PCT Statistics 2024
The PCT Yearly Review, 2024 edition
The 2024 edition of the PCT Yearly Review summarizes PCT activities and developments in 2023. It contains a comprehensive set of statistics relating to PCT filings and the performance of the international patent system in 2023 (including filings by top countries of origin, by top applicants and by technological fields, as well as statistics on participation of women inventors in PCT applications), and also contains statistics relating to national phase entries in 2022 (the latest available year). The PCT Yearly Review also features information on the special theme mentioned below, and includes a summary of the advantages of the PCT.
The special theme in this year’s edition of the PCT Yearly Review provides a descriptive analysis of “The technological composition of PCT applications”. The use of the PCT System has expanded considerably over the past two decades, with substantial shifts in the technological composition of PCT applications. These changes have important implications for the patent system, primarily by increasing the demand for patent drafting and examination skills in certain technology fields more than in others. More broadly, the evolving technological composition of PCT filings reflects changes in the direction of innovation. These changes have taken place globally, driven largely by emerging technological opportunities. However, they have also occurred at the level of individual countries, with some economies aligning more closely with global trends than others, depending on their technological specialization.
The PCT Yearly Review is available in English at:
https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4740&plang=EN, and
https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/activity/index.html
An Executive Summary will be available shortly in the following nine languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish.