Archive: 22 Jan 2015

New peak of patent filings at the EPO in 2014

New peak of patent filings at the EPO in 2014

The EPO published yesterday its preliminary filing figures for 2014. The general increase should reach approximately +3%, well above 270 000 filings. It follows the trend observed the last four years with an annual increase between 2 and 4%. Of course, there are big differences when looking more closely at the geographical origin of those filings by regions. […]