International patent applications reached a new record in 2024, rising to 3.7 million, up 4.9% year-on-year. Switzerland is ninth on the global list. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox China is once again the country from which the largest number of applications comes, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) indicated today in Geneva. With 1.8 million applications, the Chinese clearly outnumber the United States (501,000) and Japan (410,000). For its part, Switzerland ranks ninth... Читать дальше...