2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

88 APPENDIX Item Year Application Rejection Grant Requests for Technical Evaluation Report Issuance of Technical Evaluation Report Invalidation 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 2019 17,580 109 16,300 1,189 1,291 264 Item Year Application Pre-grant Publication Request for Examination Reexamination Rejection Grant Invalidation 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 2019 48,268 48,020 42,987 5,076 9,640 34,926 123 2. Invention Patent Applications Filed & Disposed 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. 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. 3. Utility Model Patent Applications Filed & Disposed