سنة الأرقام القياسية في إيداعات البراءات الدولية مع نموّ ملحوظ في الإيداعات من شمال شرقي آسياة

PCT International Applications

Top 15 Countries of Origin

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006 estimate

2006 percent

2006 growth

United States of America

41,296

41,028

43,350

46,697

49,555

34.1%

6.1%

Japan

14,063

17,414

20,263

24,841

26,906

18.5%

8.3%

Germany

14,326

14,662

15,218

16,000

16,929

11.7%

5.8%

Republic of Korea

2,520

2,949

3,558

4,688

5,935

4.1%

26.6%

France

5,089

5,171

5,185

5,741

5,902

4.1%

2.8%

United Kingdom

5,376

5,206

5,026

5,085

5,045

3.5%

-0.8%

Netherlands

3,977

4,479

4,285

4,516

4,393

3.0%

-2.7%

China

1,018

1,295

1,706

2,493

3,910

2.7%

56.8%

Switzerland

2,755

2,861

2,899

3,277

3,403

2.3%

3.8%

Sweden

2,990

2,612

2,850

2,873

3,123

2.1%

8.7%

Italy

1,982

2,163

2,189

2,345

2,723

1.9%

16.1%

Canada

2,260

2,270

2,105

2,320

2,532

1.7%

9.1%

Australia

1,759

1,680

1,837

1,998

2,139

1.5%

7.0%

Finland

1,762

1,557

1,672

1,890

1,915

1.3%

1.3%

Israel

1,174

1,130

1,227

1,458

1,725

1.2%

18.3%

All Others

8,045

8,722

9,254

10,278

9,165

6.3%

-10.8%

Total

110,392

115,199

122,624

136,500

145,300

100.0%

6.4%

Technical Field

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Increase Compared with 2005

I

Electricity - Electronics

1

Electrical devices, electrical engineering, electrical energy

6,973

7,365

7,568

8,768

9,806

12%

2

Audio-visual technology

5,391

6,057

6,074

6,713

7,313

9%

3

Telecommunications

11,166

10,821

10,441

11,670

13,465

15%

4

Information technology

11,095

9,917

9,531

10,992

13,375

22%

II

Instruments

5

Semiconductors

3,612

4,051

4,109

4,719

6,021

28%

6

Optics

2,408

2,616

2,563

3,215

3,716

16%

7

Analysis, measurement, control technology

10,767

11,447

10,869

11,867

12,715

7%

8

Medical technology

7,360

8,600

8,877

9,554

10,971

15%

9

Nuclear engineering

448

517

496

499

560

12%

III

Chemicals - Materials

10

Organic fine chemistry

4,537

5,225

5,652

6,112

6,194

1%

11

Macromolecular chemistry, polymers

3,894

3,984

4,002

4,532

5,384

19%

12

Chemical engineering

3,646

3,879

3,702

4,266

4,723

11%

13

Surface technology, coating

2,912

3,293

3,326

3,642

4,288

18%

14

Materials, metallurgy

2,909

3,037

3,031

3,252

3,753

15%

IV

Pharmaceuticals - Biotechnology

15

Biotechnology

9,001

8,604

7,609

7,312

6,952

-5%

16

Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics

9,654

9,976

9,436

11,090

13,376

21%

17

Agriculture and food

1,522

1,660

1,840

1,949

2,284

17%

V

Process engineering

18

Industrial processes

4,767

5,365

4,909

4,911

5,533

13%

19

Handling, printing

3,947

4,540

4,555

5,401

6,108

13%

20

Agricultural and food processing, machinery and apparatus

1,133

1,274

1,334

1,521

1,475

-3%

21

Materials processing, textiles, paper

4,159

4,780

4,285

4,763

5,390

13%

22

Environmental technology

1,230

1,314

1,249

1,380

1,533

11%

VI

Machinery - Mechanics - Transport

23

Machine tools

2,369

2,485

2,323

2,773

2,959

7%

24

Engines, pumps, turbines

2,583

2,820

2,975

3,205

3,661

14%

25

Thermal processes and apparatus

1,390

1,580

1,542

1,825

2,027

11%

26

Mechanical Components

3,229

3,567

3,720

4,108

4,649

13%

27

Transport

3,944

4,597

4,883

5,542

6,004

8%

28

Space technology and weapons

448

494

436

536

495

-8%

VII

Consumer goods - Civil engineering

29

Consumer goods and equipment

4,952

5,757

6,040

7,228

8,151

13%

30

Civil engineering, building, mining

3,132

3,461

3,847

3,908

4,352

11%

2006
Ranking

Position Changed

Applicant's Name

Country of Origin

PCT application published in 2006

Increased over 2005

1

0

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

NL

2,495

3

2

0

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

JP

2,344

324

3

0

SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

DE

1,480

81

4

0

NOKIA CORPORATION

FI

1,036

137

5

0

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

DE

962

118

6

2

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

US

727

122

7

0

BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

DE

714

58

8

11

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

JP

704

305

9

-3

INTEL CORPORATION

US

690

-6

10

-1

MOTOROLA, INC.

