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19. Statistics of Pending Patent Applications for Examination (2009~2018)
Item
Year
Application
Reexamination
Opposition
Invalidation
Technical Evaluation Report for Utility Model
Total
Invention
Utility Model
Design
Invention
Design
Invention
Utility Model
Design
Invention
Utility Model
Design
2009
141,213
8,117
6,057
4,676
119
-
1
-
522
1,319
44
2,803
164,871
2010
153,969
9,015
6,198
4,171
112
-
1
-
497
1,257
58
2,882
178,160
2011
160,858
8,444
6,224
4,312
74
-
-
-
399
1,116
82
2,322
183,831
2012
153,039
8,376
6,382
5,167
39
-
-
-
365
1,027
68
2,140
176,603
2013
129,318
6,599
6,681
7,345
40
-
-
-
292
844
49
1,740
152,908
2014
100,580
5,696
6,276
8,592
143
-
-
-
274
599
67
1,773
124,000
2015
72,892
4,641
4,854
8,711
179
-
-
-
257
511
87
1,584
93,716
2016
50,293
3,953
4,848
8,390
72
-
-
-
235
408
49
1,125
69,373
2017
44,002
4,859
5,056
6,256
55
-
-
-
202
271
23
620
61,344
2018
46,443
3,287
4,748
4,436
45
-
-
-
162
266
24
492
59,903
Note: 1. The new Patent Act took effect on July 1, 2004. Accordingly, utility model patent applications shall be subject to formality examination and technical evaluation reports shall be required in said applications.
2. The statistics above excludes the number of applications not requesting for substantial examination. (2009: 8,501; 2010: 10,705; 2011:12,671; 2012:10,932; 2013:9,959; 2014:10,734; 2015:9,684; 2016: 10,142; 2017: 9,707; 2018: 7,716).
3. Some new applications were collected via E-filing starting April 2008. Since operation procedures were different, there was a slight discrepancy in statistical data for 2008 on the number of pending cases.
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