2017-2018 — 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 2018 Year-to-date
(April 2017 – March 2018)
Patents
Applications filed 3,306 36,618
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 22,203 n/a
Granted 2,018 24,370
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,344 60,088
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 54,619 n/a
Approvals 3,279 29,675
Registrations 1,910 26,214
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 664 6,676
Inventory 6,865 n/a
Allowances 424 5,231
Q4 - (2017-2018)
  January February March Q4
Patents
Applications filed 3,665 2,741 3,306 9,712
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 22,229 22,027 22,203 n/a
Granted 2,021 1,841 2,018 5,880
Trademarks
Applications filed 4,606 5,032 5,344 14,982
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 51,380 52,606 54,619 n/a
Approvals 3,017 2,190 3,279 8,486
Registrations 2,263 1,749 1,910 5,922
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 517 517 664 1,698
Inventory 6,348 6,493 6,865 n/a
Allowances 473 428 424 1,325
Q3 - (2017-2018)
  October November December Q3
Patents
Applications filed 2,954 3,058 2,861 8,873
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 22,580 22,496 22,298 n/a
Granted 2,297 2,016 2,148 6,461
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,233 4,796 4,919 14,948
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 47,380 48,837 50,241 n/a
Approvals 1,956 3,214 2,483 7,653
Registrations 2,171 1,958 1,601 5,730
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 598 506 493 1,597
Inventory 6,064 6,108 6,277 n/a
Allowances 499 404 295 1,198
Q2 - (2017-2018)
  July August September Q2
Patents
Applications filed 2 955 2 872 2 983 8 810
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 21 981 22 072 22 758 n/a
Granted 2 553 1 926 1 938 6 417
Trademarks
Applications filed 4 804 5 632 4 796 15 232
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 42 031 44 189 45 663 n/a
Approvals 2 351 2 488 2 091 6 930
Registrations 2 451 2 522 2 069 7 042
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 546 540 578 1 664
Inventory 5 788 5 890 5 965 n/a
Allowances 551 425 534 1 510
Q1 - (2017-2018)
  April May June Q1
Patents
Applications filed 2 382 3 788 3 053 9 223
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 21 188 21 756 21 744 n/a
Granted 1 535 2 113 1 964 5 612
Trademarks
Applications filed 4 735 4 529 5 662 14 926
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 35 178 37 157 39 484 n/a
Approvals 1 936 2 282 2 388 6 606
Registrations 2 251 2 732 2 537 7 520
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 493 598 626 1 717
Inventory 5 445 5 755 5 851 n/a
Allowances 298 413 487 1 198