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Australia has 106,756 patents in force and accounts for 2.5% of total APEC patents in force. Australian Patent offices received just 26,840 patent applications, accounting for 1.76% of APEC region, which is insignificant. Latest comprehensive data from WIPO is presented below.

Table: Intellectual Property Rights Statistics
PATENTS Year
PCT International Phase filings (Nos)2,0282008
PCT National Phase entries (Nos)6,4202007
Patents filing by country of Office (Nos)26,8402007
Share of residents (%)10.132007
Patents filing by country of origin (Nos)10,9702007
Patents Granted by country of Office (Nos)11,2362007
Share of residents (%)9.672007
Patents Granted by country of 0rigin (Nos)4,5432007
Patents in force by country of office (Nos)106,7562007
Trademarks  
Application by country of Office (Nos)61,0402007
Application by country of origin (Nos)53,1422007
Registration by country of office (Nos)43,7862007
Registration by country of 0rigin (Nos)33,1182007
Trademarks in force by country of office (Nos)377,3202007
Industrial designs
Application by country of Office (Nos)5,7962007
Application by country of origin (Nos)3,8642007
Registration by country of office (Nos)5,2072007
Registration by country of 0rigin (Nos)3,1882007
Industrial designs in force by country of office (Nos)42,2952007
Source: World Intellectual Property Indicators, 2009 Edition

With regards to technology transfers, payments exceed receipts and data for the year 2006 is presented below.
Table: Technology balance payments
million USDYear
Receipts from technology exports3,629.102007
Payments from technology imports5,069.202007
Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators database, May 2009