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World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) is an annual statistical report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [1] The publication provides an overview of the activity in the areas of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection, geographical indications and the creative economy.
WIPO currently has 193 member states. [1] 190 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See, Niue and the Cook Islands are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Kosovo, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, South Sudan, and the states with limited recognition. Palestine has observer status. [2]
English: Bar chart showing number of United States utility patents issued by year, from 1976, with indicators of issue dates of Patent Nos. 5,000,000, 6,000,000 ... 11,000,000 Data source for Version 4 is USPTO (calendar years): Data source through 2020: U.S. Patent Activity / Calendar Years 1790 to the Present. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
This is a list of parties to international patent treaties which are open to all states. Paris Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Paris, 1883-03-20, came into force 1884-07-07 [1] PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty, Washington, 1970-06-19, came into force 1978-01-24 [2] Budapest
A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application based on whether the application fulfils the requirements for patentability ."
History of United States patent law – this started even before the U.S. Constitution was adopted, with some state-specific patent laws. The history spans over more than three centuries. Patent caveat – was a legal document filed with the United States Patent Office. Caveats were instituted by the U.S. Patent Act of 1836, but were ...
A patent agent is a person who has passed the USPTO registration examination (the "patent bar") but has not passed any state bar exam to become a licensed attorney; a patent attorney is a person who has passed both a state bar and the patent bar and is in good standing as an attorney. [93]
Judging patentability is one aspect of the official examination of a patent application performed by a patent examiner and may be tested in post-grant patent litigation. Prior to filing a patent application, inventors sometimes obtain a patentability opinion from a patent agent or patent attorney regarding whether an invention satisfies the ...