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Note
1. Sources: JPO Annual Report, OHIM website,
KIPO Annual Report, and SIPO Annual Report.
2. USPTO does not publish related data; JPO and
SIPO have not published their figures for 2014.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
JPO 332
253
257
303
OHIM 818
931
811
659
703
KIPO 156
86
81
51
52
SIPO 1,633 1,724 1,883 1,702
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
Design Patent Applications of Taiwan
Nationals to Top Five IPOs
Overseas design patent portfolio
by Taiwan nationals tends to be high-
est in mainland China (1,702 cases in
2013). Though this number is a drop
of 9.6% from the previous year, it is still
much higher than applications to the
remaining top four IPOs. Furthermore,
applications to OHIM increased by 6.7%
(703 cases).
66,496
67,620
74,357
74,031
75,933
83,072
85,958
95,435
94,958
97,776
By Case
By Class
Trademark Applications by Case/Class
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
▓
Trademark
Trademark Applications
TIPO received 75,933 cases, or
97,776 classes, of trademark applica-
tions in 2014. This is a respective increase
of 2.6% and 3.0% from the previous year.
76.7% 75.3% 74.9% 74.7% 74.0%
23.3% 24.7% 25.1% 25.3% 26.0%
50,998
50,895
55,696
55,338
56,217
15,498
16,725
18,661
18,693
19,716
% of Taiwan Nationals
% of Foreign Nationals
Taiwan Nationals
Foreign Nationals
Trend of Trademark Applications
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Trademark applications (by case)
by both Taiwan nationals (56,217 cases)
and foreign nationals (19,716 cases) in-
creased respectively by 1.6% and 5.5%
from the previous year. Applications
by Taiwan nationals took up 74.0% of
the total received in 2014, remaining
relatively unchanged compared to the
74.7% in 2013.
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