2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

II.IPR EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES Trademark Registrations Pendency for Processing Trademark Applications With applications continued growing, TIPO re-adjusted current manpower to support and improve the performance. The first office action pendency was 5.2 months, and the average disposal pendency was 6.7 months. 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 a first office action. Average First Office Action Pendency (Months) Average Disposal Pendency (Months) 5.2 5.5 7.5 5.4 8.6 5.1 7.0 5.0 6.7 6.7 Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 There were 70,785 trademark registrations, or 93,500 classes. Both were down from 2018. Trademark Registrations (by case/ by class) By Case By Class 62,993 68,177 74,226 71,809 70,785 81,703 88,274 96,721 97,042 93,500 Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Trademark registrations by residents totaled 48,921 cases, down from 2018, whereas those by non-residents continued to rise to 21,864 cases. The ratio of registrations by residents to non-residents was 7:3. Trend of Trademark Registrations (by Case) 69.1% 71.8% 71.6% 71.7% 70.3% 28.3% 29.7% 28.4% 28.2% 30.9% % of Residents Residents % of Non-residents Non-residents 48,921 21,864 45,233 17,760 48,828 19,349 53,202 21,024 50,463 21,346 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year 2019 TIPOANNUAL REPORT 37