Page 31 - 2018 Annual Report Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

Pendency for Processing AEP Requests
Average First Office Action Pendency (Days) Average Disposal Pendency (Days)
As of the end of 2018, the average first office action pendency was between 42 and 80 days, and the average disposal pendency was between 146 and 207 days.
Note: 1. "Average first office action pendency" refers to the average time from the time document requirements are met to the time first office action is issued. The said pendency is
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Condition 1 Condition 2 Condition 3 Condition 4
42.1 51.3
79.4 61.1
146.4 174.7
198.0
206.3 calculated on the basis of office actions first issued or disposed in 2018.
Considering applicants’ filing strategies, patent portfolios, and timeline for patent commercialization, TIPO began accepting requests for deferral of substantive examination on April 1, 2015. Between April 2015 and the end of 2018, TIPO accepted a total of 352 deferral requests.
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program
TIPO is currently partnering with the USPTO, JPO, SPTO, KIPO, PPO, and CIPO on PPH. The partnership with Canada was launched in February 2018, and there were 2 applications filed under the TIPO-CIPO program in 2018. Patents applications filed under the TIPO-USPTO (457) and TIPO-JPO PPH (437) programs accounted for the majority of total PPH applications in 2018.
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2. "Average disposal pendency" refers to the average time from the time document requirements are met to the time final decision is issued. The said pendency is calculated based on disposals made in 2018.
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PPH Program
The Nationality of Applicants
United States
Japan
Spain
Republic of Korea
Poland
Canada
Others
Total
TIPO-USPTO
16
372
11
0
2
0
0
56
457
TIPO-JPO
0
2
419
0
0
0
0
16
437
TIPO-SPTO
TIPO-PPO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
TIPO-KIPO
0
0
3
0
10
0
0
5
18
0
0
0
0
0
TIPO-CIPO
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
Total
16
374
433
0
12
0
2
78
915
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