examinations chapter 1 annual report 2005 20 patent present status of trends in filing and request for examination a the number applications japan has maintained very high level with over 400 000 cases since 1998 based on cooperation treaty pct led to jpo 2004 have also shown 15 increase previous year are maintaining an upward tendency as result just ranked 2nd world b requests which was at more or less 250 during last few years showed sharp about 330 represents than 32 such sudden is attributable fact that october 2001 period went from 7 time ling 3 other words after whose reached
