CAPMAS: 3.7% increase in applications submitted to Egyptian Patent Office in 2017

CAIRO - 16 August 2018: The number of applications submitted to the Egyptian Patent Office (EPO) has risen by 3.7 percent to reach 2,2279 in 2017, against 2,197 in 2016, said the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Thursday.

The number of patents granted by the EPO in 2017 amounted to 581, compared with 450 patents that were issued in 2016, according to the annual bulletin issued by the office.

In 2017, out of the 581 patents, 485 patents were granted to foreigners and 96 to Egyptians.

In 2016, 377 patents were issued to foreigners and 73 to Egyptians.

United States citizens ranked first in the number foreigners issued patents by EPO, with 113 patents. Germans ranked second with 66 patents.