
257
1,454
884
313
226
153
35
8
26
3,356
1,494
2,409
1,241
1,490
621
295
153
60
96
7,859
2
2
5
58
191
388
146
87
876
3
145
248
217
264
52
933
2
5
16
43
69
131
94
79
439
5
11
3
30
82
98
80
67
376
2011
2
87
115
154
78
10
5
449
40
97
202
113
28
30
35
24
17
586
240
2,304
1,432
538
124
14
2
4
4
4,662
1,875
2,430
1,472
754
260
89
56
23
46
7,005
191
419
291
99
60
8
1,068
1
1
42
74
49
29
13
27
176
412
2011
3
121
177
144
8
3
1
2
2011
4
61
157
141
20
3
2
1
2012
1
100
72
124
73
4
2
1
1
457
20
115
155
92
27
33
45
15
22
524
360
2,386
1,102
452
123
7
2
1
13
4,446
2,277
2,504
1,327
528
183
112
105
223
341
7,600
1
386
30
76
113
73
30
30
30
24
35
441
196
2,273
1,751
456
99
12
3
1
27
4,818
2,724
3,021
1,675
422
188
116
60
27
458
8,691
1
377
24
65
127
103
59
32
26
27
90
553
53
1,589
1,353
628
170
61
14
2
104
3,974
1,964
2,330
1,474
1,099
442
374
89
39
83
7,894
1
14
22
213
279
145
97
3
773
2
120
137
310
238
37
10
3
857
2
4
8
13
33
32
244
336
8
6
5
7
3
6
18
239
292
3
26
272
267
214
11
54
848
2
25
19
17
15
20
27
19
381
525

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. This indicator shows the timeliness of the RO to transmit copies of PCT application to the International Bureau (IB). Delay is calculated as the time difference between the international filing
date and the date on which the IB received a copy of the PCT application from the RO.

Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to Transmit Copies of PCT Application to the International Bureau (IB)
RO_Name / Delay in week(s)
Year / Quarter
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
International
Bureau
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
Japan
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
Republic of
5 weeks
Korea
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
Sweden
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
United Kingdom
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
United States of 5 weeks
America
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
> 8 Weeks
Total
2007
3,131
592
487
378
577
1,083
614
583
1,964
9,409
5
8,467
14,959
2,792
148
4
3
7
8
26,393
471
3,284
1,943
843
352
25
4
2008
2,901
670
1,199
1,195
876
484
388
175
1,415
9,303
1
12,889
12,606
2,130
657
16
5
6
6
28,316
256
2,732
3,526
1,066
200
10
56
6,978
64
716
813
412
128
66
5
1
29
2,234
303
2,899
1,239
548
326
132
22
10
21
5,500
31
71
1,046
1,574
1,813
2,265
3,569
5,442
36,327
52,138
4
7,794
20
675
804
409
139
16
8
44
209
2,324
582
2,866
1,130
497
179
53
30
6
28
5,371
2,787
18,155
10,788
5,243
3,551
2,529
1,368
1,594
16,186
62,201
2009
5,077
2,145
339
378
201
132
116
82
651
9,121
1
13,668
13,246
2,549
102
87
26
1
5
29,685
516
3,487
3,183
693
123
13
6
2
9
8,032
13
787
879
310
110
36
3
34
2,172
819
2,556
768
399
155
30
11
6
14
4,758
5,026
26,176
8,018
2,018
849
581
432
363
3,153
46,616
2010
4,939
2,208
443
221
120
98
96
88
199
8,412
1
16,244
12,213
2,092
137
11
6
5
30,709
191
1,753
4,541
2,335
230
35
110
53
40
9,288
30
124
896
513
80
31
7
1
10
1,692
844
2,673
558
199
76
24
12
6
22
4,414
8,066
25,760
6,801
1,865
613
441
247
259
1,293
45,345
2011
2,346
3,302
1,273
696
329
80
117
100
548
8,791
1
25,224
10,545
1,600
143
5
5
3
13
37,539
2,304
3,684
2,167
1,563
832
118
60
9
58
10,795
23
38
1,098
572
86
36
7
4
6
1,870
1,905
1,757
270
135
51
19
3
4
19
4,163
9,841
26,601
5,877
1,587
834
447
421
324
1,334
47,266
2012
to date
893
877
65
398
76
28
50
20
55
2,462
2009
1
1,203
439
84
224
79
29
27
16
332
2,433
2009
2
1,251
586
52
72
44
43
45
20
155
2,268
6,789
2,771
855
714
2
3
1
3
11,138
657
1,067
405
315
130
27
7
2
2
2,612
12
8
233
159
19
5
3,416
3,155
983
52
78
23
1
1
7,709
66
511
875
299
50
10
3
1
3
1,818
4
197
201
110
59
5
3
3,371
3,181
760
44
4
1
27
606
142
641
277
111
60
14
4
5
576
182
646
211
79
23
5
4
1
1,250
1,306
5,576
2,996
616
107
46
15
21
598
11,281
2
1,152
990
6,645
1,771
409
168
136
200
189
696
11,204
1
4
441
581
260
170
23
48
9
2
3
7
1,103
1,714
5,036
2,651
1,996
557
170
82
48
714
12,968
2
7,363
200
949
633
114
21
2
2009
3
1,056
639
142
35
37
42
31
32
110
2,124
1
3,197
3,078
146
4
2
2
6,430
145
990
787
134
19
1
1
2
1,921
2
164
270
121
13
1
2,077
4
155
182
59
36
30
1
467
229
642
169
81
48
10
3
3
6
1,191
1,491
6,040
1,547
592
323
271
166
124
1,016
11,570
2009
4
1,567
481
61
47
41
18
13
14
54
2,296
2010
2
1,308
553
51
61
31
29
18
18
62
2,131
2010
3
958
844
150
57
27
29
20
17
59
2,161
2010
4
1,304
506
102
53
23
23
27
17
25
2,080
2011
1
733
780
145
258
246
30
32
24
55
2,303
2011
2
563
884
452
25
20
15
43
36
118
2,156
3,684
3,832
660
2
3
2
2010
1
1,369
305
140
50
39
17
31
36
53
2,040
1
3,421
3,327
504
22
4
1
2,695
4,652
971
49
3
3
4,795
2,240
274
2
2
2
5,333
1,994
343
64
2
5,942
2,753
535
64
2
2
2
8,183
105
1,037
888
146
33
1
2
3
7,283
62
515
1,171
351
46
8
5
8,373
81
602
874
460
91
7
2
1
7,316
42
520
1,427
442
76
7
1
1
7,737
6
116
1,069
1,082
17
13
102
53
1
2,459
15
8
301
121
15
5
6,311
3,261
473
72
1
2
1
6
10,127
121
395
383
789
710
104
58
8
52
2,620
6
8
275
145
26
8
4
4
2,216
3
271
226
20
2
1
2,159
9
95
172
97
22
3
37
2,154
4
15
226
152
24
17
4
1
2,516
2
6
197
143
19
6
3
1
523
266
627
111
128
24
1
1
399
225
604
183
57
25
5
2
3
445
228
774
111
47
12
1
3
1
1,102
1,552
5,185
2,357
684
325
168
79
49
487
10,886
2
1,178
1,930
7,782
1,429
300
82
35
28
119
257
11,962
3
379
176
612
167
45
22
4
4
5
6
1,041
2,630
5,689
1,410
478
80
97
81
41
264
10,770
3
5
1,165
1,239
7,915
1,704
401
251
128
51
29
843
12,561
1
3
469
215
683
97
50
17
14
3
1
13
1,093
1,954
7,104
1,605
403
126
141
59
50
285
11,727
3
475
490
421
99
54
26
6
2
1
4
1,103
2,001
5,616
1,964
673
305
155
103
130
424
11,371
9,300
9
569
1,500
600
73
4
2
2011
3
501
454
492
385
30
10
15
17
115
2,019
1
6,605
2,091
299
3
1
2011
4
549
1,184
184
28
33
25
27
23
260
2,313
2012
1
893
877
65
398
76
28
50
20
55
2,462
6,366
2,440
293
4
1
1
6
9,006
953
1,236
176
65
20
8
1
9,106
1,221
1,484
108
109
29
2
6,789
2,771
855
714
2
3
1
3
11,138
657
1,067
405
315
130
27
7
2
2
2,612
12
8
233
159
19
5
1
4
2,761
7
18
296
151
27
3
1
2
1
506
402
511
71
39
12
4
1
2
5
1,047
2,801
7,114
1,191
329
304
163
86
105
183
12,276
2
2,460
6
5
254
129
19
19
1
2
1
436
582
364
64
26
8
4
1
7
1,056
3,560
6,383
976
298
130
82
89
23
410
11,951
2,954
4
7
273
147
14
6
1
1
453
431
461
36
16
5
5
3
957
1,479
7,488
1,746
287
95
47
143
66
317
11,668
1
4
441
581
260
170
23
48
9
2
3
7
1,103
1,714
5,036
2,651
1,996
557
170
82
48
714
12,968

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. This indicator shows the timeliness of the RO to transmit copies of PCT application to the International Bureau (IB). Delay is calculated as the time difference between the international filing
date and the date on which the IB received a copy of the PCT application from the RO.
Figure 4: International Searching Authorities (ISA) Selected by PCT Applicants

European Patent Office
Republic of Korea
United States of America

China
Japan
Others (Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, NPI, Russian Federation, Spain and Sweden)
ISA Selected by Applicants
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
2005
2006
2007

Republic of Korea
2008

China
2009
2010
2011
2012
Japan
100
Share of ISA (%)
80
60
40
20
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. NPI (Nordic Patent Institute).
International Search Authorities (ISAs) Selected by PCT Applicants, by Country of Origin

ISA: Australia
Origin_Name / Year / Quarter
Total
Australia
Singapore
New Zealand
Malaysia
India
South Africa
Republic of Korea
China
Others
2007
2,811
1,956
34
310
348
34
36
14
5
18
56
2008
2,753
1,854
26
370
328
25
38
12
7
17
76
2009
2,666
1,667
153
328
270
62
53
29
11
14
79
2010
3,427
1,702
461
400
270
172
173
67
77
11
94
2011
3,147
1,632
396
381
284
193
84
68
38
11
60
2012
to date
659
326
80
89
52
44
25
13
4
4
22
2009
1
562
383
23
68
41
12
10
7
1
3
14
2009
2
683
432
35
87
66
16
10
6
2
5
24
2009
3
695
447
39
83
69
19
11
10
4
13
2009
4
726
405
56
90
94
15
22
6
8
2
28
2010
1
662
366
51
118
60
18
17
14
2
1
15
2010
2
878
442
129
98
66
44
33
17
15
3
31
2010
3
924
435
145
90
62
61
65
19
22
4
21
2010
4
963
459
136
94
82
49
58
17
38
3
27
2011
1
720
360
111
112
52
11
29
15
14
3
13
2011
2
866
437
102
81
70
119
16
12
7
2
20
2011
3
802
416
98
94
87
35
21
20
10
4
17
2011
4
759
419
85
94
75
28
18
21
7
2
10
2012
1
659
326
80
89
52
44
25
13
4
4
22
2007
1,168
19
241
488
65
247
108
2008
1,193
15
400
318
66
277
117
2009
1,588
119
405
575
115
253
121
2010
409
60
100
139
21
27
62
2011
250
82
61
39
20
18
30
2012
to date
41
21
4
6
3
2009
1
348
21
100
100
28
66
33
2009
2
405
36
87
149
27
81
25
2009
3
416
31
90
177
28
62
28
2009
4
419
31
128
149
32
44
35
2010
1
142
20
45
44
6
11
16
2010
2
89
15
25
28
1
5
15
2010
3
101
13
14
42
9
5
18
2010
4
77
12
16
25
5
6
13
2011
1
65
17
23
14
5
2
4
2011
2
61
22
14
10
4
6
5
2011
3
68
19
17
11
5
9
7
2011
4
56
24
7
4
6
1
14
2012
1
41
21
4
6
3
ISA: Austria
Total
South Africa
India
Republic of Korea
Singapore
Brazil
Others

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete.


