IP5 (intellectual property offices)

IP5 is a forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world. The five patent offices are the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in China.[1] In 2015, the IP5 patent offices together granted about one million patents.[2]

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References

  1. United States Patent and Trademark Office - World's Five Largest Intellectual Property Offices (IP5) Meet in Silicon Valley June 6, 2013 Retrieved September 25, 2015
  2. "Key IP5 statistical indicators" (PDF). Patent Information News. European Patent Office. 2016 (2): 9. June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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