3D Printing: a Patent Overview

3D Printing: a Patent Overview

A UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) study has revealed that 3D printing has increased “massively” since 1980, with most patent applications for the technology filed in the US.

The Patent Informatics team, IPO gurus in IP data, have analysed 9,000 patent records from 1980 to 2013.  Having tackled the first challenge of identifying which patents should be in focus (“3D printing”  is a broad term and its descriptor has changed over the years from rapid prototyping to additive manufacturing), the team sought out relevant data from journal sources and the trade mark register to build a complete picture of this complex technology area.

The research finds that, as the graph below shows,  patenting linked to 3D printing has sky-rocketed in recent years with patenting hotspots emerging, in particular linked to healthcare including bone implants, medical devices and dental implants.
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In this fast-growing technology area inevitably, the report opens up as many questions as it answers: as 3D printing grows, what will the next areas of growth be?  How will customer use impact 3D printing patent activity? Is 3D printing “at the peak of the hype cycle” as the report mentions?  What are the wider implications for our IP regime? Might there be trade-marking issues?

See the full report here