한국, 지난해 특허 출원 26만건 돌파…‘세계 4번째’

해외 특허 출원도 17.6% 증가, 미국 집중 공략

2026.02.04 11:18 입력

<p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">우리나라 특허출원이 사상 처음으로 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">26</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만건을 달성했다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">. 2013</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">년 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">20</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 건 돌파 이후 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">12</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">년 만으로 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">26</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만건 이상 달성은 전 세계서 일본</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(1984</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">년</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">), </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">미국</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(1999</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">년</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">), </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">중국</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(2008</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">년</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">에 이어 우리가 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">4</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">번째다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">지난달 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">29</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">일 지식재산처에 따르면 지난해 국내 특허출원은 총 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">26</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">797</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건으로 전년 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">24</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">6245</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건 대비 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">5.9% </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">상승했다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">또 해외 특허출원도 전년보다 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">17.6% </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">증가했다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">2025</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">년 국내 특허출원 증가율은 개인</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(15.0%), </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">중견기업</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(13.7%), </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">대기업</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(5.6%), </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">중소기업</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(4.6%) </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">순으로 모든 출원인 유형에서 증가세를 보였다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">산업별 분석에선 지난해 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">1</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">월부터 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">10</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">월까지 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">AI·</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">양자기술 등을 포함하는 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">ICT(</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">정보통신기술</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">) </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">관련 특허출원이 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">7033</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건으로 전년 동기 대비 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">21.1%</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">나 상승했다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">이차전지 분야 특허출원도 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">1</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">624</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건으로 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">LG</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">에너지솔루션</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">·</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">삼성</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">SDI·SK</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">온 등 국내 이차전지 대표 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">3</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">개사를 비롯한 대기업 중심으로 출원 건수가 증가하면서 전년 동기 대비 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">14.4% </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">증가했다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">지난해 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">1</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">월</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">~9</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">월 동안 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">IP5(</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">선진 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">5</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">개 지식재산관청</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">에 출원된 우리 기업들의 특허는 전년 동기</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(5</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">6989</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">) </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">대비 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">17.6% </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">증가한 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">6</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">7025</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건으로 집계됐다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">이 중 미국에 출원한 건수는 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">3</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">2976</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건으로 주요국 해외 출원 중 가장 많은 비중</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(49.2%)</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">을 차지했다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">중국에 출원한 건수는 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">1</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">만 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">6621</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건으로 가장 높은 증가율</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">(72.3%)</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">을 기록했다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">특히 베트남은 전년 대비 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">31.4% </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">증가한 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">1395</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건이</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">인도는 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">14.4% </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">증가한 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">3826</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건이</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">대만은 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">8.1% </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">증가한 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">3365</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">건이 각 출원되는 등 우리나라의 특허 출원 대상국</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">/</span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">지역이 기존 미국</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">중국 중심에서 아시아지역으로 확장되고 있는 것으로 분석됐다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>

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