Page 27 - 2018 Annual Report Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

Request Rate for Invention Patent Reexamination
Number of Rejections Re quest Rate Number of Requests for Reexamination
The numbers of rejections following examination from 2016 to 2018 were 14,782, 9,741, and 8,063, showing a yearly decline. The rates of requesting reexamination, however, were 42.2%, 54.9% and 54.9% in the same period, remaining stable.
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Patent Grants
Trend of Patent Grants
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23,763
20,796
54.9%
9,741
6,667 6,239 5,343
2015 2016 2017
3%
6,973
2014
42.2% 1% 14,782
54.9%
8,063
4,430
2018 Year
Design
62,193
36,147
18,559
7,487
2018 Year
59.5%
21,496
18,569
14,651
40.5%
2018 Year
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Total Invention Utility Model
A total of 62,193 patents were granted in 2018. Of these, there were 36,147 invention patents, 18,559 utility model patents, and 7,487 design patents.
Compared to 2017, the numbers of invention and utility model patents were down, whereas design patents were up.
By nationality, residents and non-residents were respectively granted 14,651 and 21,496 invention patents. Both were down from the previous year. The ratio of grants between residents and non-residents was 4:6.
76,252
45,601
23,712
6,939
2014
78,087
48,315
22,106
7,666
2015
76,406
48,947 45,710
19,793 19,037
7,666 7,130
2016 2017
71,877
Trend of Invention Patent Grants
53.4%
24,340
21,261
2014
% of Residents
% of Non-residents
55.7% 56.7%
26,914 27,769
21,401 21,178
2015 2016
Residents Non-residents
59.4%
27,141
46.6%
44.3%
43.3%
40.6%
2017
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