US

637

57

11

6

MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

JP

616

178

12

9

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

US

608

229

13

24

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

CN

575

326

14

-1

TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)

SE

572

61

15

9

FUJITSU LIMITED

JP

571

213

16

12

LG ELECTRONICS INC.

KR

567

238

17

1

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

US

523

100

18

5

HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

US

509

150

19

-7

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.

US

508

-11

20

-6

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

KR

505

22

21

15

SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

JP

496

227

22

17

PIONEER CORPORATION

JP

494

254

23

-8

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

US

492

31

24

-14

DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG

DE

451

-123

25

87

FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.

JP

445

339

26

0

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

US

416

71

27

-16

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

US

394

-137

28

-3

NEC CORPORATION

JP

373

20

29

-7

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

US

365

-9

30

59

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

US

327

196

31

-15

SONY CORPORATION

JP

320

-129

32

29

FRANCE TELECOM

FR

303

135

33

-13

THOMSON LICENSING

FR

303

-87

34

-5

PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GMBH

DE

286

-33

35

-8

KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.

US

283

-53

36

7

BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH

DE

282

67

37

-7

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

US

279

-39

38

-3

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

JP

266

-3

39

61

LG CHEM, LTD.

KR

262

142

40

1

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

JP

261

37

41

-3

MEDTRONIC, INC.

US

260

13

42

46

FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

US

254

121

43

13

MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

JP

248

74

44

20

FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

DE

247

83

45

-1

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

US

243

31

46

9

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

US

242

67

47

-5

ASTRAZENECA AB

SE

240

24

48

17

KANEKA CORPORATION

JP

238

78

49

-1

DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.

