专利合作条约年度审查-2025

Patent Cooperation TreatyYearly Review 2025The InternationalPatent System This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution4.0 International.The user is allowed to reproduce, distribute, adapt, translateand publicly perform this publication, including for commercialpurposes, without explicit permission, provided that thecontent is accompanied by an acknowledgement that WIPO isthe source and that it is clearly indicated if changes were madeto the original content.Suggested citation: World Intellectual Property Organization(2025).PCT Yearly Review 2025: The International Patent System.Geneva: WIPO. DOI:10.34667/tind.584031Adaptation/translation/derivatives should not carry anyofficial emblem or logo, unless they have been approved andvalidated by WIPO. Please contact us via theWIPO websitetoobtain permission.For any derivative work, please include the following disclaimer:“The Secretariat of WIPO assumes no liability or responsibilitywith regard to the transformation or translation of theoriginal content.”When content published by WIPO, such as images, graphics,trademarks or logos, is attributed to a third party, the user ofsuch content is solely responsible for clearing the rights withthe right holder(s).To view a copy of this license, please visithttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Any dispute arising under this license that cannot be settledamicably shall be referred to arbitration in accordance withArbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission onInternational Trade Law (UNCITRAL) then in force. The partiesshall be bound by any arbitration award rendered as a result ofsuch arbitration as the final adjudication of such a dispute.The designations employed and the presentation of materialthroughout this publication do not imply the expression of anyopinion whatsoever on the part of WIPO concerning the legalstatus of any country, territory or area or its authorities, orconcerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.This publication is not intended to reflect the views of theMember States or the WIPO Secretariat.The mention of specific companies or products ofmanufacturers does not imply that they are endorsed orrecommended by WIPO in preference to others of a similarnature that are not mentioned. © WIPO, 2025First published 2025World Intellectual Property Organization34, chemin des Colombettes, P.O. Box 18CH-1211 Geneva 20, SwitzerlandISBN: 978-92-805-3720-8 (print)ISBN: 978-92-805-3721-5 (online)ISSN: 2790-8933 (print)ISSN: 2790-8941 (online)Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Cover: unsplash / Milad FakurianWIPO Publication No. 901EN/25 ContentsAcknowledgementsFurther informationOnline resourcesContact informationKey numbers for 2024Special theme: Five million and counting, but have PCTapplications reached a plateau or just a pause?A.Statistics on the international phase: PCT applicationsHighlightsGlobal trends in PCT applicationsPCT applications by receiving officePCT applications by originPCT applications by applicant typeTop PCT applicantsPCT applications by technology fieldParticipation of women inventors in PCT applicationsTop geographical clusters of inventors in PCT applicationsStatistical tableB.Statistics on PCT national phase entriesHighlightsGlobal trends in PCT national phase entriesNational phase entries by originNational phase entries by officePatent applications by filing routeTop applicants in foreign-oriented patent familiesStatistical table 55556714142021222527323439414444474851545658 C.Statistics on the performance of the PCT System61Highlights61PCT applications by publication language and filing medium65PCT applications filed using ePCT66Timeliness in processing PCT applications by the International Bureau67Efficiency in processing PCT applications by the International Bureau68Receiving offices70International Searching Authorities73Supplementary International Searching Authorities77International Preliminary Examining Authorities77PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway pilots79Annexes80A brief presentation of the Patent Cooperation Treaty80Data description84Acronyms85Glossary86PCT Contracting States90 ThePCT Yearly Reviewwas produced under the direction of Daren Tang (Director General) inthe IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector led by Marco Alemán (Assistant Director General) andsupervised by Carsten Fink (Chief Economist). TheReviewwas prepared by Kyle Bergquist (DataAnalyst), Carsten Fink, Bruno Le Feuvre (Senior Statistical Analyst) and Hao Zhou (Director ofStatistics), all from the Department for Economics and Data Analytics.Thanks go to colleagues from the Patents and Technology Sector for providing valuable support,comments and suggestions on drafts at various stages.Samiah Do Carmo Figueiredo and Jovana Stojanović provided administrative support. Gratitudeis also due to the Information and Digital Outreach Division for the editing and design and tostaff in the Printing Plant for their services.Finally, WIPO is grateful to national and regional patent