The document presents statistics on patent applications filed by technology sector from 1990 to 2007 based on data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It shows that the number of applications increased over time across all sectors. The sectors with the most applications in 2007 were electrical/electronics, computer technology, medical technology, and mechanical engineering.

1. Número de solicitudes de patente presentadas por sector de la tecnología
Fuente: Base de datos de estadísticas de la OMPI, septiembre de 2010
Nota: Los símbolos de la Clasificación Internacional de Patentes (CIP) que se asignan al documento de patente se relacionan con los se
1990 1991 1992
I - Electricidad - Electrónica
Aparatos electrónicos, ingeniería electrónica, energía electríca 58,107 51,358 55,045
Tecnología audiovisual 49,198 45,030 47,449
Telecomunicaciones 33,238 31,626 34,322
Comunicación digital 9,301 8,556 9,140
Procesos básicos de comunicación 15,277 13,322 13,389
Tecnología informática 47,806 46,488 45,841
Métodos de gestión mediante T.I. 1,109 1,459 1,634
Semiconductores 35,496 34,646 35,129
II - Instrumentos
Óptica 50,901 46,201 47,880
Medida 51,941 43,785 44,068
Análisis de materiales biológicos 5,627 4,747 5,156
Control 18,032 16,376 16,390
Tecnología médica 29,648 27,204 31,344
III - Química
Productos orgánicos elaborados 36,233 31,882 35,854
Biotecnología 16,003 14,852 16,338
Productos farmaceúticos 24,801 22,146 25,582
Química macromolecular, polímeros 28,765 24,484 25,345
Química de alimentos 11,581 10,104 10,783
Química de materiales 30,303 26,539 29,412
Materiales, metalurgia 32,469 27,373 28,558
Tecnología de superficie, revestimientos 20,417 18,124 19,207
Tecnología de las microestructuras nanotecnología 52 119 231
Ingeniería química 30,825 27,150 27,834
Tecnología medioambiental 14,048 13,416 15,256
IV - Ingeniería mecánica
Manejo 36,568 32,640 36,894
Máquinas herramienta 37,336 30,813 32,598
Motores, bombas, turbinas 29,760 25,753 26,409
Maquinaria textil y de papel 35,418 30,983 32,596
Otra maquinaria especial 43,889 36,960 38,878
Procesos térmicos y aparatos 19,021 17,152 18,570
Componentes mecánicos 32,200 28,222 29,640
Transporte 38,240 34,457 37,408
V - Otros sectores
Mobiliario, juegos 20,940 18,506 20,328
Otros productos de consumo 19,951 17,319 18,977
Ingeniería civil 41,544 35,887 38,375

