Filings rose for a second consecutive year. Digital communication was the largest technology field at 11.1% of published PCT applications; semiconductor filings grew 6.1%.
A PCT filing is part of an international application process and does not itself grant worldwide patent rights. The report’s latest year for national-phase entries is 2024.
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PCT international applications
275,900 applications
2025 · Estimate
Annual application growth
0.7 percent
2025 · Estimate
Growth in semiconductor filings
6.1 percent
2025 · Estimate
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International application filings in WIPO’s PCT yearly review; national-phase entries relate to 2024 and are not conflated here.
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