ISA: Brazil
2007
-
2008
-
Total
Brazil
Finland
Uruguay
2009
66
65
2010
310
307
3
2011
435
432
1
2
2012
to date
73
73
2009
1
2009
2
2009
3
16
16
2009
4
50
49
2010
1
75
75
2010
2
76
74
2010
3
79
78
2010
2
559
533
5
3
2010
3
564
539
10
1
1
2
1
2010
4
80
80
2011
1
83
82
1
2011
2
93
92
2011
3
135
134
2011
4
124
124
2012
1
73
73
2011
4
576
554
5
2
1
4
1
2
7
2012
1
569
515
29
6
1
1
2
2011
4
5,424
4,825
183
60
46
62
37
56
45
20
21
22
47
2012
1
4,032
3,501
148
52
49
73
48
15
35
16
15
45
35
ISA: Canada
Total
Canada
Switzerland
Barbados
Germany
China
United Kingdom
Others
2007
2,528
2,393
46
7
15
5
7
5
50
2008
2,478
2,314
53
21
26
10
4
4
46
2009
2,053
1,942
41
7
11
6
10
2
34
2010
2,208
2,094
35
12
4
7
5
2
49
2011
2,378
2,278
25
13
12
10
8
7
25
2012
to date
569
515
29
6
1
1
2
2009
1
443
412
11
15
14
2007
5,492
5,277
96
1
12
17
2
11
1
60
15
2008
6,188
5,935
115
30
15
12
1
6
19
7
11
22
15
2009
8,095
7,723
138
31
5
19
40
14
36
20
14
30
25
2010
13,273
12,111
295
51
219
96
136
52
73
55
43
47
95
2011
18,017
16,197
496
227
225
214
117
106
99
83
72
64
117
2012
to date
4,032
3,501
148
52
49
73
48
15
35
16
15
45
35
2009
1
1,491
1,422
25
14
2
3
3
1
6
2
1
8
4
2007
75,387
17,697
22,421
6,375
5,370
3,597
4,373
2,926
1,524
1,628
999
1,082
1,071
754
452
767
369
358
239
380
262
106
161
2,476
2008
77,910
18,698
21,153
6,918
5,362
3,605
4,301
2,871
2,142
1,487
945
1,104
1,287
1,031
482
1,458
421
391
357
434
384
127
182
2,770
2009
69,958
16,690
17,881
6,991
4,926
3,452
4,313
2,639
1,931
1,281
1,021
992
1,217
889
372
1,008
468
387
345
454
253
171
149
2,128
2010
68,937
17,426
16,960
7,054
4,740
3,437
3,856
2,649
1,730
1,222
1,127
1,036
1,017
744
614
713
608
477
388
410
287
194
184
2,064
2011
71,588
18,520
17,610
7,223
4,644
3,668
3,302
2,688
1,857
1,487
1,325
1,176
1,086
761
710
698
611
536
441
383
280
234
233
2,115
2012
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
1
to date
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
16,662 16,464 17,892 16,887 18,715 15,986 17,109 16,733 19,109 16,237 18,005 17,677 19,669 16,662
4,400 3,896 4,076 4,292 4,426 4,054 3,938 4,672 4,762 4,101 4,514 4,903 5,002 4,400
3,833 4,310 4,605 4,322 4,644 3,898 4,392 4,087 4,583 3,924 4,537 4,378 4,771 3,833
1,568 1,506 1,788 1,612 2,085 1,502 1,771 1,648 2,133 1,667 1,838 1,644 2,074 1,568
1,136 1,226 1,252 1,253 1,195 1,224 1,228 1,119 1,169 1,170 1,122 1,157 1,195 1,136
881
804
895
821
932
753
854
840
990
741
941
922 1,064
881
844
909 1,180
986 1,238
849 1,078
920 1,009
746
795
710 1,051
844
631
650
653
634
702
617
679
621
732
614
731
635
708
631
480
465
612
339
515
410
383
356
581
403
548
420
486
480
478
418
316
270
277
353
278
260
331
365
335
393
394
478
286
225
248
262
286
236
304
270
317
344
291
357
333
286
250
253
239
249
251
235
287
222
292
281
299
263
333
250
245
266
316
290
345
250
256
198
313
253
268
248
317
245
172
225
234
220
210
198
172
177
197
224
181
153
203
172
169
118
63
98
93
148
142
146
178
198
145
188
179
169
238
278
290
176
264
178
191
152
192
166
211
136
185
238
154
99
121
100
148
147
159
127
175
131
164
154
162
154
85
61
79
109
138
89
113
101
174
95
153
84
204
85
100
86
80
77
102
103
104
68
113
109
116
103
113
100
64
81
134
131
108
99
109
94
108
93
92
108
90
64
38
53
82
52
66
61
91
69
66
77
80
59
64
38
44
34
53
43
41
43
40
57
54
47
61
49
77
44
34
32
42
28
47
41
55
36
52
37
59
51
86
34
532
469
534
523
602
498
485
493
588
451
524
562
578
532
2007
718
687
17
1
2
11
2008
660
635
18
2009
860
845
6
2009
1
204
196
5
2009
2
296
295
2009
3
153
150
1
8
2011
928
914
5
4
3
2
2012
to date
246
243
1
2010
921
903
3
4
4
7
2007
25,947
25,837
3
49
1
14
15
10
4
2008
27,117
26,983
4
54
1
29
12
8
3
1
2
20
2009
28,446
28,307
3
61
6
23
10
5
6
1
14
10
2010
30,856
30,597
70
91
8
40
14
5
9
13
6
3
2011
37,094
36,903
64
44
15
13
10
9
9
9
7
11
2012
to date
10,807
10,758
6
24
3
4
3
1
2
1
4
1
2009
1
8,147
8,115
2009
2
6,518
6,494
6
1
6
6
4
3
2009
3
6,954
6,909
1
33
4
3
1
1
1
1
2
3
2009
2
542
513
12
2
2
2009
4
570
538
11
2
5
3
2
1
8
2010
1
512
481
8
5
2
11
2009
3
498
479
7
3
3
1
3
1
1
2009
2
1,856
1,791
26
6
1
4
1
1
4
2
6
9
5
2009
3
2,196
2,128
24
6
1
5
1
8
6
2
3
6
6
2009
4
2,552
2,382
63
5
1
7
35
4
20
14
4
7
10
13
1
15
10
2010
4
573
541
12
3
1
3
1
1
11
2010
1
1,969
1,748
47
5
30
25
41
2
20
9
6
21
15
2010
2
4,041
3,732
81
11
57
28
39
11
20
15
10
11
26
2010
3
3,343
3,067
69
10
65
26
23
10
11
20
14
6
22
2010
4
3,920
3,564
98
25
67
17
33
29
22
11
13
9
32
2
3
2011
1
585
558
4
5
1
2
3
3
9
2011
2
635
615
4
4
7
2
2011
3
582
551
12
2
3
2
4
2
6
2011
1
3,062
2,701
84
39
67
37
20
14
22
34
17
8
19
2011
2
5,037
4,629
113
63
56
61
27
9
18
14
11
16
20
2011
3
4,494
4,042
116
65
56
54
33
27
14
15
23
18
31
15
ISA: China
Total
China
Germany
India
Japan
Finland
Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
Switzerland
France
Others
ISA: European Patent Office
Total
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Netherlands
Italy
Sweden
Japan
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Israel
India
Finland
Spain
Turkey
Norway
Ireland
Canada
Poland
Luxembourg
Others
ISA: Finland
Total
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Others
2009
4
207
204
1
2010
1
211
206
2010
2
264
260
1
1
3
2
1
3
2009
4
6,827
6,789
2
15
2
8
2
2010
1
8,248
8,193
2010
2
6,957
6,922
22
15
10
4
3
1
9
3
3
8
4
1
3
3
1
2010
3
157
152
2
3
2010
4
289
285
1
1
2
2011
1
224
220
2
2
2011
2
265
262
2011
3
178
177
1
2
1
2011
4
261
255
4
2
2012
1
246
243
1
ISA: Japan
Total
Japan
Republic of Korea
France
Sweden
Germany
China
Switzerland
Thailand
Singapore
Others
1
13
2
9
5
1
1
1
4
4
2010
3
7,448
7,363
39
22
2
11
5
1
4
1
2010
2011
4
1
8,203 10,206
8,119 10,166
31
24
32
6
6
2
11
4
1
2
1
1
2
1
2011
2
8,345
8,309
6
6
6
2
1
3
2
5
1
4
2011
3
9,157
9,095
22
20
2
4
3
2
2
3
4
2011
2012
1
4
9,386 10,807
9,333 10,758
12
6
12
24
5
3
3
4
4
3
1
3
5
2
1
1
6
4
2
1


