In 2024, the number of Patent applications was 306,855, a 3.6% increase compared to the previous year. The number of Design registration applications was 32,065, and Trademark registration applications totaled 158,792.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-17_B1.png\")
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-17_B2.png\")
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-17_B3.png\")
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\nPatent applications from China and Korea are on the rise.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-17_2.png\")
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\nDesign registration applications from China surged in 2024.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-17_7.png\")
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\nFA Pendency and Total Pendency for patent examination were reduced to 9.1 months and 13.0 months, respectively\r\n\r\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-17_3-1.png\")
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nIf you are interested, please refer to the following JPO website:<\/p>\r\n
https:\/\/www.jpo.go.jp\/resources\/report\/nenji\/2025\/index.html<\/a> (Japanese only)<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
In addition, we have prepared a document entitled \u201cJapanese IP Trends 2025\u201d which summarizes the main points of this report and \u201cJPO Status Report 2025\u201d released by JPO in March. Please refer to this document<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has released the \u201cJPO Annual Report 2025\u201d on July 7, 2025. In this report, the following key points are included. In 2024, the number of Patent applications was 306,855, \u2026","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ip_cat":[15],"class_list":["post-3803","ip","type-ip","status-publish","hentry","ip_cat-statistics","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ip"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ip_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip_cat?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nPatent applications from China and Korea are on the rise.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\nDesign registration applications from China surged in 2024.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\nFA Pendency and Total Pendency for patent examination were reduced to 9.1 months and 13.0 months, respectively\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nIf you are interested, please refer to the following JPO website:<\/p>\r\n
https:\/\/www.jpo.go.jp\/resources\/report\/nenji\/2025\/index.html<\/a> (Japanese only)<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
In addition, we have prepared a document entitled \u201cJapanese IP Trends 2025\u201d which summarizes the main points of this report and \u201cJPO Status Report 2025\u201d released by JPO in March. Please refer to this document<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has released the \u201cJPO Annual Report 2025\u201d on July 7, 2025. In this report, the following key points are included. In 2024, the number of Patent applications was 306,855, \u2026","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ip_cat":[15],"class_list":["post-3803","ip","type-ip","status-publish","hentry","ip_cat-statistics","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ip"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ip_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip_cat?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nDesign registration applications from China surged in 2024.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\nFA Pendency and Total Pendency for patent examination were reduced to 9.1 months and 13.0 months, respectively\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nIf you are interested, please refer to the following JPO website:<\/p>\r\n
https:\/\/www.jpo.go.jp\/resources\/report\/nenji\/2025\/index.html<\/a> (Japanese only)<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
In addition, we have prepared a document entitled \u201cJapanese IP Trends 2025\u201d which summarizes the main points of this report and \u201cJPO Status Report 2025\u201d released by JPO in March. Please refer to this document<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has released the \u201cJPO Annual Report 2025\u201d on July 7, 2025. In this report, the following key points are included. In 2024, the number of Patent applications was 306,855, \u2026","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ip_cat":[15],"class_list":["post-3803","ip","type-ip","status-publish","hentry","ip_cat-statistics","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ip"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ip_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip_cat?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nFA Pendency and Total Pendency for patent examination were reduced to 9.1 months and 13.0 months, respectively\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nIf you are interested, please refer to the following JPO website:<\/p>\r\n
https:\/\/www.jpo.go.jp\/resources\/report\/nenji\/2025\/index.html<\/a> (Japanese only)<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
In addition, we have prepared a document entitled \u201cJapanese IP Trends 2025\u201d which summarizes the main points of this report and \u201cJPO Status Report 2025\u201d released by JPO in March. Please refer to this document<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has released the \u201cJPO Annual Report 2025\u201d on July 7, 2025. In this report, the following key points are included. In 2024, the number of Patent applications was 306,855, \u2026","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ip_cat":[15],"class_list":["post-3803","ip","type-ip","status-publish","hentry","ip_cat-statistics","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ip"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ip_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip_cat?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\nIf you are interested, please refer to the following JPO website:<\/p>\r\n
https:\/\/www.jpo.go.jp\/resources\/report\/nenji\/2025\/index.html<\/a> (Japanese only)<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n In addition, we have prepared a document entitled \u201cJapanese IP Trends 2025\u201d which summarizes the main points of this report and \u201cJPO Status Report 2025\u201d released by JPO in March. Please refer to this document<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has released the \u201cJPO Annual Report 2025\u201d on July 7, 2025. In this report, the following key points are included. In 2024, the number of Patent applications was 306,855, \u2026","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ip_cat":[15],"class_list":["post-3803","ip","type-ip","status-publish","hentry","ip_cat-statistics","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ip"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip\/3803\/revisions\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ip_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itohpat.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip_cat?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}