What we count
The number of patent applications filed at national and regional intellectual-property offices worldwide.
Patent applications this year
Patent applications worldwide so far this year, based on WIPO's latest global total, and why an application is not a granted patent.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
9,432,329trademark application class counts this year
What lies behind this number
The number of patent applications filed at national and regional intellectual-property offices worldwide.
How the source derives it
WIPO compiles the world total from roughly 150 intellectual-property offices and includes filings by resident and non-resident applicants.
What one number cannot show
An application is not a granted patent or one unique invention. The same invention may be filed in several countries and some applications will fail.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value reported by WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025 for 2024.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the calendar year.
Annual value3,700,000applications
- Period
- 2024
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025
How the number is calculated
We distribute the latest published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value3,700,0002024 · applications
Average per day10,130even annual distribution
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025 reports the annual value used by the calculation for 2024.
Elapsed share
We calculate the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the calendar year. The counter restarts at the beginning of a new year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025 and refers to 2024. It is the latest value published by this source. WIPO compiles the world total from roughly 150 intellectual-property offices and includes filings by resident and non-resident applicants.
Latest published and verified source value
Primary data source
WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025
Source edition: 2025
Open source ↗- Publisher
- WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025
- Data period
- 2024
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation