International Patent Filings Dip in 2009 amid Global Economic Downturn Geneva, February 8, 2010 PR/2010/632 International patent filings under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fell by 4.5% in 2009 with sharper than average declines experienced by some industrialized countries and growth in a number of East Asian countries.  Provisional data indicates that 155,900 [1] (annex 1) international patent applications were filed in 2009 as compared to the nearly 164,000 applications filed in 2008. móvil haití alimentacion literatura educacion  románico eurovision gótico  Full press release available at:  http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2010/article_0003.html