International applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Who filed the most PCT patent

applications in 2019?
Total number of applications
265,800 5.2%
Top 10 PCT applicants
Number of published PCT applications

4,411
2,661 2,334 2,127 1,927 1,864 1,698 1,691 1,687 1,646

Huawei Mitsubishi Samsung Qualcomm Guang Dong BOE Technology LM Ping an Robert Bosch LG
Technologies Electric Electronics Oppo Mobile Group Ericsson Technology Electronics
Telecom. (Shenzhen)

Top 5 fields of technology

Number of published applications and share of total

21,449 19,090 17,223 16,954 11,471

Computer Digital Electrical machinery, Medical technology Measurement
technology communication apparatus, energy

8.7% 7.7% 7.0 % 6.9% 4.7%

Top 10 countries
Number of PCT applications and percent growth since 2018

58,990 57,840 52,660

10.6% 2.8% 5.9%
China U.S. Japan

−2.0% 12.8% 0.2% 2.7% 0.7% 0.4% −3.0%

19,353 19,085 7,934 5,786 4,610 4,185 4,011

Germany Republic France U.K. Switzerland Sweden Netherlands
of Korea