2. nto de patente se relacionan con los sectores de la tecnología mediante una concordancia. Puesto que a una solicitud de patente se le pueden asigna
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
54,498 56,070 62,368 64,008 68,776 73,084 76,481 80,580 83,976 82,843
44,907 42,728 48,145 50,115 53,333 56,030 58,283 60,387 64,350 63,078
33,459 34,320 41,194 45,329 51,987 57,117 61,077 66,042 69,113 67,260
9,749 10,395 13,110 15,910 20,869 25,711 29,807 35,217 41,504 42,821
12,633 12,000 13,717 14,452 14,770 15,053 15,287 16,466 17,104 16,854
42,890 41,564 49,931 52,383 58,478 63,943 69,555 86,190 93,450 91,198
1,718 1,958 2,432 2,968 3,752 4,524 6,332 22,061 28,134 20,412
31,172 28,630 33,586 37,173 41,761 48,995 52,564 53,833 60,009 61,536
45,510 44,917 49,328 49,590 50,827 52,008 53,326 55,455 63,223 65,145
42,173 40,002 43,406 44,516 46,779 48,210 50,806 51,587 55,312 55,333
5,246 5,502 6,438 6,320 7,193 7,660 8,808 9,770 11,493 12,263
16,451 16,327 18,154 18,842 20,485 20,873 21,982 24,690 26,538 25,265
33,707 35,211 38,585 39,680 43,786 45,487 48,806 53,096 57,231 59,699
36,186 34,939 38,858 38,120 41,358 41,609 42,713 45,816 47,752 48,528
16,528 18,343 22,613 20,795 23,604 26,243 29,304 34,476 38,229 40,109
26,961 28,241 32,106 32,099 36,968 41,114 43,883 49,705 53,973 56,214
25,176 23,211 25,208 25,346 26,325 26,309 27,338 27,275 27,443 26,177
12,302 11,605 12,893 13,079 14,028 14,570 16,211 17,690 18,334 19,862
30,434 29,465 31,454 32,698 34,918 33,502 34,341 34,469 35,590 34,917
26,630 24,428 25,312 25,214 25,214 26,195 26,263 27,682 28,623 27,549
18,857 17,530 19,442 19,908 20,733 20,836 21,885 22,937 24,935 25,059
320 278 375 391 434 405 534 941 1,917 1,724
28,060 28,402 29,285 29,160 29,665 29,691 31,063 33,005 33,041 32,379
15,877 15,654 17,021 17,564 18,064 18,636 19,291 20,248 20,334 19,898
37,811 38,460 39,231 39,799 40,814 41,518 43,479 43,641 43,327 42,112
32,019 30,416 31,533 32,481 33,534 34,295 36,043 36,301 37,590 35,747
25,946 25,891 28,553 29,600 30,359 31,591 33,658 36,948 39,260 39,348
32,559 29,947 33,797 32,687 34,621 34,954 35,570 37,281 37,807 37,436
39,611 38,999 41,827 41,465 43,147 43,138 45,342 47,369 48,077 47,312
19,738 18,734 20,291 20,798 21,501 21,296 20,794 22,218 22,392 22,878
30,094 31,907 35,607 36,722 37,719 38,352 39,796 41,653 42,744 41,644
39,097 40,793 48,358 50,505 51,047 50,982 54,277 59,249 60,588 59,730
22,364 25,430 27,582 28,430 30,142 30,964 34,120 38,634 40,111 40,612
20,052 21,921 23,786 24,773 26,262 26,483 27,079 29,209 30,432 30,076
40,849 44,100 47,150 47,757 48,675 49,664 50,716 51,761 51,245 49,977

3. de patente se le pueden asignar varios símbolos de la CIP, la suma de solicitudes de patente presentadas por sectores de la tecnología es superior a
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
85,482 96,345 106,304 116,096 120,547
70,228 83,878 88,558 88,395 83,210
69,603 77,443 88,285 92,900 92,168
43,955 47,109 52,393 58,252 63,537
16,794 17,313 18,149 18,421 19,106
95,794 110,434 125,860 136,734 145,282
17,361 17,266 18,755 20,844 25,900
64,945 72,552 79,676 85,243 88,349
67,217 74,017 82,144 85,004 81,770
57,460 61,548 67,078 73,479 78,595
11,267 9,984 10,137 10,228 10,558
25,821 27,492 28,880 30,371 32,321
65,063 64,511 68,832 76,004 80,678
46,449 46,556 50,941 50,881 51,364
35,992 31,765 31,657 32,812 33,930
57,302 59,736 67,801 71,562 69,638
26,215 24,615 27,582 28,396 28,840
21,669 20,769 22,652 24,739 28,421
34,474 34,214 37,816 39,747 42,191
27,619 27,433 30,168 33,928 36,089
25,760 27,448 30,229 32,648 33,980
1,839 1,883 2,242 2,144 2,617
31,929 31,586 33,618 35,024 37,130
20,411 20,832 22,195 23,944 25,584
42,435 43,913 46,083 46,356 48,179
35,652 36,507 38,827 41,047 43,729
40,965 42,395 43,668 46,744 51,926
38,295 38,188 40,581 38,255 37,946
46,759 46,237 47,171 48,529 50,607
23,969 25,447 26,698 28,493 29,969
43,123 44,128 46,525 50,606 53,063
66,267 68,212 71,612 75,566 79,659
42,920 45,365 47,414 50,894 53,663
32,362 34,062 35,385 35,227 36,391
53,240 54,376 56,434 59,048 62,844

4. s de la tecnología es superior al número total de solicitudes de patente presentadas.