ISA: Nordic Patent Institute
2007
-
2010
299
97
189
9
2009
239
72
158
3
2
4
2012
to date
74
28
39
4
1
2
2009
1
34
8
23
2011
275
134
118
9
9
5
9
54
2008
19,020
10,904
7,553
95
47
42
6
18
4
26
17
125
24
41
11
14
13
80
2009
21,715
13,453
7,434
147
48
86
103
15
4
51
43
134
19
35
10
32
22
79
2010
23,301
12,993
9,342
149
66
71
121
21
64
103
28
146
23
29
16
28
30
71
2011
27,096
15,863
10,225
218
98
73
72
68
60
50
49
42
37
31
29
28
27
126
2012
to date
6,011
3,406
2,410
51
13
8
14
25
11
10
5
11
14
8
2
2
3
18
2009
1
4,805
3,074
1,556
37
15
10
11
3
2
11
14
27
3
9
2
11
4
16
2009
2
5,402
3,431
1,752
54
14
26
33
6
2007
856
640
71
20
16
11
6
6
86
2008
895
707
73
10
4
14
7
7
73
2009
849
654
66
23
18
21
15
4
48
2010
937
745
77
18
18
4
10
5
60
2011
1143
886
114
30
22
16
14
10
51
2012
to date
387
150
28
4
1
183
1
3
17
2009
1
188
146
12
10
4
7
3
1
5
2007
1,141
922
153
5
26
2
7
2009
1,351
1,087
149
36
40
1
3
8
27
2010
1,453
1,154
168
61
30
3
6
7
24
2011
1,442
1,105
169
88
38
7
6
6
23
2012
to date
325
251
39
14
12
1
2009
1
274
226
31
6
5
1
1
26
2008
1,201
957
166
5
21
5
5
1
41
2007
3,131
2,061
545
346
12
68
64
2008
2,338
1,894
107
201
14
19
21
2009
2,039
1,554
208
117
23
24
20
2010
2,074
1,383
375
126
17
45
22
9
35
82
93
97
2011
1,939
1,397
317
130
19
18
13
8
8
29
2007
30,507
27,912
979
159
242
128
166
104
96
64
19
18
62
16
32
13
9
37
451
2008
21,380
19,291
850
122
241
95
145
48
81
39
17
21
53
18
27
10
8
22
292
2009
15,461
13,835
652
94
135
89
171
45
117
32
7
15
31
27
11
22
17
18
143
2010
15,900
14,140
713
151
124
133
149
43
54
52
20
27
40
8
18
15
7
19
187
2011
16,396
14,414
661
220
207
161
131
69
57
56
49
42
38
30
29
27
27
25
153
Total
Denmark
Norway
Iceland
Switzerland
Others
2008
102
35
64
2
2009
2
70
23
47
2009
4
78
24
49
3
1
1
2010
1
71
16
50
2
2011
2
75
44
22
1
8
2011
1
84
34
43
4
1
2
8
11
23
2009
4
6,130
3,662
2,244
27
9
30
31
4
1
21
8
42
6
10
6
5
5
19
2010
1
5,118
2,998
1,944
13
9
14
41
3
1
28
7
23
5
3
3
3
8
15
2010
2
5,798
3,383
2,202
38
19
15
17
1
19
26
5
19
5
9
6
6
10
18
2010
3
5,691
3,099
2,372
46
17
15
22
13
15
22
4
18
5
11
3
12
4
13
2010
4
6,694
3,513
2,824
52
21
27
41
4
29
27
12
86
8
6
4
7
8
25
2011
1
5,767
3,307
2,224
43
24
16
26
15
4
15
9
14
11
5
7
5
11
31
2009
2
184
149
13
2
6
4
4
1
5
2009
3
204
152
16
7
5
2
3
1
18
2009
4
273
207
25
4
3
8
5
1
20
2010
1
165
139
9
2
6
2
1
2010
2
247
194
25
7
4
2010
3
228
171
23
5
6
4
2
11
1
3
19
2010
4
297
241
20
4
2
2
4
2011
1
243
196
20
6
5
2
4
24
10
2009
2
360
315
31
4
4
2009
3
320
242
44
14
7
2009
4
397
304
43
12
24
2010
2
376
319
31
9
6
2010
3
334
246
48
22
9
2010
4
402
305
60
18
10
1
2
11
2010
1
341
284
29
12
5
3
1
1
6
1
5
1
5
7
2
4
5
1
8
2012
to date
379
286
52
23
7
2
2009
1
436
341
16
39
4
4
4
2009
2
623
514
44
31
8
7
7
2009
3
390
285
60
26
5
8
5
2009
4
590
414
88
21
6
5
4
2010
1
496
340
94
30
2
7
6
2010
2
576
383
117
23
4
26
5
4
28
12
52
17
2012
to date
3,942
3,445
181
38
55
38
24
21
4
11
10
13
13
6
5
5
6
23
44
2009
1
3,831
3,405
183
24
39
20
47
16
20
6
3
1
6
3
1
2009
2
4,077
3,671
157
24
34
21
46
12
31
7
2
2
5
4
4
7
6
5
39
2009
3
3,674
3,309
144
25
38
22
34
6
21
11
2009
4
3,879
3,450
168
21
24
26
44
11
45
8
2
9
10
13
2
9
3
3
31
2010
1
3,659
3,219
166
55
32
30
33
12
14
16
2
2
11
3
11
2
1
2
2009
3
57
17
39
2010
2
82
28
52
2
2010
3
60
19
39
2
2011
3
53
25
25
1
2011
4
63
31
28
3
2012
1
74
28
39
4
1
2
2011
2
6,591
3,782
2,538
75
28
20
22
11
11
3
19
12
9
7
10
12
4
28
2011
3
6,450
3,803
2,413
44
18
21
18
19
14
12
10
8
9
9
8
9
7
28
2011
4
8,288
4,971
3,050
56
28
16
6
23
31
20
11
8
8
10
4
2
5
39
2012
1
6,011
3,406
2,410
51
13
8
14
25
11
10
5
11
14
8
2
2
3
18
2011
2
291
233
27
5
5
2
3
3
13
2011
3
299
218
31
13
5
8
5
3
16
2011
4
310
239
36
6
7
4
2
4
12
2012
1
387
150
28
4
1
183
1
3
17
2011
2
404
325
46
13
10
2
1
2011
3
311
235
36
26
7
2011
4
373
273
51
23
11
3
2012
1
325
251
39
14
12
1
3
1
5
2011
1
354
272
36
26
10
2
1
4
3
2
10
2010
3
410
248
67
32
7
6
6
2
2010
4
592
412
97
41
4
6
5
3
2011
1
484
348
84
35
4
4
2
2
2011
3
355
223
76
36
1
4
3
14
42
24
2011
2
560
417
77
32
11
5
5
1
4
8
2010
2
4,184
3,737
166
41
32
28
49
16
13
11
4
10
16
1
3
2
1
6
48
2010
3
3,926
3,532
171
29
30
32
29
7
10
14
7
4
5
1
4
2010
4
4,131
3,652
210
26
30
43
38
8
17
11
7
11
8
3
2011
1
4,033
3,575
181
39
45
26
37
21
12
11
10
13
9
3
2
7
5
5
32
2011
2
4,121
3,683
146
40
52
35
32
9
13
15
7
7
9
6
4
1
8
7
47
2010
4
86
34
48
3
ISA: Republic of Korea

Total
Republic of Korea
Canada
Singapore
France
Netherlands
Australia
Sweden
Japan
Switzerland
Malaysia
Germany
China
Israel
India
United Kingdom
Others
2007
10,238
3,449
6,548
28
23
23
2
3
3
8
5
35
28
18
2
9
12
19
4
9
2
8
2
21
2009
3
5,378
3,286
1,882
29
10
20
28
2
1
10
9
46
6
7
ISA: Russian Federation

Total
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Others
ISA: Spain
Total
Spain
Mexico
Chile
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Argentina
Peru
Others
ISA: Sweden
Total
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Switzerland
Denmark
Ecuador
Ireland
Others
2012
1
379
286
52
23
7
2
3
9
2011
4
540
409
80
27
3
5
3
5
1
7
2011
3
4,019
3,467
160
89
54
49
36
18
15
11
10
6
14
16
16
3
2
5
48
2011
4
4,223
3,689
174
52
56
51
26
21
17
19
22
16
6
5
7
16
12
8
26
2012
1
3,942
3,445
181
38
55
38
24
21
4
11
10
13
13
6
5
5
6
23
44
ISA: United States of America

Total
Israel
India
Japan
Switzerland
Canada
United Kingdom
France
China
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Germany
Mexico
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Barbados
Others
8
6
43
3
10
7
4
6
4
30
5
46
2
4
45
11
4
4
48

Figure 5: International Search Reports (ISR) Established by International Searching Authorities (ISA)
Republic of Korea

China
Japan
ISR Established by ISA
60,000
40,000
20,000
2005
2006
2007

Republic of Korea
2008

China
2009
2010
2011
2012
Japan
100
Share of ISA (%)
80
60
40
20
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the transmittal date of the International Search Report to the International Bureau. NPI (Nordic
Patent Institute).
International Search Reports (ISR) Established by International Searching Authorities (ISA)

Number of ISR established by ISA
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
ISA_Name
Year / Quarter
Total
148,644 186,574 157,613 157,328 168,107
Australia
2,796
2,771
2,523
3,126
3,267
Austria
941
943
1,485
1,038
597
Brazil
22
257
354
Canada
2,317
2,576
2,158
2,038
2,398
China
4,954
5,892
6,823 10,615 14,588
69,045 76,891 76,215 68,673 70,032
Finland
706
626
842
749
1,003
Japan
26,059 26,523 28,931 29,989 35,639
Nordic Patent Institute
68
194
283
284
Republic of Korea
8,347 13,006 17,039 20,963 23,160
Russian Federation
757
798
772
851
1,007
Spain
1,085
1,189
1,171
1,366
1,289
Sweden
2,982
2,828
2,127
1,991
1,952
28,655 52,463 17,311 15,389 12,537
2012
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
to date
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
46,371 41,421 39,154 38,563 38,475 38,060 39,528 40,085 39,655 40,573 41,955 42,629 42,950 46,371
759
597
588
728
610
712
682
814
918
941
732
812
782
759
105
301
377
515
292
238
260
257
283
207
171
142
77
105
141
22
47
46
93
71
81
89
89
95
141
485
531
502
618
507
557
457
517
507
681
562
648
507
485
4,604 1,630 1,543 1,649 2,001 1,980 2,107 3,353 3,175 3,524 3,080 4,255 3,729 4,604
17,939 20,113 18,700 19,034 18,368 17,635 16,765 17,434 16,839 17,320 16,973 17,858 17,881 17,939
202
170
249
187
236
189
222
147
191
285
280
214
224
202
8,766 7,015 8,014 6,493 7,409 6,605 8,331 7,081 7,972 7,760 9,707 8,811 9,361 8,766
70
28
36
66
64
71
83
73
56
83
82
68
51
70
7,921 4,718 4,120 4,196 4,005 5,262 5,630 5,171 4,900 5,033 5,675 6,267 6,185 7,921
235
190
194
196
192
204
171
223
253
217
252
247
291
235
359
284
253
288
346
338
385
298
345
216
313
401
359
359
501
658
497
525
447
473
575
465
478
551
478
440
483
501
4,284 5,186 4,081 4,068 3,976 3,749 3,814 4,159 3,667 3,674 3,561 2,377 2,925 4,284
Distribution of ISR established by ISA (%)

