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IP NEWS FLASH |
JPO 2010 Annual Report
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The Japan Patent Office’s (JPO) 2010
Annual Report was published in May. The 200-page report
disclosed both
domestic and international trends in applications, registrations, time
for pendency,
number of trials and other data of interest. The following
are some of the highlights.
General Trends for 2009:
The number of patent applications filed in Japan has been steadily
declining since 2006. In 2009,
the number dropped for the 4th
consecutive year totaling 348,596 (down 10% from the previous year)
A similar
downward trend is seen in trademark applications where the number
dropped 7% from 119,185
to 110,841.
The Cause:
JPO cites the recession as a major factor in the decline in numbers.
However, they also mentioned
that there has been a shift in application
strategies that has moved from “high volume” to
“high quality”.
[Applications]
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2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
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Patents
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436,865
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439,175
↑0.5% |
421,044
↓4.1% |
413,092
↓1.8% |
423,081
↑2.4% |
427,078
↑0.9% |
408,674
↓4.3% |
396,291
↓3.0% |
391,002
↓1.3% |
348,596
↓10.8% |
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New Utility Model
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9,550
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8,778
↓8.0% |
8,587
↓2.3% |
8,155
↓5.0% |
7,983
↓2.1% |
11,386
↑42.6% |
10,965
↓3.6% |
10,315
↓5.9% |
9,452
↓8.3% |
9,507
↑0.5% |
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Designs
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38,496
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39,423
↑2.4% |
37,230
↓5.5% |
39,267
↑5.4% |
40,756
↑3.7% |
39,254
↓3.6% |
36,724
↓6.4% |
36,544
↓0.4% |
33,569
↓8.1% |
30,875
↓8.0% |
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Trademarks
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145,668
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123,754
↓15.0% |
117,406
↓5.1% |
123,325
↑5.0% |
128,843
↑4.4% |
135,776
↑5.3% |
135,777
↑0.0% |
143,221
↑5.4% |
119,185
↓16.7% |
110,841
↓7.0% |
(Note):
“New Utility Model Applications”
are applications that were filed under the new law in or
after 1994
after the date of enforcement.
International Trends:
While the annual number of patent applications filed in Japan has been
declining over the years,
the number of international applications under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT applications)
with the Japan Patent
Office (JPO) as the receiving office has grown by.5% over the previous
year.
[Patent PCT Applications]
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
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Patents
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24,290↑
↑22.3% |
26,422
↑8.7% |
26,935
↑1.9% |
28,027
↑4.0% |
29,291
↑4.5% |
Other data of interest include:
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The number of patent
applications filed in Japan by foreign residence declined by 12% to
53,281.
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The number of trademark applications
filed in Japan by foreign residence was down 13.3% at 20,367.
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The highest number of international
applications by foreign residence by country are
(1)
United States at 22,367 (2)
Germany at 6,602 (3) Republic of Korea at 4,782.
For the full JPO report click here
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