2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

IV. e–ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES 53.8% 78.0% 77.1% 75.9% 74.6% 47.8% Patent Trademark 2017 2018 2019 Year To diversify payment methods, TIPO launched its mobile payment of fees on June 19. Users scanning the QR code on the payment slip with their smartphones can very simply and quickly make their payments. In the e-delivery of patent and trademark documents, this year saw a total of 417,427 documents being delivered electronically, a 7.7% increase from 2018. In Q4 2019, the percentage of documents using e-delivery hit an all-time high at 84.1%. Mobile Payment of Fees Now Available e-Delivery Percentage of e-Receipts Note: 1. Statistics is based on online payment cases. 2.The percentage is derived from using the number of paper receipt and e-receipt as the denominators and that of e-receipt as the numerators. Percentage of e-Delivery Note: The percentage is derived from using the number of documents fit for e-delivery as the denominators and that of actual e-deliveries as the numerators. TIPONet Portal https://tiponet.tipo.gov.tw/ 2018Q4 2019Q1 2019Q2 2019Q3 2019Q4 Patent Trademark Total Quarter 76.8% 81.5% 69.4% 79.0% 83.8% 71.1% 80.4% 85.8% 71.9% 79.5% 85.2% 70.6% 84.1% 90.8% 72.3% Rights Inquiry I n 2 0 1 9 , t h e c umu l a t i v e n umb e r o f e-certificates exceeded 300,000. This allows the public to check online the status of their rights and verify the authenticity of patent and trademark certificates. 46,002 180,016 308,692 2017 2018 2019 Year Cumulative Numbers of e-Certificates Inquiry System for Patent and Trademark Certificates and Rights https://tiponet.tipo.gov.tw/tipoRgtQry/ 52