In 2014, the number of invention patent applications accepted in my country reached 928,000, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%, ranking first in the world.
The world's five largest intellectual property offices (hereinafter referred to as the five offices) are composed of the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the China State Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In 2014, the number of patent applications from the five offices continued to grow, with 2.3 million patent applications filed. It increased by 5.5% compared with 2013, which was the lowest growth rate in the past five years. Compared with 2013, the number of patent applications received by the European Patent Office, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the State Intellectual Property Office of China and the United States Patent and Trademark Office has shown an upward trend. The growth rates of each office in order from highest to lowest are, China National Intellectual Property Office The Intellectual Property Office increased by 12.5% ??year-on-year; the European Patent Office increased by 3.1% year-on-year; the Korean Intellectual Property Office increased by 2.8% year-on-year; the United States Patent and Trademark Office increased by 1.3% year-on-year; while the Japan Intellectual Property Office decreased by 0.7% year-on-year. In 2014, the total number of invention patents granted by the five offices was 955,400, a slight decrease of 0.1% compared with 2013. The number of patent authorizations granted by each office in order of growth rate from high to low is that the China National Intellectual Property Office has the largest increase in patent authorization volume, with a year-on-year increase of 12.3%, followed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with a year-on-year increase of 8.2%, and the Korean Intellectual Property Office with a slight increase of 1.9% year-on-year. The number of patents granted by the European Patent Office and the Japanese Patent Office has declined to a certain extent, with the European Patent Office decreasing by 3.1% year-on-year and the Japanese Patent Office decreasing by 18% year-on-year.