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As shown in the table, disposals included 30,585 allowances (accounting for 77.4%), 8,063 rejections (20.4%) and 880 others including withdrawals (2.2%).
Number of Office Actions for Invention Patent Examination
A total of 41,889 office actions for invention patent applications were issued. Of these, first office actions accounted for 36,930 cases, and second (and above) office actions accounted for 4,959 cases. In addition, a total of 109 final office actions were issued.
Second (and above) Offic Action Issued
62,413
First Offic Action Issued
59,367
Requests for Substantive Examination
.
49,930
5,555
36,304 36,930
Procedure
Year
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Second (and above) Offic Action Issued
5,261
5,473
6,545
5,555
4,959
First Offic Action Issued
62,413
59,367
49,930
36,304
36,930
Requests for Substantive Examination
41,252
40,475
38,382
40,124
41,991
Note: TIPO’s patent administration system began to differentiate first and second (and above) office actions for invention patent examination in 2012.
Pendency for Processing Examination of Invention Patent Applications
The average first office action pendency for invention patent was 8.7 months, and the average disposal pendency was 14.0 months. Both were shorter than the previous year and came to a ten-year low due to TIPO’s continuous efforts to increase examination
Average First Office Action Pendency (Months) Average Disposal Pendency (Months)
26.0
17.7
12.0
33.4
24.3
2014 2015
19.8 15.5
14.0 quality and efficiency.
8.8
8.7 Note: 1. "Average First Office Action Pendency" refers to the average time it takes to process a request
5,261
5,473
6,545
4,959
2016 2017 2018 Year
for substantive examination from the time it is made to the time of issuing first office action.
2. "Average Disposal Pendency" refers to the average time it takes to process a request for substantive examination from the time it is made to the time decision is rendered.
3. Each figure stands for average value by the end of each year.
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