China Makes Record in PCT Applications in 2005

According to the website of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 134,073 PCT applications were filed by different countries and regions in 2005, representing an increase of 9.4 percent over 2004.

The United States of America, Japan, Germany and France were the top four PCT countries of filing most PCT applications. With 2,452 PCT applications in 2005, a growth of 43.7 percent compared with 2004, China surpassed Canada, Italy and Australia and became one of the top ten countries of filing most PCT applications.

Among the top twenty companies of filing most PCT applications, seven were from the United States of America. With 2,492 PCT applications in 2005, the Dutch Philips Electronics N.V. was came out top again, followed by Matsushita (Japan), Siemens (Germany), Nokia (Finland) and Bosch (Germany).

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics from Korea ranked the top two PCT companies filing most PCT applications among their counterparts from developing countries. Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation from China ranked the third and the ninth in the list.