EPO Patent Index 2023

EPO Patent Index 2023

The European Patent Office-EPO has published the EPO Patent Index 2023, i.e. the statistical analysis of patent activities at the office referring to 2023. In 2023, the EPO received 199,275 patent applications, an absolute record to date, which is 2.9% more than in...
EPO’s Patent index 2022

EPO’s Patent index 2022

EPO has just published the annual report on European patent applications and granted patents filed in 2022. The number of patent applications filed in 2022 has grown by 2,5% respect 2021, achieving the new maximum of 193.460 filings. The United States, Germany, Japan,...
WIPO – 2022 Statistics report

WIPO – 2022 Statistics report

Despite the economic uncertainty at the global level, the number of international patent application PCT has slightly increased with respect to 2021, by 0,3%, reaching 278.100 filings. China, the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Germany are the more...
The Future of Industrial Strategies

The Future of Industrial Strategies

The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge’s Industrial Innovation Policy Group, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization-UNIDO, has identified five grand challenges for companies and governments to work on to address...