2005: Vietnam has only 1 patent application!

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO ) WIPO ( World Intellectual Property Organization ), Vietnam only has to submit . 1 patent application in 2005!

Kymdan received a patent granted by WIPO in 2004

In previous years, the number of Vietnamese diplomas applying for patents was also extremely low. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively 2, 7, and 2.

Meanwhile in 2005, China is advancing on patents. Chinese scientists have 2,452 patent applications.

Compared to 2004, the number of Chinese applications increased by more than 43%, making it from the 13th position to rank 10th in the countries with the largest number of patents in the world.

According to WIPO, in 2005, there were more than 134,000 patent applications in all sectors, an increase of 9.4% compared to 2004.

The five leading countries in patent registration remain unchanged, with the United States, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

US inventors and industry filed 45,111 applications for patents, accounting for 33.6% of the total number of applications in 2005. During Japan, ranked second, accounting for 18.8%.

In addition, according to WIPO statistics, this is the second year in a row, the highest rate of applications comes from Northeast Asian countries, ie Japan, South Korea and China. All accounted for 24.1% of the total applications. South Korea's applications accounted for 3.5%, and China accounted for 1.8% of the total number of applications for patents.

Single number of some Southeast Asian countries in 2005: Brunei: 13, Indonesia: 12, Malaysia: 33, Philippines: 34, Singapore: 438, Thailand: 10.

" The pace of increase from Japan, Korea, China continues to be special cases. This reflects the strong development of technological power in these countries. From 2000, applications Patents granted by Japan, South Korea, and China have increased by 162%, 200% and 212% , respectively, "commented Francis Gurry, WIPO Deputy General Director.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is the foundation of the international patent system WIPO.

This treaty has created a fast, flexible and profitable way for 128 countries that have joined the WIPO system when patents are reached. Vietnam joined the Treaty from March 10, 1993.

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