JP

233

39

50

-10

NOVARTIS AG

CH

227

0

Code

Country of Origin

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006 estimate

AD

Andorra

3

4

2

3

3

AE

United Arab Emirates

6

6

17

24

12

AM

Armenia

5

2

2

3

7

AN

Netherlands Antilles

1

2

2

11

AR

Argentina

9

15

11

21

15

AT

Austria

552

644

709

851

815

AU

Australia

1,759

1,680

1,837

1,998

2,139

AZ

Azerbaijan

1

6

5

3

9

BA

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5

7

3

7

8

BB

Barbados

123

192

243

205

40

BE

Belgium

696

776

831

1,073

897

BG

Bulgaria

31

45

24

21

21

BM

Bermuda

1

3

10

4

5

BN

Brunei Darussalam

1

7

1

BR

Brazil

201

219

278

280

265

BS

Bahamas

17

15

21

29

16

BY

Belarus

11

16

26

22

13

BZ

Belize

2

3

9

5

2

CA

Canada

2,260

2,270

2,105

2,320

2,532

CH

Switzerland

2,755

2,861

2,899

3,276

3,403

CL

Chile

6

9

6

9

8

CN

China

1,018

1,295

1,706

2,493

3,910

CO

Colombia

36

24

22

23

23

CR

Costa Rica

4

6

6

4

4

CU

Cuba

11

20

18

11

16

CY

Cyprus

23

28

43

30

44

CZ

Czech Republic

73

83

95

117

86

DE

Germany

14,326

14,662

15,218

16,002

16,929

DK

Denmark

979

1,036

1,049

1,122

999

DZ

Algeria

3

5

6

4

3

EC

Ecuador

2

5

9

1

9

EE

Estonia

11

8

12

13

15

EG

Egypt

1

22

53

51

41

ES

Spain

719

785

823

1,125

980

FI

Finland

1,762

1,557

1,672

1,890

1,915

FR

France

5,089

5,171

5,185

5,741

5,902

GB

United Kingdom

5,376

5,206

5,026

5,085

5,045

GE

Georgia

9

3

3

4

10

GR

Greece

75

67

79

55

83

HR

Croatia

69

72

76

71

61

HU

Hungary

185

114

136

161

111

ID

Indonesia

16

2

6

8

6

IE

Ireland

308

311

322

336

371

IL

Israel

1,174

1,130

1,227

1,458

1,725

IN

India

525

764

724

679

627

IS

Iceland

39

58

46

44

40

IT

Italy

1,982

2,163

2,189

2,345

2,723

JO

Jordan

2

2

6

JP

Japan

14,063

17,414

20,263

24,841

26,906

KE

Kenya

1

2

7

6

4

KP

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

3

3

3

4

KR

Republic of Korea

2,520

2,949

3,558

4,688

5,935

KY

Cayman Islands

2

9

5

9

KZ

Kazakhstan

16

7

7

7

13

LI

Liechtenstein

52

55

47

70

75

LT

Lithuania

10

4

9

7

9

LU

Luxembourg

143

117

125

117

105

LV

Latvia

10

12

12

16

11

MC

Monaco

13

17

16

13

9

MD

Republic of Moldova

1

2

3

5

5

MO

Morocco

10

7

7

9

7

MT

Malta

6

3

3

8

12

MU

Mauritius

5

5

12

3

3

MX

Mexico

132

131

118

141

150

MY

Malaysia

18

31

45

38

54

NL

Netherlands

3,977

4,479

4,285

4,516

4,393

NO

Norway

549

533

476

584

521

NZ

New Zealand

300

300

338

350

316

PA

Panama

7

16

14

16

15

PH

Philippines

20

21

11

26

15

PL

Poland

116

154

107

96

88

PT

Portugal

34

36

49

55

61

RO

Romania

25

16

18

15

18

RU

Russian Federation

539

586

518

655

483

SA

Saudi Arabia

10

28

31

39

45

SC

Seychelles

3

11

2

11

SD

Sudan

1

2

4

6

2

SE

Sweden

2,990

2,612

2,850

2,873

3,123

SG

Singapore

330

282

430

442

402

SI

Slovenia

44

65

62

86

69

SK

Slovakia

26

26

26

32

26

SM

San Marino

4

3

3

4

SY

Syrian Arab Republic

5

4

8

TH

Thailand

9

7

12

9

12

TN

Tunisia

6

5

5

9

3

TR

Turkey

85

111

115

174

186

UK

Ukraine

75

58

89

59

65

US

United States of America

41,296

41,028

43,350

46,697

49,555

UY

Uruguay

9

11

5

5

2

VG

Virgin Islands, British

2

2

11

18

10

VN

Viet Nam

2

7

2

9

YU

Serbia and Montenegro

30

34

29

36

25

ZA

South Africa

384

357

411

360

349

**

Unknown and others

260

286

325

320

269

Total

110,392

115,199

122,624

136,500

145,300

PCT Member States (136 Members on 31 December 2006)

Albania (AL)

Libya (LY)

Algeria (DZ)

Liechtenstein (LI)

Antigua and Barbuda (AG)

Lithuania (LT)

Armenia (AM)

Luxembourg (LU)

Australia (AU)

Madagascar (MG)

Austria (AT)

Malawi (MW)

Azerbaijan (AZ)

Malaysia (MY)

Bahrain (BH)

Mali (ML)

Barbados (BB)

Malta (MT)

Belarus (BY)

Mauritania (MR)

Belgium (BE)

Mexico (MX)

Belize BZ)

Monaco (MC)

Benin (BJ)

Mongolia (MN)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)

Montenegro (ME)

Botswana (BW)

Morocco (MA)

Brazil (BR)

Mozambique (MZ)

Bulgaria (BG)

Namibia (NA)

Burkina Faso (BF)

Netherlands (NL)

Côte d’Ivoire (CI)

New Zealand (NZ)

Cameroon (CM)

Nicaragua (NI)

Canada (CA)

Niger (NE)

Central African Republic (CF)

Nigeria (NG)

Chad (TD)

Norway (NO)

China (CN)

Oman (OM)

Colombia (CO)

Papua New Guinea (PG)

Comoros (KM)

Philippines (PH)

Congo (CG)

Poland (PL)

Costa Rica (CR)

Portugal (PT)

Croatia (HR)

Republic of Korea (KR)

Cuba (CU)

Moldova (MD)

Cyprus (CY)

Romania (RO)

Czech Republic (CZ)

Russian Federation (RU)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (KP)

Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN)

Denmark (DK)

Saint Lucia (LC)

Dominica (DM)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC)

Ecuador (EC)

San Marino (SM)

Egypt (EG)

Senegal (SN)

El Salvador (SV)

Republic of Serbia (RS)

Equatorial Guinea (GQ)

Seychelles (SC)

Estonia (EE)

Sierre Leone (SL)

Finland (FI)

Singapore (SG)

France (FR)

Slovakia (SK)

Gabon (GA)

Slovenia (SI)

Gambia (GM)

South Africa (ZA)

Georgia (GE)

Spain (ES)

Germany (DE)

Sri Lanka (LK)

Ghana (GH)

Sudan (SD)

Greece (GR)

Swaziland (SZ)

Grenada (GD)

Sweden (SE)

Guatemala (GT)

Switzerland (CH)

Guinea (GN)

Syrian Arab Republic (SY)

Guinea-Bissau (GW)

Tajikistan (TJ)

Honduras (HN)

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK)

Hungary (HU)

Togo (TG)

Iceland (IS)

Trinidad and Tobago (TT)

India (IN)

Tunisia (TN)

Indonesia (ID)

Turkey (TR)

Ireland (IE)

Turkmenistan TM

Israel (IL)

Uganda (UG)

Italy (IT)

Ukraine (UA)

Japan (JP)

United Arab Emirates (AE)

Kazakhstan (KZ)

United Kingdom (GB)

Kenya (KE)

United Republic of Tanzania (TZ)

Kyrgyzstan (KG)

United States of America (US)

Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA)

Uzbekistan (UZ)

Latvia (LV)

Viet Nam (VN)

Lesotho (LS)

Zambia (ZM)

Liberia (LR)

Zimbabwe (ZW)