2007
2008
ISA_Name
Year / Quarter
Australia
1.9
1.5
Austria
0.6
0.5
Brazil
Canada
1.6
1.4
China
3.3
3.2
46.4
41.2
Finland
0.5
0.3
Japan
17.5
14.2
0.0
Republic of Korea
5.6
7.0
Russian Federation
0.5
0.4
Spain
0.7
0.6
Sweden
2.0
1.5
19.3
28.1
2012
to date
1.6
0.2
0.3
1.0
9.9
38.7
0.4
18.9
0.2
17.1
0.5
0.8
1.1
9.2
2009
1.6
0.9
0.0
1.4
4.3
48.4
0.5
18.4
0.1
10.8
0.5
0.7
1.3
11.0
2010
2.0
0.7
0.2
1.3
6.7
43.6
0.5
19.1
0.2
13.3
0.5
0.9
1.3
9.8
2011
1.9
0.4
0.2
1.4
8.7
41.7
0.6
21.2
0.2
13.8
0.6
0.8
1.2
7.5
2009
1
1.4
0.7
2009
2
1.5
1.0
2009
3
1.9
1.3
1.3
3.9
48.6
0.4
16.9
0.1
11.4
0.5
0.7
1.6
12.5
1.3
3.9
47.8
0.6
20.5
0.1
10.5
0.5
0.6
1.3
10.4
1.6
4.3
49.4
0.5
16.8
0.2
10.9
0.5
0.7
1.4
10.5
2009
4
1.6
0.8
0.1
1.3
5.2
47.7
0.6
19.3
0.2
10.4
0.5
0.9
1.2
10.3
2010
1
1.9
0.6
0.1
1.5
5.2
46.3
0.5
17.4
0.2
13.8
0.5
0.9
1.2
9.9
2010
2
1.7
0.7
0.1
1.2
5.3
42.4
0.6
21.1
0.2
14.2
0.4
1.0
1.5
9.6
2010
3
2.0
0.6
0.2
1.3
8.4
43.5
0.4
17.7
0.2
12.9
0.6
0.7
1.2
10.4
2010
4
2.3
0.7
0.2
1.3
8.0
42.5
0.5
20.1
0.1
12.4
0.6
0.9
1.2
9.2
2011
1
2.3
0.5
0.2
1.7
8.7
42.7
0.7
19.1
0.2
12.4
0.5
0.5
1.4
9.1
2011
2
1.7
0.4
0.2
1.3
7.3
40.5
0.7
23.1
0.2
13.5
0.6
0.7
1.1
8.5
2011
3
1.9
0.3
0.2
1.5
10.0
41.9
0.5
20.7
0.2
14.7
0.6
0.9
1.0
5.6
2011
4
1.8
0.2
0.2
1.2
8.7
41.6
0.5
21.8
0.1
14.4
0.7
0.8
1.1
6.8
2012
1
1.6
0.2
0.3
1.0
9.9
38.7
0.4
18.9
0.2
17.1
0.5
0.8
1.1
9.2

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the transmittal date of the International Search Report to the International Bureau. NPI (Nordic
Patent Institute).
Figure 6: Timeliness of International Searching Authorities (ISAs) to transmit

International Search Reports (ISRs) to the International Bureau
ISA: Australia
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
ISR Transmitted to IB (%)
2012
ISA: Austria
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
0
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
ISA: Brazil
ISA: Canada
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2010
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
ISA: China
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2011
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Delay is calculated as the time difference between the priority date and the date on which the ISA transmits the ISR to the
International Bureau.


ISA: Finland
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2012
ISA: Japan
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
0
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2010
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
ISA: Spain
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2011
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)



ISA: Sweden
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2012
70
60
50
40
30
20
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
10
0
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)

Timeliness of International Searching Authorities (ISAs) to transmit International Search Reports

(ISRs) to the International Bureau
ISA: Australia
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
> 30 Months
2007
2,796
1,457
735
368
128
52
13
14
8
19
2
2008
2,771
1,335
747
369
145
64
37
26
10
35
3
2009
2,523
1,182
705
352
138
75
33
14
5
17
2
2010
3,126
1,429
941
453
172
63
36
8
7
16
1
2011
3,267
1,465
912
543
194
78
22
9
8
27
9
2012
to date
759
309
204
137
71
25
7
1
4
1
ISA: Austria
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
> 30 Months
2007
941
227
60
108
135
87
67
40
20
121
76
2008
943
203
51
118
106
86
64
61
43
141
70
2009
1,485
266
69
137
106
95
55
40
54
265
398
2010
1,038
158
28
58
76
123
64
34
25
318
154
2011
597
69
16
41
37
63
18
11
10
164
168
2012
to date
105
14
7
10
16
9
3
1
1
19
25
2007
-
2008
-
2009
22
7
13
2
2010
257
114
71
53
11
3
3
1
2011
354
173
85
57
22
5
1
2
1
8
2012
to date
141
74
28
25
4
7
1
ISA: Brazil
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
1
1
2009
1
597
241
185
101
44
18
4
1
1
2
2009
2
588
298
145
50
25
33
21
8
1
6
1
2009
3
728
356
193
108
41
10
5
4
2
9
2009
1
301
49
12
30
13
8
6
6
9
37
131
2009
2
377
69
12
30
20
21
16
4
5
70
130
2009
3
515
89
19
30
39
39
21
16
27
115
120
2009
1
2009
2
2009
3
2009
4
610
287
182
93
28
14
3
1
1
2010
1
712
301
209
106
58
16
13
4
2
3
2010
2
682
357
196
73
37
10
6
2010
4
918
398
276
152
50
18
10
3
4
6
1
2011
1
941
400
261
168
47
24
7
7
4
16
7
2011
2
732
344
213
98
47
20
6
2010
3
814
373
260
122
27
19
7
1
1
4
2009
4
292
59
26
47
34
27
12
14
13
43
17
2010
1
238
53
10
32
23
37
17
4
4
49
9
2010
2
260
55
9
13
14
43
21
11
5
63
26
2010
3
257
32
4
10
17
19
7
11
13
83
61
2010
4
283
18
5
3
22
24
19
8
3
123
58
2011
1
207
24
4
12
14
23
8
5
4
65
48
2009
4
22
7
13
2
2010
1
47
22
16
9
2010
2
46
18
17
9
1
2010
3
93
47
18
20
6
2
2010
4
71
27
20
15
4
1
2
1
2011
1
81
39
27
11
2
2011
3
812
365
238
142
42
12
4
1
2
5
1
2011
4
782
356
200
135
58
22
5
1
2
3
2012
1
759
309
204
137
71
25
7
1
4
1
2011
2
171
14
3
9
5
20
4
1
5
59
51
2011
3
142
17
6
11
12
12
5
3
28
48
2011
4
77
14
3
9
6
8
1
2
1
12
21
2012
1
105
14
7
10
16
9
3
1
1
19
25
2011
2
89
50
19
14
5
2011
3
89
46
15
12
6
3
2011
4
95
38
24
20
9
2
2012
1
141
74
28
25
4
7
1
1
1
5
3
1
1
1



ISA: Canada
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
> 30 Months
2007
2,317
290
354
1,201
315
48
19
5
11
61
13
2008
2,576
370
476
1,225
321
65
13
12
17
74
3
2009
2,158
356
515
878
224
45
28
16
18
70
8
2010
2,038
365
531
789
230
49
19
15
11
13
16
2011
2,398
475
682
848
279
63
28
13
4
3
3
2012
to date
485
92
154
172
42
12
8
3
ISA: China
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
> 30 Months
2007
4,954
2,482
858
1,446
112
21
5
5
5
19
1
2008
5,892
2,910
1,119
1,775
24
25
9
7
3
20
2009
6,823
3,363
1,483
1,894
27
21
8
2
3
19
3
2010
10,615
6,606
1,656
2,204
74
39
17
11
6
2
2011
14,588
9,823
2,018
2,418
133
91
55
37
5
8
2012
to date
4,604
3,091
674
717
57
41
13
6
2
3
2009
76,215
12,226
11,272
14,499
10,118
7,147
5,081
3,876
2,856
8,003
1,137
2010
68,673
13,210
12,717
13,624
8,494
5,660
3,573
2,501
1,804
6,100
990
2011
70,032
15,292
13,563
14,081
8,572
5,627
3,157
2,195
1,594
5,038
913
2009
842
145
166
405
113
12
2010
749
182
165
294
80
26
2
2011
1,003
274
171
368
132
45
9
4

Year / Quarter /
2007
2008
Delay
Total
69,045 76,891
14 Months
8,701
9,592
15 Months
7,831
8,409
16 Months
12,540 14,140
17 Months
12,130 12,089
18 Months
9,723
9,492
19 Months
5,368
6,298
20 Months
3,440
4,459
21 Months
2,447
3,263
22-30 Months
6,056
8,140
> 30 Months
809
1,009
ISA: Finland
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
2007
706
112
105
393
78
11
4
1
2
2008
626
90
91
346
92
5
1
1
ISA: Japan
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
> 30 Months
2007
26,059
15,001
6,932
3,933
123
32
6
2
2
27
1
2008
26,523
15,838
6,782
3,773
89
26
8
1
5
1
2009
28,931
17,878
7,267
3,635
102
39
2
2009
1
531
77
108
251
60
11
6
1
2
13
2
2009
2
502
66
68
239
65
15
7
6
8
25
3
2009
3
618
113
186
213
57
8
4
4
6
24
3
2009
4
507
100
153
175
42
11
11
5
2
8
2010
1
557
106
169
196
60
8
6
5
4
2
1
2010
2
457
79
144
158
39
13
6
2
1
8
7
2010
3
517
106
132
205
48
12
3
2
3
1
5
2010
4
507
74
86
230
83
16
4
6
3
2
3
2011
1
681
132
180
258
88
12
4
4
1
1
1
2011
2
562
112
169
183
66
23
4
1
1
1
2
2011
3
648
115
163
246
88
16
12
6
2
2009
1
1,630
668
371
578
4
5
2009
2
1,543
764
350
397
10
4
1
1
1
14
1
2009
3
1,649
826
393
408
8
6
4
2009
4
2,001
1,105
369
511
5
6
3
2010
1
1,980
1,192
360
408
11
5
1
1
2
2010
2
2,107
1,319
300
464
17
3
2
2010
3
3,353
2,135
574
608
16
9
9
2
2010
4
3,175
1,960
422
724
30
22
5
8
3
1
2011
1
3,524
2,207
519
731
12
16
23
12
2
2
2011
2
3,080
2,079
409
520
31
22
6
12
1
2011
3
4,255
2,967
579
601
47
29
18
11
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
6
1
2011
35,639
22,673
9,099
3,689
123
39
9
3
2
2
2012
1
485
92
154
172
42
12
8
3
2011
4
3,729
2,570
511
566
43
24
8
2
2012
1
4,604
3,091
674
717
57
41
13
6
2
3
2012
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
to date
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
17,939 20,113 18,700 19,034 18,368 17,635 16,765 17,434 16,839 17,320 16,973 17,858 17,881 17,939
3,821 2,770 2,786 3,287 3,383 2,924 3,082 3,632 3,572 3,241 3,679 4,084 4,288 3,821
3,781 2,451 2,562 3,070 3,189 3,162 3,093 3,284 3,178 3,148 3,051 3,567 3,797 3,781
3,818 3,983 3,445 3,710 3,361 3,704 3,233 3,474 3,213 3,769 3,238 3,692 3,382 3,818
2,072 2,950 2,599 2,282 2,287 2,250 2,095 2,087 2,062 2,312 2,220 2,086 1,954 2,072
1,243 2,022 1,759 1,662 1,704 1,480 1,540 1,351 1,289 1,409 1,573 1,306 1,339 1,243
819 1,424 1,404 1,157 1,096
924
976
806
867
797
860
733
767
819
570 1,143 1,074
910
749
739
609
611
542
607
538
529
521
570
407
800
816
724
516
541
451
394
418
473
390
388
343
407
1,178 2,266 1,975 1,984 1,778 1,672 1,445 1,512 1,471 1,308 1,208 1,257 1,265 1,178
230
304
280
248
305
239
241
283
227
256
216
216
225
230
2012
to date
202
57
49
52
29
7
7
2009
1
170
35
9
115
9
2
2009
2
249
29
55
106
56
3
2009
3
187
24
46
79
34
4
2009
4
236
57
56
105
14
3
2010
1
189
49
57
65
15
3
2010
2
222
54
63
89
12
4
2010
3
147
35
22
63
19
7
1
2010
4
191
44
23
77
34
12
1
2011
1
285
66
27
129
53
9
2011
2
280
86
49
92
33
17
3
1
1
2010
29,989
19,945
6,760
3,137
111
29
6
1
1
2011
4
507
116
170
161
37
12
8
2
2012
to date
8,766
5,479
2,357
896
22
10
2011
3
214
44
57
75
28
8
2
2011
4
224
78
38
72
18
11
6
1
2009
1
7,015
4,229
1,723
1,027
25
7
1
2009
2
8,014
4,649
2,266
1,065
23
10
1
1
3
2009
3
6,493
4,150
1,528
765
34
12
1
2
1
2009
4
7,409
4,850
1,750
778
20
10
2012
1
202
57
49
52
29
7
7
1
2010
1
6,605
4,341
1,438
777
35
12
1
2010
2
8,331
5,400
1,995
895
34
5
2
2010
3
7,081
4,716
1,550
782
27
4
2
2010
4
7,972
5,488
1,777
683
15
8
1
2011
1
7,760
5,135
1,740
831
42
9
3
2011
2
9,707
6,070
2,616
986
24
9
2
2011
3
8,811
5,608
2,200
948
38
13
2
1
1
2011
4
9,361
5,860
2,543
924
19
8
2
2
2
1
2012
1
8,766
5,479
2,357
896
22
10
1
1



Year / Quarter /
2007
2008
Delay
Total
68
14 Months
11
15 Months
48
16 Months
6
17 Months
3
18 Months
19 Months
22 Months
Year / Quarter /
2007
Delay
Total
8,347
14 Months
2,152
15 Months
1,500
16 Months
2,498
17 Months
1,143
18 Months
711
19 Months
203
20 Months
48
21 Months
30
22-30 Months
60
> 30 Months
2
Year / Quarter /
2007
Delay
Total
757
14 Months
394
15 Months
67
16 Months
111
17 Months
119
18 Months
37
19 Months
12
20 Months
1
21 Months
8
22-30 Months
7
> 30 Months
1
2009
194
37
141
15
1
2010
283
50
211
16
3
1
2
2011
284
50
209
25
2012
to date
70
13
50
6
2009
1
28
5
19
3
2009
2
36
3
30
3
2009
3
66
12
52
2
2009
4
64
17
40
7
2010
1
71
14
55
2
2010
2
83
19
59
3
1
1
1
2010
3
73
9
55
6
1
1
1
2010
4
56
8
42
5
1
2011
1
83
14
65
4
2011
2
82
13
58
11
2011
3
68
13
49
6
2011
4
51
10
37
4
2012
1
70
13
50
6
2008
13,006
3,041
1,477
2,985
2,772
1,886
547
108
38
147
5
2009
17,039
2,307
477
728
1,314
2,608
4,297
4,112
598
556
42
2010
20,963
2,893
238
329
508
1,132
4,996
8,427
1,710
697
33
2011
23,160
3,245
361
318
377
866
2,348
5,547
7,697
2,269
132
2012
to date
7,921
1,128
134
182
306
603
1,117
2,234
1,641
572
4
2009
1
4,718
746
235
326
497
1,074
1,499
183
49
104
5
2009
2
4,120
665
124
202
438
776
1,039
605
138
125
8
2009
3
4,196
557
75
126
238
483
932
1,370
180
224
11
2009
4
4,005
339
43
74
141
275
827
1,954
231
103
18
2010
1
5,262
666
53
83
146
318
1,150
2,376
316
147
7
2010
2
5,630
742
67
93
169
423
1,434
2,233
318
144
7
2010
3
5,171
829
62
110
109
236
1,211
1,923
560
126
5
2010
4
4,900
656
56
43
84
155
1,201
1,895
516
280
14
2011
1
5,033
683
89
92
70
181
837
1,601
957
502
21
2011
2
5,675
796
84
74
75
191
463
1,251
2,089
562
90
2011
3
6,267
907
102
77
130
198
403
1,303
2,485
652
10
2011
4
6,185
859
86
75
102
296
645
1,392
2,166
553
11
2012
1
7,921
1,128
134
182
306
603
1,117
2,234
1,641
572
4
2008
798
384
62
115
122
48
22
10
23
12
2009
772
333
59
114
116
89
26
15
8
11
1
2010
851
392
64
128
159
75
10
12
9
2
2011
1,007
470
76
171
170
71
28
17
2
2
2012
to date
235
127
15
35
32
14
7
2
3
2009
1
190
78
13
21
23
35
7
7
2
4
2009
2
194
87
16
31
23
18
11
2
4
2
2009
3
196
87
18
32
32
19
3
3
2
2009
4
192
81
12
30
38
17
5
3
2010
1
204
108
16
30
38
10
1
1
2010
2
171
79
8
28
34
11
2
5
4
2010
3
223
95
22
24
38
33
1
5
4
1
2010
4
253
110
18
46
49
21
6
1
1
1
2011
1
217
106
14
33
35
17
6
6
2011
2
252
105
23
39
44
30
9
2
2011
3
247
130
18
38
35
13
6
5
1
1
2011
4
291
129
21
61
56
11
7
4
1
1
2012
1
235
127
15
35
32
14
7
2
3
2010
1,366
441
221
402
205
69
19
4
2012
to date
359
101
8
45
125
48
16
12
1
2
1
2009
1
284
85
10
103
52
19
4
3
3
5
2009
2
253
59
33
70
73
13
2009
3
288
78
38
110
43
12
3
1
1
2
2009
4
346
82
30
62
118
41
9
1
2010
1
338
99
52
116
43
24
1
1
2010
2
385
125
68
102
71
14
2
2
2010
3
298
115
60
89
22
7
4
2010
4
345
102
41
95
69
24
12
1
2011
1
216
67
13
70
48
16
1
2
3
2011
1,289
342
55
178
382
179
71
29
18
33
2
2011
3
401
123
26
58
114
18
19
14
11
18
2011
2
313
63
9
37
97
64
26
8
1
7
1
2011
4
359
89
7
13
123
81
25
7
6
7
1
2012
1
359
101
8
45
125
48
16
12
1
2
1
2010
2
575
197
137
214
18
7
1
1
2010
3
465
141
109
169
37
6
1
2010
4
478
169
81
198
25
3
1
2011
2
478
155
156
146
13
4
2011
3
440
118
92
195
25
6
2012
1
501
139
67
241
40
11
2
3
1
2
1
1
2011
4
483
154
60
210
34
13
5
1
6
2011
2
3,561
1,383
1,148
322
319
124
92
38
47
55
33
2011
3
2,377
349
613
718
362
141
57
34
19
58
26
2011
4
2,925
338
109
574
1,094
378
149
83
37
108
55
2012
1
4,284
464
239
915
1,614
364
203
175
72
94
144
ISA: Spain
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
> 30 Months
2007
1,085
327
66
179
312
132
45
8
3
11
2
2008
1,189
358
58
244
375
131
4
5
5
2
7
2009
1,171
304
111
345
286
85
16
6
7
11
ISA: Sweden
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
14 Months
15 Months
16 Months
17 Months
18 Months
19 Months
20 Months
21 Months
22-30 Months
> 30 Months
2007
2,982
743
566
940
311
229
102
48
16
24
3
2008
2,828
748
592
814
283
166
95
48
25
53
4
2009
2,127
612
648
647
152
30
14
4
4
14
2
2010
1,991
652
379
814
115
17
3
2
2
6
1
2011
1,952
590
464
762
88
25
6
7
1
8
1
2012
to date
501
139
67
241
40
11
2
2009
1
658
183
152
223
65
19
9

