In October 2011, AFD China has ranked seventh in the World and First in China as top patent filing firm for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications filed due for national phase entry in 2011 in the annual PCT survey in Managing Intellectual Property magazine.
This is the third year for Managing IP to list the biggest PCT filing firms. This survey is based upon information on the biggest filers of applications for patents filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty as published by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
This year AFD China's ranking is moving up from the fifth in China in 2010 and the sixth in China in 2009 in Managing IP's PCT survey.
