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German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) released patent data for 2023
German companies filed considerably more inventions with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) in 2023 than in the previous year. The DPMA received 38,469 domestic patent applications, an increase of 3.4% compared to 2022. The number of applications from abroad was 20,187 and thus slightly higher than in the previous year.
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TIPO Statistics Report: Patent and Trademark Applications in 2023
In 2023, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office received a total of 72,607 patent applications, marking an 1% increase compared to the previous year. Of these, invention (50,854 cases) grew by 1%, reaching a new high in 11 years.