Year / Quarter /
2007
2008
Delay
Total
28,655 52,463
14 Months
899
3,590
15 Months
130
4,757
16 Months
243
3,880
17 Months
639
3,649
18 Months
1,219
3,532
19 Months
1,797
2,824
20 Months
1,809
1,956
21 Months
1,953
1,509
22-30 Months
12,911 16,341
> 30 Months
7,055 10,425
2009
17,311
8,758
2,663
1,466
970
667
408
396
286
970
727
2010
15,389
7,963
3,407
1,360
969
514
307
187
147
380
155
2011
12,537
3,589
3,123
1,944
2,058
758
361
182
137
241
144
2012
to date
4,284
464
239
915
1,614
364
203
175
72
94
144
1
3
1
5
1
2009
3
525
151
216
125
27
1
5
1
2009
2
497
124
146
169
37
9
4
3
2
2
1
2009
1
5,186
2,265
1,115
407
310
207
114
114
117
250
287
2009
2
4,081
2,049
580
306
220
188
87
77
63
378
133
2009
3
4,068
2,262
464
443
221
118
77
92
44
200
147
1
1
1
3
2009
4
447
154
134
130
23
2
2009
4
3,976
2,182
504
310
219
154
130
113
62
142
160
2010
1
473
145
52
233
35
1
1
2
3
1
2010
1
3,749
1,560
1,014
388
252
124
81
55
56
181
38
2011
1
551
163
156
211
16
2
1
1
1
1
2010
2
3,814
1,986
846
285
281
122
86
47
36
87
38
2010
3
4,159
2,214
948
389
222
139
62
46
31
51
57
2010
4
3,667
2,203
599
298
214
129
78
39
24
61
22
2011
1
3,674
1,519
1,253
330
283
115
63
27
34
20
30

Figure 7: Demand for International Preliminary Examination (IPE) by

International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEAs)
Sweden

Republic of Korea
Japan
China
Australia
Others (Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, NPI, Russian Federation and Spain)
100
Share of ISA (%)
80
60
40
20
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the date of filing of the Chapter II demand.
Demand for International Preliminary Examination (IPE) by International Preliminary Examining

Authorities (IPEAs)
Number of demand by IPEA
IPEA_Name
Year / Quarter
Total
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Canada
China
Finland
Japan
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Spain
Sweden
2007
19,492
872
100
2008
18,125
865
103
2009
15,257
789
68
413
384
10,586
151
2,555
480
416
9,862
154
2,122
511
121
126
666
3,007
358
97
107
620
2,941
290
303
8,592
144
2,152
26
340
66
142
468
1,877
2008
4.8
0.6
2009
5.2
0.4
2.6
2.3
54.4
0.8
11.7
1.9
2.0
56.3
0.9
14.1
0.2
2.2
0.4
0.9
3.1
12.3
Distribution of IPE demand by IPEA (%)

2007
IPEA_Name
Year / Quarter
Australia
4.5
Austria
0.5
Brazil
Canada
2.1
China
2.0
54.3
Finland
0.8
Japan
13.1
Republic of Korea
2.6
Russian Federation
0.6
Spain
0.6
Sweden
3.4
15.4
2.0
0.5
0.6
3.4
16.2
2010
13,888
745
36
7
271
360
7,917
123
2,121
40
271
76
123
353
1,445
2011
13,636
783
14
38
260
419
7,358
125
2,444
40
221
83
119
341
1,389
2012
to date
3,507
188
2010
5.4
0.3
0.1
2.0
2.6
57.0
0.9
15.3
0.3
2.0
0.5
0.9
2.5
10.4
2011
5.7
0.1
0.3
1.9
3.1
54.0
0.9
17.9
0.3
1.6
0.6
0.9
2.5
10.2
2012
to date
5.4
5
63
147
1,903
26
617
9
67
26
24
94
337
0.1
1.8
4.2
54.3
0.7
17.6
0.3
1.9
0.7
0.7
2.7
9.6
2009
1
4,011
193
27
2009
2
3,771
194
7
2009
3
3,703
214
11
2009
4
3,772
188
23
83
89
2,190
31
534
6
79
14
44
129
592
80
83
2,114
35
549
6
84
16
35
104
464
75
67
2,106
31
531
2
98
21
27
103
417
52
64
2,182
47
538
12
79
15
36
132
404
2009
1
4.8
0.7
2009
2
5.1
0.2
2009
3
5.8
0.3
2009
4
5.0
0.6
2.1
2.2
54.6
0.8
13.3
0.1
2.0
0.3
1.1
3.2
14.8
2.1
2.2
56.1
0.9
14.6
0.2
2.2
0.4
0.9
2.8
12.3
2.0
1.8
56.9
0.8
14.3
0.1
2.6
0.6
0.7
2.8
11.3
1.4
1.7
57.8
1.2
14.3
0.3
2.1
0.4
1.0
3.5
10.7
2010
1
3,459
180
15
1
57
66
2,045
41
465
11
69
17
30
100
362
2010
2
3,540
221
7
3
75
95
1,987
24
529
7
70
19
29
81
393
2010
3
3,516
170
9
1
66
108
2,030
29
527
9
73
14
25
82
373
2010
4
3,373
174
5
2
73
91
1,855
29
600
13
59
26
39
90
317
2011
1
3,445
207
3
8
67
82
1,933
29
531
8
59
19
29
71
399
2011
2
3,364
190
3
2
61
107
1,798
32
563
11
53
18
34
98
394
2011
3
3,443
210
3
8
62
124
1,834
37
621
10
61
14
27
100
331
2011
4
3,384
176
5
20
70
106
1,793
27
729
11
48
32
29
72
265
2012
1
3,507
188
2010
1
5.2
0.4
0.0
1.6
1.9
59.1
1.2
13.4
0.3
2.0
0.5
0.9
2.9
10.5
2010
2
6.2
0.2
0.1
2.1
2.7
56.1
0.7
14.9
0.2
2.0
0.5
0.8
2.3
11.1
2010
3
4.8
0.3
0.0
1.9
3.1
57.7
0.8
15.0
0.3
2.1
0.4
0.7
2.3
10.6
2010
4
5.2
0.1
0.1
2.2
2.7
55.0
0.9
17.8
0.4
1.7
0.8
1.2
2.7
9.4
2011
1
6.0
0.1
0.2
1.9
2.4
56.1
0.8
15.4
0.2
1.7
0.6
0.8
2.1
11.6
2011
2
5.6
0.1
0.1
1.8
3.2
53.4
1.0
16.7
0.3
1.6
0.5
1.0
2.9
11.7
2011
3
6.1
0.1
0.2
1.8
3.6
53.3
1.1
18.0
0.3
1.8
0.4
0.8
2.9
9.6
2011
4
5.2
0.1
0.6
2.1
3.1
53.0
0.8
21.5
0.3
1.4
0.9
0.9
2.1
7.8
2012
1
5.4
5
63
147
1,903
26
617
9
67
26
24
94
337
0.1
1.8
4.2
54.3
0.7
17.6
0.3
1.9
0.7
0.7
2.7
9.6

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the date of filing of the Chapter II demand.
Number of Supplementary International Search Request

Number of SIS by ISA
ISA_Name
Year / Quarter
Total
Austria
Finland
Russian Federation
Sweden
2009
24
2010
41
3
22
2
1
35
2
2011
2012
- to date
41
21
1
1
7
12
1
2
31
5
2
2009
1
6
2009
2
3
2009
3
10
8
2
2009
4
5
2010
1
10
9
1
2010
2
13
1
11
1
2010
3
8
2010
4
10
2011
1
9
2011
2
7
7
1
2011
3
8
1
2011
4
17
3
6
1
14
2012
1
21
1
12
1
2
5

Figure 8: Timeliness of International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEAs) to transmit

International Preliminary Examination Reports (IPERs) to the International Bureau
IPEA: Australia
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
IPER Transmitted to IB (%)
2012
IPEA: Austria
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
0
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
IPEA: Brazil
IPEA: Canada
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2010
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
IPEA: China
IPEA: European Patent Office
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2011
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Delay is calculated as the time difference between the priority date and the date on which the International Bureau
received a copy of the IPER from IPEA.


IPEA: Finland
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2012
IPEA: Japan
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
0
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
IPEA: Nordic Patent Institute
IPEA: Republic of Korea
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2010
10
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)
IPEA: Russian Federation
IPEA: Spain
2012
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2011
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)



IPEA: Sweden
2011
2010
2012
100
100
90
90
80
80
2012
IPEA: United States of America
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2011
2010
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Delay (Months)
Delay (Months)

Timeliness of International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEAs) to transmit International

Preliminary Examination Reports (IPERs) to the International Bureau
IPEA: Australia
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
IPEA: Austria
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
IPEA: Brazil
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
2007
1,016
569
63
210
132
13
4
2009
725
377
50
136
127
16
4
2
13
2010
851
427
61
203
131
12
4
25
2008
826
510
40
168
80
13
3
2
10
2012
to date
220
104
11
14
85
4
1
1
13
2011
702
358
58
156
114
8
2
1
5
2007
131
14
10
4
20
22
10
5
46
2008
100
10
6
12
10
14
10
10
28
2009
113
6
5
19
18
17
11
6
31
2010
61
9
1
8
8
6
8
5
16
2011
27
2
1
3
5
3
1
2
10
2012
to date
5
2007
-
2008
-
2009
-
2010
-
2011
15
5
2012
to date
11
5
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2009
1
192
94
13
41
33
6
2009
3
188
102
15
33
31
4
2
2009
2
187
106
13
27
32
3
1
1
4
2009
4
158
75
9
35
31
3
1
1
3
2010
1
209
92
14
45
48
7
1
2009
1
33
2
1
5
3
10
1
1
10
2009
2
37
1
3
6
7
2
4
1
13
2009
3
28
3
1
6
2
3
4
1
8
2009
4
15
2010
1
15
4
2
6
2
2
3
2009
1
2009
2
2009
3
2009
4
2010
2
222
121
12
43
42
2
2
2010
3
226
119
19
61
22
2
1
2010
4
194
95
16
54
19
1
2011
1
183
91
17
47
22
2
2
2011
2
153
74
14
41
23
2010
2
16
2
2010
3
6
2
2010
4
24
1
1
2011
1
10
1
1
2011
2
6
2011
3
4
3
1
3
3
1
4
1
1
2010
1
2010
2
2011
3
198
102
19
47
25
5
2011
4
168
91
8
21
44
1
1
2
2011
4
7
1
5
1
1
1
1
5
2010
3
2010
4
2011
1
3
2011
2
3
1
2011
3
4
1
2011
4
5
3
1
1
2012
1
5
1
1
1
5
2
2
5
8
2012
1
220
104
11
14
85
4
1
1
2012
1
11
5
2
1
1
1
2
1



IPEA: Canada
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
2009
427
56
48
158
125
30
2
1
7
2010
258
33
38
107
59
8
2
2
9
2011
184
28
31
77
41
3
1
1
2
2012
to date
34
5
10
11
5
1
1
1
2010
394
50
84
196
53
5
1
2009
425
33
22
88
260
12
3
2
5
2011
340
58
85
173
7
1
1
2
13
2012
to date
106
17
11
55
12
1
2
6
2
IPEA: European Patent Office

