WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) [to 15 March 2014]
http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html
US and China Drive International Patent Filing Growth in Record-Setting Year
The United States of America and China drove record-level patent-filing activity via WIPO in 2013 as the number of annual international patent applications surpassed the 200,000 mark for the first time. International trademark and industrial-design filings also achieved new record-breaking levels.
Mar 13, 2014 PR/2014/755