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and invalidation disposals in the same
period was 4,380. The appeal rate stood
at 28.7%. The rate of appeal results
against TIPO’s original disposition by the
Ministry of Economic Affairs was respec-
tively 7.7%, 9.4%, and 5.3% from 2012 to
2014, with significant drop in 2014.
The IP Court accepted 126, 133,
and 122 patent administrative litigations
lawsuits from 2012 to 2014 respectively.
The number of concluded administra-
tive litigation lawsuits from 2012 to 2014
was 105, 148, and 108 respectively. Of
these, 20, 26, and 11 court decisions
were made to revoke TIPO’s original dis-
position (including in favor of the plaintiff
and partly winning and partly losing),
with the revocation rate dropping from
Measures to Fast Track Patent Examination
19.0% to 10.2%. This continuous decline
in revocation rate indicates that TIPO
had effectively improved examination
quality owing to its timely reviewing re-
vocation cases, adjusting examination
practices, and revising examination
guidelines.
173
161
105
148
108
51
48
20
26
11
29.5% 29.8%
19.0%
17.6%
10.2%
Number of Revocation of TIPO's Dispositions
Rate of Revocation
Rate of Revocation of TIPO's Disposition
Number of Concluded Patent Administration Litigations
by IP Court
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
TIPO continued to implement the
Patent Backlog Reduction Project in
2014 that by December the average
total pendency was reduced to 29.7
months, and pending patent applica-
tions were reduced to 100,041 cases.
This reduction is ahead of the expected
goal set forth in the Project. The backlog
of pending cases is expected to be re-
duced continuously so that the received
and disposed patent applications will
reach a state of equilibrium.