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Global Protection Systems and their

Global Protection Systems and their ongoing improvement: update on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). APAA 59 th Council Meeting Workshop. Matthew Bryan Director, PCT Legal Division, WIPO. November 13, 2011 Makati City. 144 PCT States. =PCT. Albania Algeria Angola

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  1. Global Protection Systems and their ongoing improvement: update on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) APAA 59th Council Meeting Workshop Matthew Bryan Director, PCT Legal Division, WIPO November 13, 2011 Makati City

  2. 144 PCT States =PCT Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Finland France, Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea • Malawi • Malaysia • Mali • Malta • Mauritania • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Montenegro • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Netherlands • New Zealand • Nicaragua • Niger • Nigeria • Norway • Oman • Papua New Guinea • Peru • Philippines Guinea-Bissau Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Dem Rep. Latvia Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar • St. Kitts and Nevis • Sweden • Switzerland • Syrian Arab Republic • Tajikistan • Thailand • The former Yugoslav • Republic of Macedonia • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Turkmenistan • Uganda • Ukraine • United Arab Emirates • United Kingdom • United Republic of Tanzania • United States of America • Uzbekistan • Viet Nam • Zambia • Zimbabwe Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Rwanda Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tomé e Principe Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland

  3. PCT Statistics Overall +5.7% in 2010 All-time record of 164,300 applications

  4. International applications received in 2010 by country of origin US: -1.6% JP: +8% DE: +4.5% KR: +20.3% CN: +55.6% IN: +36.6% 2010: the year East Asia overtook North America and Western Europe to become the subregion accounting for most PCT filings

  5. International applications received in 2010 by country of origin(cont.)

  6. 2 million PCT applications 9.58% increase in filings in first half 2011 over equivalent period in 2010, largely due to increasing filings in China, Japan and Republic of Korea

  7. PCT: Recent & future developments • Amendments to the PCT Regulations—1 July 2012 • Work on quality of ISRs/WOs • 3rd Party Observations • ePCT • “Available for licensing” feature • PCT-PPH • PatentScope tools & features • Color drawings • Fraudulent communications

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