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| Data | Format | File size |
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| Patent Index 2021 - Top applicants | XLS | 30 KB |
| Top 100 applicants 2021 | XLS | 21 KB |
| Top 25 applicants per leading field of technology in 2021 | XLS | 29 KB |
Please note that the consolidation process used may lead to some discrepancies with the lists in previous years.
| Data | Format | File size |
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| Applications 2021 | XLS | 18 KB |
| Granted patents 2021 | XLS | 18 KB |
| Top technical fields 2021 | XLS | 23 KB |
The files below provide an overview of key data on selected countries.
| Data | Format | File size |
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| Austria 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| Belgium 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| Denmark 2021 | XLS | 35 KB |
| Finland 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| France 2021 | XLS | 39 KB |
| Germany 2021 | XLS | 30 KB |
| Ireland 2021 | XLS | 35 KB |
| Italy 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| Japan 2021 | XLS | 41 KB |
| Netherlands 2021 | XLS | 38 KB |
| Norway 2021 | XLS | 36 KB |
| People's Republic of China 2021 | XLS | 34 KB |
| Poland 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| Portugal 2021 | XLS | 36 KB |
| Republic of Korea 2021 | XLS | 31 KB |
| Spain 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| Sweden 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| Switzerland 2021 | XLS | 38 KB |
| United Kingdom 2021 | XLS | 37 KB |
| United States 2021 | XLS | 40 KB |
| Data | Format | File size |
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| National applications in EPC member state offices 2020 | XLS | 20 KB |
| Granted patents by offices of the EPC member states 2020 | XLS | 19 KB |
| Validations of granted European patents in EPC member states 2019 | XLS | 19 KB |
The IP5 is the forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world (CNIPO, EPO, JPO, KIPO, USPTO). In 2021, 2.9 million patent applications were filed at the IP5 Offices and together they granted 1.5 million patents (up from 2.8 million and 1.3 million respectively in 2020).
Document CA/F 5 is published annually for the Administrative Council around mid-November. It summarises the statistics of the previous calendar year with respect to applications, grants, national validations and maintenance of European patents, as well as statistics on opposition procedures. Statistics for appeals can be found in the Annual Reports of the Boards of Appeal.
| Data | Format | File size |
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| Statistics 2021 | 1.1 MB |
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| Statistics 2020 | 6.3 MB |
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| Statistics 2019 | 5 MB |
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| Statistics 2018 | 1.1 MB |
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| Statistics 2017 | 1.6 MB |
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| Statistics 2016 | 1.8 MB |
