Patent Applications by Selected Patent Offices 2024
Key Findings
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China leads in Patent Applications Filed with 1,828,054 in 2024.
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Average Patent Applications Filed in 2024: 422,943 · median: 222,824.
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Gap in 2024: China is 51.7× larger than Canada.
About This Dataset
Patent Applications by Selected Patent Offices 2024
Patent applications received in 2024 by eight selected patent offices, from WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025, Figure A7. Counts include resident and non-resident applications to each office. The European Patent Office is a regional office, not a country. Applications are not granted patents, unique inventions or filings by an applicant’s country of origin; the same invention may be filed in several jurisdictions.
Analysis
China’s office received 1,828,054 applications, followed by the United States with 603,194 and Japan with 306,855. India received 105,157, ahead of Germany’s 59,262 among these selected offices. National offices in EPO member states receive fewer applications when applicants choose the regional route, so Germany’s count alone does not capture every filing seeking protection there.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025 — Figure A7
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Patent Applications Filed
- Last updated
- 6 October 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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