19 March 2019Patents

Asia-based innovators dominated patent filing in 2018: WIPO

Significant growth from China, India and the Republic of Korea has ensured that Asia-based innovators filed more than half of all international patent applications via the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) last year.

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Asia-based innovators dominated patent filing in 2018: WIPO

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