Patents and Trademarks

• USPTO Data Visualization Center - Patents Dashboard  Monthly summaries for Patents data, including pendency, backlog, and other tracking measures.

• Calendar Year Patent Statistics  January 1 - December 31, developed by the USPTO Patent Technology Monitoring Team.

• Fiscal Year Patent Statistics October 1 - September 30, USPTO Performance and Accountability Reports / Commissioner of Patents & Trademarks Annual Reports.

• Miscellaneous Patent Statistics  Other Web Pages with Patent statistical information.

• Patenting by Geographic Region  2007-2011, Breakout by Technology Class

USPTO Source

EPO Annual Reports

• Annual report2014
• Annual report 2013
• Annual report 2012
• Annual report 2011
• Annual report 2010
• Annual report 2009
• Annual report 2008
• Annual report 2007
• Annual report 2006
• Annual report 2005
• Annual report 2004
• Editions prior to 2004 

Popular US Patent RSS Feeds

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Trilateral Statistical Reports / Four Office Statistics Report

The Four Office Statistics Report facilitates an understanding of each Office's operations and increases general awareness about patent grant procedures among the Offices. This information provides a means for gauging invention activity, technology flow, and output among the Offices.  The majority of all patent applications filed worldwide, including Patent Cooperative Treaty applications, are processed by the Trilateral Offices. The Trilateral Co-operation was established in 1983 and includes the:

• European Patent Office (EPO)
• Japan Patent Office (JPO)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

The Five IP Offices (IP5)

A forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world.  The members of IP5 are the:

• European Patent Office (EPO)
• Japan Patent Office (JPO)
• Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO),
• State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)