WIPO vs CIPC Patent data for SA

Today’s post by Jan-Hendrik Pretorius shows that there are large differences between the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) patent data before 1990 for non-resident patent applications in South Africa and non-resident patent grants between 2004 and 2019.

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