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2. Invention Patent Applications Filed & Disposed
Item Year
Application
Pre-grant Publication
Request for Examination
Reexamination
Rejection
Grant
Invalidation
2009
46,582
52,605
40,826
2,122
8,902
14,138
233
2010
47,327
44,949
40,972
2,761
10,768
16,377
166
2011
49,919
46,154
43,411
3,311
14,875
20,025
122
2012
51,189
51,590
44,465
4,466
20,871
25,535
154
2013
49,217
52,123
43,447
6,350
26,287
40,249
123
2014
46,379
48,715
41,252
6,973
24,349
45,601
138
2015
44,415
47,363
40,475
6,667
21,372
48,315
122
2016
43,836
44,355
38,382
6,239
15,427
48,947
163
2017
46,122
43,676
40,124
5,343
10,383
45,710
163
2018
47,429
44,073
41,991
4,430
8,601
36,147
145
Note: 1. Rejection decesions are rendered after examination and reexamination. "Grants" refer to approved cases that are published and issued certificates at the same time.
2. Pre-grant publication is early publication for new applications. 3. Requests for substantive examination are made every year.
3. Utility Model Patent Applications Filed & Disposed
Item Year
Application
Rejection
Grant
Requests for Technical Evaluation Report
Issuance of Technical Evaluation Report
Invalidation
2009
25,032
216
23,595
2,603
1,448
703
2010
25,833
239
23,956
2,560
2,486
738
2011
25,170
313
24,038
2,301
2,821
622
2012
25,637
318
24,642
2,363
2,572
621
2013
25,025
264
24,844
2,273
2,676
481
2014
23,488
239
23,712
2,153
2,104
422
2015
21,404
193
22,106
1,964
2,155
406
2016
20,161
191
19,793
1,607
2,049
329
2017
19,549
174
19,037
1,553
2,075
314
2018
17,910
160
18,559
1,397
1,515
368
Note: 1. Rejection decesions are rendered after examination and reexamination. "Grants" refer to approved cases that are published and issued certificates at the same time.
2. "Requests for Technical Evaluation Report" are requests for technical evaluation. "Issuance of Technical Evaluation Report" is the number of requests received and technical evaluation reports issued.
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