Patents in force as a percentage of total patent applications 1999-2022

Patents in force as a percentage of total patent applications worldwide from 1999 to 2022

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Release date

November 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1999 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Note: Percentages are calculated as the number of patent applications filed in year t and in force in 2022, divided by the total number of patent applications filed in year t. Patent holders must pay maintenance fees to maintain the validity of their patents. Depending on technological and commercial considerations, patent holders may opt to let a patent lapse before the end of the full protection term. This figure shows the distribution of patents in force in 2022 as a percentage of total applications in the year of filing. However, not all offices provide these data. Data for 87 offices show that 39.3% of the applications for which patents were eventually granted remained in force for at least 9 years after the application date, and about 17.8% lasted the full 20-year term.

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