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Pendency for Processing Trademark Applications
Average First Office Action Pendency (Months) Average Disposal Pendency (Months)
Facing the continuous growth of applications, TIPO adjusted manpower and reduced the average first office action pendency and the average disposal pendency to less than 5 months (4.97 months) and 6.7 months respectively.
Note: "Average First Office Action Pendency" refers to the average time it takes to process an application from the time of filing to the time of issuing first office action.
TIPO ANNUAL REPORT
7.8
7.5
8.6
7.0
6.7
5.0
5.7 5.5 5.4 5.1
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Year
Trademark Registrations
Trademark Registrations
By Case By Class
.
84,781 81,703
88,274 96,721
97,042
There were 71,809 trademark registrations, down from 2017. In terms of classes, there were 97,042 classes, which slightly went up by 0.3% from 2017 and hit an all-time high.
66,257 62,993 68,177
2014 2015 2016
74,226
71,809
Trend of Trademark Registrations (by
Case)
48,728
73.5%
17,529
2014
% of Residents
% of Non-residents
Residents Non-residents
53,202
71.7%
21,024
2017
Trademark registrations by residents totaled 50,463 cases, down from 2017, whereas those by non-residents slightly grew to 21,346 cases. The ratio of registrations by residents to non-residents was 7:3.
2017 2018 Year
45,233
71.8%
17,760
2015
48,828
71.6%
19,349
2016
50,463
70.3%
21,346
2018 Year
26.5%
28.2%
28.4%
28.3%
29.7%
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