2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

Non-resident applications came mainly from Japan, the United States and mainland China. Top 5 resident and non-resident applicants 17% 40% 53% 31% 20% 9% 1% Taiwan 4,208 Japan 1,329 1,327 United States 912 415 Mainland China 357 France 256 Switzerland Others p.107,108 Design 12% 5% 3% 3% 4% 6% 1% Taiwan 18,984 Japan 13,195 United States 6,341 Mainland China 2,723 R. Korea 1,656 Hong Kong 1,018 Others 4,351 Invention Resident Non-Resident 1 TSMC 2 AUO 3 ACER 4 ITRI 5 MEDIATEK 1,333 407 41% 18% 532 1% 368 14% 350 22% 632 582 492 42% 402 828 39% 52% 32% 28% 1 ALIBABA 2 APPLIED MATERIALS 3 QUALCOMM 4 TOKYO ELECTRON 5 NITTO DENKO HK US JP JP US 2019 9 TIPOANNUAL REPORT