IP5 (intellectual property offices)

IP5 is a forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world. The five patent offices are the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in China. In 2015, the IP5 patent offices together granted about one million patents.