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China inches closer to claiming half of global patent filings

By Melissa Ritti ( November 12, 2025, 13:24 GMT | Comment) -- A new report by the World Intellectual Property Organization shows global patent prosecution continuing to bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic. The gains are largely attributable to intellectual property offices in Asia, which last year fielded 70.1 percent of the world’s patent applications — and issued 71.1 percent of the world’s patents.For the fifth consecutive year, patent applications are on the rise globally....

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