2016-2017 — Monthly production statistics

The following are monthly statistics that present the volume of inputs, outputs, and number of files in inventory for patents, trademarks and industrial designs. In addition to the corporate statistics published in our annual report, these monthly statistics may be of interest to IP professionals and other IP stakeholders.

  March 2017 Year-to-date
(April 2016 – March 2017)
Patents
Applications filed 3 544 37 297
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 21 299 n/a
Granted 2 124 26 962
Trademarks
Applications filed 5 101 55 270
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 33 596 n/a
Approvals 3 219 43 238
Registrations 3 086 34 164
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 688 6 141
Inventory 5 264 n/a
Allowances 600 5 955
Q4 - (2016-2017)
  January February March Q4
Patents
Applications filed 3 182 2 591 3 544 9 317
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 22 662 21 866 21 299 21 299
Granted 2 570 1 814 2 124 6 508
Trademarks
Applications filed 4 061 4 369 5 101 13 531
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 32 164 32 147 33 596 33 596
Approvals 3 187 2 329 3 219 8 735
Registrations 2 601 2 671 3 086 8 358
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 462 414 688 1 564
Inventory 5 266 5 201 5 264 5 264
Allowances 467 492 600 1 559
Q3 - (2016-2017)
  October November December Q3
Patents
Applications filed 2 996 3 250 3 018 9 264
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 23 308 22 833 22 562 22 562
Granted 2 557 2 526 1 332 6 415
Trademarks
Applications filed 4 166 4 896 4 542 13 604
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 28 596 29 465 30 758 30 758
Approvals 3 140 3 637 4 038 10 815
Registrations 2 797 3 011 2 058 7 866
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 494 602 496 1 592
Inventory 5 030 5 184 5 140 5 140
Allowances 532 486 369 1 387
Q2 - (2016-2017)
  July August September Q2
Patents
Applications filed 2 707 3 34 3 231 8 972
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 23 683 23 875 23 355 23 355
Granted 2 132 2 990 1 842 6 964
Trademarks
Applications filed 3 352 6 062 4 350 13 764
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 27 334 27 772 28 162 28 162
Approvals 3 733 3384 3895 11 012
Registrations 2 382 3497 2988 8 867
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 465 517 529 1 511
Inventory 5 072 4 985 5 071 5 071
Allowances 488 519 493 1 500
Q1 - (2016-2017)
  April May June Q1
Patents
Applications filed 3 143 3 483 3 118 9 744
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 24 894 24 493 23 723 23 723
Granted 1 962 2 532 2 581 7 075
Trademarks
Applications filed 5 108 5 134 4 129 14 371
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 25 166 26 625 26 958 26 958
Approvals 3 924 3 671 5 081 12 676
Registrations 3 361 2 872 2 840 9 073
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 441 501 532 1 474
Inventory 5 036 5 043 5 060 5 060
Allowances 447 559 503 1 509