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(1) E-filing rates of applications grew to 70%
Since the launch of e-filing service v2.0 in 2014, e-filing rate of new applications continued growth to more than 70%.
Percentage of Patent and Trademark e-filing
Patent Applications
Trademark Applications
74.2% 66.4%
77.5%
58.9% 47.9%
74.0% 61.6%
.
50.0% 34.6%
19.8%
2014
2015 2016
2017
2018 Year 2. The percentage is derived from using the number of applications in paper and in electronic
Note: 1.Statistics is based on new applications.
form as the denominators and that of applications in electronic form as the numerators.
(2) The rate of e-delivery grew to 75%
Since the launch of e-delivery service in 2014, the number of users increased year by year. As of Q4 2018, the rate of e-delivery was over 75%.
Percentage of e-delivery
Patent
Trademark
Total
80.1% 72.4%
81.5%
76.8%
69.4%
53.4%
49.4%
38.9%
65.4%
53.0%
2016Q4
74.4%
64.9%
31.5%
29.1%
22.4%
2014Q4 2015Q4
2017Q4 2018Q4 Quarter
Note:The percentage is derived from using the number of documents fit for e-delivery as the denominators and that of actual e-delivery as the numerators.
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