2007
2008
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
11,245 10,855
26 Months
3,603
2,903
27 Months
1,841
1,867
28 Months
3,492
3,750
29 Months
1,189
968
30 Months
448
338
31 Months
195
158
32 Months
120
80
> 32 Months
357
791
2009
9,586
2,763
1,905
3,190
804
280
142
62
440
2010
8,266
2,585
1,687
2,737
680
231
106
51
189
2011
7,176
2,092
1,447
2,431
669
240
130
54
113
2009
132
27
16
76
13
2010
139
40
28
57
11
1
2
IPEA: China
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
IPEA: Finland
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
> 32 Months
IPEA: Japan
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
2007
462
34
39
146
224
11
3
2
3
2008
419
36
48
150
162
15
5
2007
363
70
16
44
189
39
2
2008
396
53
25
68
219
22
5
2007
138
23
29
76
8
1
2008
184
12
21
121
28
1
2007
2,720
1,421
289
483
441
52
7
2
25
2008
2,376
1,305
202
448
355
43
9
2009
2,175
1,246
187
398
308
25
7
2010
1,905
1,188
152
302
248
11
2
14
2009
2
125
17
10
48
33
8
2
1
6
2009
3
91
14
16
30
29
2
2009
1
138
10
9
27
82
5
3
1
1
2009
2
108
9
3
23
67
2
2009
3
99
10
9
22
57
1
3
2012
to date
1,817
432
314
557
306
113
47
19
29
2009
1
2,822
704
516
964
252
100
30
20
236
2009
2
2,352
709
463
740
205
62
45
13
115
2009
3
2,262
687
481
741
191
68
31
14
49
2009
4
2,150
663
445
745
156
50
36
15
40
2010
1
2,136
636
430
758
192
53
21
13
33
2010
2
2,134
699
431
678
193
59
27
14
33
2011
122
22
22
49
26
2
1
2012
to date
32
4
6
13
9
2009
1
27
3
1
22
1
2009
2
32
8
3
19
2
2009
3
41
6
9
22
4
2009
4
32
10
3
13
6
2010
1
44
17
10
15
2
2011
2,204
1,464
150
343
224
14
3
2
4
2012
to date
662
462
39
100
58
1
1
2009
1
491
282
34
86
82
5
2
2009
2
565
330
68
93
57
11
3
2009
3
479
268
37
89
80
4
1
2009
4
640
366
48
130
89
5
1
2010
1
470
286
51
65
65
2
1
2009
1
117
12
12
41
36
16
2009
4
94
13
10
39
27
4
2010
1
73
7
9
36
15
3
1
2009
4
80
4
1
16
54
5
2010
1
148
23
28
47
47
1
1
2010
2
52
6
7
21
14
1
1
2
2010
2
67
5
24
37
1
2010
3
56
7
9
25
11
2
1
1
2011
1
75
10
12
37
14
1
2010
3
79
10
13
53
2
1
2011
2
66
11
9
25
18
1
1
2011
3
42
6
10
15
9
1
2011
2
72
15
13
40
3
2011
3
84
24
30
29
2011
4
1
1
2012
1
34
5
10
11
5
1
1
1
2011
4
85
9
15
48
1
1
11
2012
1
106
17
11
55
12
1
2
6
2
1
5
2010
4
100
12
19
59
3
3
2011
1
99
10
27
56
4
1
1
2010
3
2,062
669
454
661
130
66
27
15
40
2010
4
1,934
581
372
640
165
53
31
9
83
2011
1
2,016
549
430
733
160
55
39
19
31
2011
2
1,821
617
380
576
129
44
31
12
32
2011
3
1,935
561
400
642
195
71
28
15
23
2011
4
1,404
365
237
480
185
70
32
8
27
2012
1
1,817
432
314
557
306
113
47
19
29
2010
2
39
11
6
19
3
2010
3
26
2
7
15
2
2010
4
30
10
5
8
4
1
2
2011
1
27
6
5
8
8
2011
2
24
2
3
13
6
2011
3
39
4
8
19
6
1
1
2011
4
32
10
6
9
6
1
2012
1
32
4
6
13
9
2010
2
555
344
42
94
74
1
2010
3
442
271
31
79
56
4
1
2010
4
438
287
28
64
53
4
2011
1
568
394
34
77
60
2
1
2011
2
530
345
50
80
49
3
1
2011
3
529
336
34
101
53
4
1
2011
4
577
389
32
85
62
5
2012
1
662
462
39
100
58
1
1
2010
4
77
13
13
25
19
2
2
2



IPEA: Nordic Patent Institute
Year / Quarter /
2007
2008
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
> 32 Months
IPEA: Republic of Korea
Year / Quarter /
2007
Delay
Total
598
26 Months
80
27 Months
36
28 Months
401
29 Months
66
30 Months
8
31 Months
1
32 Months
2
> 32 Months
4
IPEA: Russian Federation
Year / Quarter /
2007
Delay
Total
105
26 Months
26
27 Months
5
28 Months
19
29 Months
49
30 Months
6
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
IPEA: Spain
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
2007
126
58
13
29
14
2009
11
2
3
5
1
2010
34
14
4
9
5
1
1
2008
476
81
33
309
37
8
4
2
2
2009
368
50
31
203
60
6
7
2
9
2010
308
18
13
120
114
20
21
2008
90
13
11
22
31
10
2009
109
12
15
32
43
6
2010
62
8
3
22
27
2008
117
49
22
25
11
1
2009
135
45
20
35
21
9
2
2010
109
42
23
32
11
1
2012
to date
10
1
4
4
2009
1
2011
248
27
8
71
95
18
12
5
12
2012
to date
38
2
1
11
11
4
5
3
1
2009
1
107
20
14
55
9
1
2011
67
11
4
24
25
2
2012
to date
18
4
4
3
7
2009
1
33
4
7
4
16
2
2009
2
1
1
2009
3
7
3
3
1
2009
4
3
1
2010
1
7
3
2
1
2010
2
11
6
3
1
2010
3
6
3
1
2
2010
4
10
2
4
4
2011
1
11
1
3
6
1
9
2007
714
280
94
234
70
15
4
1
16
2008
724
274
104
253
66
12
4
1
10
2009
523
213
95
178
28
2
1
1
5
2010
409
193
81
120
12
2
IPEA: United States of America

Year / Quarter /
2007
2008
Delay
Total
5,194
2,182
26 Months
506
182
27 Months
152
65
28 Months
183
77
29 Months
187
88
30 Months
156
72
31 Months
184
91
32 Months
167
81
> 32 Months
3,659
1,526
2009
2,150
148
63
95
84
88
83
91
1,498
2011
2
8
2
5
1
1
2011
3
11
2
4
3
1
1
2009
2
87
12
7
52
13
2
1
2009
2
25
2
3
8
8
3
2009
3
85
6
6
45
22
1
2
2
1
2009
4
89
12
4
51
16
2
4
2009
3
26
4
2
12
8
2009
4
25
2
3
8
11
1
2010
1
102
6
10
45
35
3
3
2012
1
10
1
4
4
1
2010
2
80
6
2
27
34
5
5
2010
3
74
4
1
29
22
6
12
19
23
6
1
2011
1
66
10
2
15
26
9
2
4
6
2010
4
22
1
1
6
13
2011
1
16
4
1
3
7
1
2010
3
24
6
9
8
2010
4
19
4
7
4
4
2010
1
15
2
1
7
5
2011
4
10
2
3
4
2010
2
11
2
1
5
3
2010
3
14
3
2010
4
52
2
11
IPEA: Sweden
Year / Quarter /
Delay
Total
26 Months
27 Months
28 Months
29 Months
30 Months
31 Months
32 Months
> 32 Months
2011
40
5
12
18
1
2
1
1
2011
2
64
9
1
17
28
2
2
2
3
2011
3
56
4
1
23
16
4
3
2011
2
19
4
2
10
2
2011
3
12
1
5
5
1
2011
4
62
4
4
16
25
3
5
3
2
2012
1
38
2
1
11
11
4
5
3
1
2011
4
20
2
1
6
11
2012
1
18
4
4
3
7
2011
4
29
15
6
6
1
2012
1
30
10
14
5
1
1
1
2011
148
60
25
34
16
6
3
1
3
2012
to date
30
10
14
5
1
2011
357
172
62
106
11
2012
to date
97
45
14
28
8
2009
1
21
11
2
6
2
2009
2
49
18
6
6
8
7
1
2009
3
25
7
4
7
7
2009
4
40
9
8
16
4
2
1
2010
1
41
21
3
13
4
2010
2
25
11
4
7
3
2009
1
157
60
22
58
14
1
2009
2
140
59
20
50
6
1
5
1
1
3
2010
2,879
228
80
82
81
75
105
71
2,157
2011
3,464
409
123
151
103
100
92
65
2,421
2012
to date
778
80
34
42
27
30
15
17
533
2009
1
728
62
32
39
41
34
29
30
461
2009
2
543
16
13
20
15
20
22
32
405
2009
3
115
43
30
41
1
2009
4
111
51
23
29
7
1
2010
1
101
52
21
24
4
2010
2
129
54
26
45
3
1
2010
3
87
30
16
40
1
2010
4
92
57
18
11
4
1
2011
1
47
18
6
11
6
3
2
2011
2
32
13
7
5
4
1
2011
3
40
14
6
12
5
2
1
1
2011
1
96
47
22
26
1
2011
2
65
33
13
16
2
2011
3
68
33
7
25
1
2011
4
128
59
20
39
7
2012
1
97
45
14
28
8
2011
3
652
84
27
26
14
14
8
8
471
2011
4
1,039
128
52
49
37
38
40
27
668
2012
1
778
80
34
42
27
30
15
17
533
1
1
2009
3
368
23
10
19
16
27
12
20
241
2009
4
511
47
8
17
12
7
20
9
391
2010
1
754
44
10
22
18
16
26
19
599
2010
2
723
68
16
18
14
23
21
9
554
2010
3
725
67
32
30
26
21
27
29
493
2010
4
677
49
22
12
23
15
31
14
511
2011
1
811
97
22
49
30
21
18
17
557
2011
2
962
100
22
27
22
27
26
13
725

Figure 9: Publication and Republication of PCT applications by the International Bureau

Publication
Republication
Number of Publications
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Publication with ISR
2010
2011
2012
Publication without ISR
Number of First Publications
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
2005
2006
2007
R1
2008
R2
R3
2009
R4
R5
2010
R6
2011
R7
R8
2012
R9
Number of Republications
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Publication (republication) counts are based on the date of publication (republication) of the PCT application by the
International Bureau. ISR (International Search Report).

