Page 17 - 2018 Annual Report Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

I. IPR APPLICATIONS
In 2018, overall patent applications slightly decreased mainly due to a drop in utility model applications, while invention patent applications grew for the second consecutive year. On the other hand, trademark applications, by case and by class, hit a record high. Applications filed by resident for invention patent went up; applications filed by non-residents for invention patent, design patent and trademark also went up.
TIPO ANNUAL REPORT
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Patent Applications
Patent
Trend of Applications
Total
78,015
46,379
23,488
8,148
2014
Invention
73,627
44,415
2015
Utility Model
Design
TIPO received 73,421 patent applications
in 2018, down slightly from 2017. Of these, . invention patent applications grew by 2.8%, standing at 47,429. Conversely, utility model patent applications dropped by 8.4% to 17,910, while design patent applications remained stable at 8,082.
By nationality, invention patents by residents and non-residents stood at 18,365 and 29,064 respectively, registering a growth of 0.9% and 4.1% from 2017. The ratio of residents to non- residents filing invention applications was 4:6.
By nationality, utility model patent applications by residents decreased by 9.2% to 16,661. Utility model patent applications by non- residents grew by 3.6% to 1,249. Applications by residents accounted for over 90% of all utility model patent applications.
72,442
43,836
2016
73,791 73,421
46,122 47,429
17,910
8,082
2017 2018 Year
Trend of Invention Applications
% of Residents % of Non-residents Residents Non-residents
59.1%
27,391
18,988
2014
61.1%
27,153
17,262
2015
61.5%
26,970
16,866
2016
60.5% 61.3%
27,923 29,064
18,199 18,365
38.7%
2017 2018 Year
Trend of Utility Model Applications
% of Residents % of Non-residents Residents Non-residents
22,113
5.9%
20,132 18,998
94.1% 94.2%
1,272 1,163
5.9% 5.8%
18,343 16,661
93.8% 93.0%
1,206 1,249
6.2% 7.0%
2017 2018 Year
2014
2015 2016
21,404
20,161
19,549
7,808
8,445
8,120
40.9%
38.9%
38.5%
39.5%
94.1%
1,375
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I IPR APPLICATIONS