2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

I. IPR APPLICATIONS Patent Applications by Residents to IP5 Residents Filing Invention Patent Applications with IP5 According to IP5 data, the USPTO (19,103 cases) is where residents filed the most invention patents in 2018. Applications filed by residents with other IPOs also increased. Residents Filing Design Patent Applications with IP5 According to IP5 data, CNIPA (1,743 cases) is where residents filed the most design patents in 2018. In 2019, applications filed by residents with the EUIPO (520 cases) went down from 2018. 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 2015 2016 2017 19,471 1,228 1,264 920 9,933 18,718 1,306 1,422 773 10,283 19,019 1,450 1,623 952 10,802 19,103 1,626 1,767 1,050 11,458 USPTO JPO EPO KIPO CNIPA 2018 2019 Cases 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2015 2016 2017 1,182 233 614 55 1,568 1,177 243 678 56 1,636 1,113 204 691 56 1,429 1,324 300 654 72 1,743 520 USPTO JPO EUIPO KIPO CNIPA 2018 2019 Cases Note: 1. Sources: USPTO, JPO Annual Report, EPO Annual Report, KIPO and CNIPA websites. 2. Figures for 2019 have not yet been released by these IPOs. Note: 1.Sources: USPTO, JPO Annual Report, EUIPO website, KIPOwebsite, and CNIPA Annual Report. 2.USPTO, JPO, KIPO and CNIPA have not yet released figures for 2019. 19 2019 TIPOANNUAL REPORT