Number of Applications Published and Republished by the International Bureau (IB)

Number of PCT Applications Published by the International Bureau
Publication code / Year / Quarter
Total
A1: Published with International Search Report
A2: Published without International Search Report
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
150,073 161,029 155,515 151,898 163,670
94,718 110,504 114,974 115,319 125,872
55,355 50,525 40,541 36,579 37,798
2012
to date
40,747
31,232
9,515
2009
1
36,334
26,333
10,001
2009
2
40,127
30,140
9,987
2009
3
38,075
28,076
9,999
2009
4
40,979
30,425
10,554
2010
1
34,033
25,025
9,008
2010
2
37,866
28,738
9,128
2010
3
39,812
30,462
9,350
2010
4
40,187
31,094
9,093
2011
1
38,424
29,210
9,214
2011
2
40,900
32,035
8,865
2011
3
40,730
31,116
9,614
2011
4
43,616
33,511
10,105
2012
1
40,747
31,232
9,515
2009
1
11,821
530
2
165
10,150
553
388
2009
2
22,030
435
2009
3
11,427
364
2009
4
12,804
446
2010
1
11,862
350
2010
2
10,540
364
2010
3
11,464
389
2010
4
9,455
310
2011
1
10,947
321
2011
2
10,371
387
2011
3
8,929
361
2011
4
11,579
317
2012
1
10,526
375
134
20,321
686
389
113
9,358
1,198
345
119
10,855
883
416
91
10,177
760
370
92
8,973
702
360
99
9,819
763
340
79
7,896
698
425
86
9,470
691
329
74
8,806
690
365
83
7,526
581
319
75
10,204
628
303
67
9,101
551
364
63
2
48
1
85
113
1
49
51
3
41
6
50
48
1
56
3
51
1
66
2
Number of PCT Applications Republished by the International Bureau

Publication code / Year / Quarter
Total
R1 - Late Publication of Article 19 Amendment
R2 - Supplementary ISR
R3 - Revised ISR
R4 - Late Publication of ISR
R5 - Correction of an Entry in Section I
R6 - Corrected Pamphlet
R7 - Corrected Version of a Pamphlet Front Page
R8 - Later Publication Of A Declaration Under Article 17(2)(A)
R9 - Revised Version of ISR Translation
2007
59,539
1,767
5
496
52,677
2,074
1,947
415
145
13
2008
69,067
2,591
24
640
60,560
2,723
2,249
5
271
4
2009
58,082
1,775
2
531
50,684
3,320
1,538
2010
43,321
1,413
2011
41,826
1,386
2012
to date
10,526
375
361
36,865
2,923
1,495
318
36,006
2,590
1,316
67
9,101
551
364
229
3
254
10
205
5
66
2
33

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Publication (republication) counts are based on the date of publication (republication) of the PCT application by the International Bureau. ISR (International Search Report).

Figure 10: Timeliness of the International Bureau to

Publish and Republish PCT Applications
8-14 days
> 28 days
15-21 days
Within 2 months
4-5 months
100
100
80
80
Distribution of Timelag (%)
Distribution of Timelag (%)
Within 7 days
22-28 days
60
40
20
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
3-4 months
60
40
20
1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234
2-3 months
>5 months
2012
1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Publication delay is calculated as the time difference between the theoretical publication date (18 months from the priority
date) and the actual publication date. Republication delay is calculated as the time difference between the date of the receipt of ISR at the IB and the date of republication
by the International Bureau. ISR (International Search Report).
Timeliness of the International Bureau to Publish PCT Applications

Number of PCT applications published by the IB, by delay
2007
2008
2009
2010
Year / Quarter / Delay
Total
150,073 161,029 155,515 151,898
Within 7 days
64,680
88,215 102,468 112,768
Between 8 - 14 days
71,903
59,579
43,606
33,428
Between 15 - 21 days
5,944
3,698
2,825
1,576
1,680
1,839
1,604
1,540
More than 28 days
5,866
7,698
5,012
2,586
2011
163,670
122,832
36,439
1,241
1,516
1,642
2012
to date
40,747
33,619
6,115
249
314
450
2009
1
36,334
23,072
11,614
229
221
1,198
2009
2
40,127
24,719
13,489
437
391
1,091
2009
3
38,075
21,026
13,728
1,791
321
1,209
2009
4
40,979
33,651
4,775
368
671
1,514
2010
1
34,033
28,297
4,527
181
336
692
2010
2
37,866
23,085
13,101
436
203
1,041
2010
3
39,812
26,294
11,302
711
933
572
2010
4
40,187
35,092
4,498
248
68
281
2011
1
38,424
32,160
5,377
398
255
234
2011
2
40,900
24,946
15,120
517
59
258
2011
3
40,730
28,557
10,055
153
1,147
818
2011
4
43,616
37,169
5,887
173
55
332
2012
1
40,747
33,619
6,115
249
314
450
Distribution of the PCT applications published by the IB, by delay (%)

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Within 7 days
43.10
54.78
65.89
74.24
75.05
Between 8 - 14 days
47.91
37.00
28.04
22.01
22.26
3.96
2.30
1.82
1.04
0.76
1.12
1.14
1.03
1.01
0.93
More than 28 days
3.91
4.78
3.22
1.70
1.00
2012
to date
82.51
15.01
0.61
0.77
1.10
2009
1
63.50
31.96
0.63
0.61
3.30
2009
2
61.60
33.62
1.09
0.97
2.72
2009
3
55.22
36.06
4.70
0.84
3.18
2009
4
82.12
11.65
0.90
1.64
3.69
2010
1
83.15
13.30
0.53
0.99
2.03
2010
2
60.97
34.60
1.15
0.54
2.75
2010
3
66.05
28.39
1.79
2.34
1.44
2010
4
87.32
11.19
0.62
0.17
0.70
2011
1
83.70
13.99
1.04
0.66
0.61
2011
2
60.99
36.97
1.26
0.14
0.63
2011
3
70.11
24.69
0.38
2.82
2.01
2011
4
85.22
13.50
0.40
0.13
0.76
2012
1
82.51
15.01
0.61
0.77
1.10

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Delay is calculated as the time difference between the theoretical publication date (18 months from the priority date) and
the actual publication date.
Timeliness of the International Bureau to Republish PCT Applications with International Search
Report (ISR)
Number of PCT applications republished by the IB with ISR, by delay
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Total
52,677
60,559
50,684
36,865
36,006
Within 2 months
23,849
32,896
36,036
28,139
26,547
Between 2 - 3 months
19,090
22,331
11,430
7,311
7,981
5,922
3,884
453
904
1,245
2,048
589
100
429
177
More than 5 months
1,768
859
2,665
82
56
2012
to date
9,101
6,729
2,210
150
6
6
2009
1
10,150
6,545
3,160
139
33
273
2009
2
20,321
12,958
4,962
219
24
2,158
2009
3
9,358
7,639
1,485
41
24
169
2009
4
10,855
8,894
1,823
54
19
65
2010
1
10,177
7,321
1,826
613
402
15
2010
2
8,973
6,403
2,367
161
10
32
2010
3
9,819
7,759
1,933
94
9
24
2010
4
7,896
6,656
1,185
36
8
11
2011
1
9,470
7,484
1,884
63
9
30
2011
2
8,806
7,566
1,177
40
12
11
2011
3
7,526
5,508
1,768
207
40
3
2011
4
10,204
5,989
3,152
935
116
12
2012
1
9,101
6,729
2,210
150
6
6
Distribution of IB republication with ISR, by delay (%)

2007
2008
2009
Within 2 months
45.3
54.3
71.1
36.2
36.9
22.6
11.2
6.4
0.9
3.9
1.0
0.2
More than 5 months
3.4
1.4
5.3
2012
to date
73.9
24.3
1.6
0.1
0.1
2009
1
64.5
31.1
1.4
0.3
2.7
2009
2
63.8
24.4
1.1
0.1
10.6
2009
3
81.6
15.9
0.4
0.3
1.8
2009
4
81.9
16.8
0.5
0.2
0.6
2010
1
71.9
17.9
6.0
4.0
0.1
2010
2
71.4
26.4
1.8
0.1
0.4
2010
3
79.0
19.7
1.0
0.1
0.2
2010
4
84.3
15.0
0.5
0.1
0.1
2011
1
79.0
19.9
0.7
0.1
0.3
2011
2
85.9
13.4
0.5
0.1
0.1
2011
3
73.2
23.5
2.8
0.5
0.0
2011
4
58.7
30.9
9.2
1.1
0.1
2012
1
73.9
24.3
1.6
0.1
0.1
2010
76.3
19.8
2.5
1.2
0.2
2011
73.7
22.2
3.5
0.5
0.2

Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Delay is calculated as the time difference between the date of receipt of ISR at the IB and the date of republication by the
IB.

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Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Demand for IPE

International Search Report

and written opinion of the ISA

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Figure 1: Trends in PCT Filings

Growth rate (%)

Number of PCT Filings

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Annualized Growth Rate of PCT Filings (based on trend line)

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Distribution of PCT Filings by Medium of Filing (%)

Figure 2: Trends in PCT Filings by Medium of Filing

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Number of PCT Filings by Medium of Filing

Share of PCT filings by Medium of Filing (%)

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Figure 3: Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to transmit copies of PCT

Copies of PCT Applications Transmitted to IB (%)

Copies of PCT Applications Transmitted to IB (%)

RO: European Patent Office

Copies of PCT Applications Transmitted to IB (%)

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Figure 3: Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to transmit copies of PCT

Copies of PCT Applications Transmitted to IB (%)

Copies of PCT Applications Transmitted to IB (%)

Copies of PCT Applications Transmitted to IB (%)

RO: United States of America

RO: United Kingdom

RO: Republic of Korea

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Figure 4: International Searching Authorities (ISA) Selected by PCT Applicants

United States of America

ISA Selected by Applicants

European Patent Office

United States of America

Share of ISA (%)

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

International Search Authorities (ISAs) Selected by PCT Applicants, by Country of Origin

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012

International Search Authorities (ISAs) Selected by PCT Applicants, by Country of Origin

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

International Search Authorities (ISAs) Selected by PCT Applicants, by Country of Origin

ISA: Republic of Korea

ISA: Russian Federation

ISA: United States of America

Source: WIPO Statistics Database, July 2012

United States of America

ISR Established by ISA

European Patent Office

United States of America