Global patent filings fall for first time in over a decade: UN

Global patent filings fall for first time in over a decade: UN

GENEVA: International patent filings declined last year for the first time in 14 years due to higher interest rates and economic uncertainty, the UN said Thursday, with India among the few countries bucking the trend.A total of 272,600 international patents were filed in 2023, marking a 1.8-percent decline from a year earlier, the United Nations‘ … Read more