2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

87 2019 TIPOANNUAL REPORT APPENDIX Item Year Application Approval Certificate Issued Grant 2010 80,380 0 45,973 46,023 2011 82,824 0 50,313 50,305 2012 85,074 0 56,611 56,608 2013 83,211 0 72,147 72,142 2014 78,015 0 76,258 76,252 2015 73,627 0 78,089 78,087 2016 72,442 0 76,406 76,406 2017 73,791 0 71,878 71,877 2018 73,421 0 62,193 62,193 2019 74,652 0 57,887 57,886 Item Year Application Reexamination Invalidation Assignment Licensing 2010 80,380 2,869 950 3,824 164 2011 82,824 3,439 792 4,368 116 2012 85,074 4,541 828 4,924 647 2013 83,211 6,421 660 4,735 188 2014 78,015 7,154 616 4,745 116 2015 73,627 6,871 602 5,965 63 2016 72,442 6,329 548 6,621 107 2017 73,791 5,448 525 6,176 137 2018 73,421 4,513 567 5,886 111 2019 74,652 5,220 431 5,241 98 A. General Statistics on Patent Cases (2010-2019) B. Statistics on Patent from 2010 to 2019 1. Patent Cases Filed & Disposed I. Patent Applications Filed & Disposed Note : "Application" is the number of applications filed in each individual year. "Approval" is the number of published approvals. This approval system was replaced by the patent grant system on July 1, 2004, which issues a certificate at the same time the approval is published. "Certificate Issued" is the number of certificates being issued. Note: 1. The figures for "Application," "Reexamination," and "Invalidation" are the total number of cases filed each year. 2. The figures for "Assignment" and "Licensing" are the total number of cases concluded each year." 02 Annual Statistics