Wednesday, September 10, 2008

2008 World Patent Report Confirms Increasing Internationalization of Innovative Activity.

2008 World Patent Report Confirms Increasing Internationalization of Innovative Activity. Increased patent filings in North East Asian countries (mainly China and the Republic of Korea) and in the US drove growth in worldwide filing of patent applications, which topped 1.76 million in 2006, representing a 4.9% increase over 2005, according to the 2008 edition of the WIPO World Patent Report.

World Patent Report: A Statistical Review (2008)
Full report is available at: http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/patents/wipo_pub_931.html

Source: WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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