2018-2019 — 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 2019 Year-to-date
(April 2018 – March 2019)
Patents
Applications filed 3,347 39,027
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 20,458 n/a
Granted 1,854 23,094
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,663 63,887
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 73,040 n/a
Approvals 2,973 35,693
Registrations 2,114 24,903
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 460 6,152
Inventory 7,150 n/a
Allowances 452 5,748
Q4 - (2018-2019)
  January February March Q4
Patents
Applications filed 3,445 2,709 3,347 9,501
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 20,313 20,387 20,458 n/a
Granted 2,478 1,875 1,854 6,207
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,875 5,173 5,663 16,711
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 67,484 69,978 73,040 n/a
Approvals 3,759 2,014 2,973 8,746
Registrations 2,353 1,998 2,114 6,465
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 412 385 460 1,257
Inventory 7,379 7,144 7,150 n/a
Allowances 645 574 452 1,671
Q3 - (2018-2019)
  October November December Q3
Patents
Applications filed 3,568 3,393 3,016 9,977
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 20,489 20,446 20,384 n/a
Granted 1,979 1,624 1,213 4,816
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,770 5,229 4,344 15,343
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 63,129 64,295 65,805 n/a
Approvals 2,534 3,393 3,029 8,956
Registrations 2,180 2,191 1,758 6,129
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 659 517 546 1,722
Inventory 7,441 7,457 7,495 n/a
Allowances 494 407 476 1,377
Q2 - (2018-2019)
  July August September Q2
Patents
Applications filed 3,184 3,157 2,823 9,164
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 21,725 21,677 20,684 n/a
Granted 2,274 1,891 1,895 5,970
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,068 5,615 4,572 15,255
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 59,352 60,721 62,127 n/a
Approvals 3,073 3,484 2,768 9,325
Registrations 1,843 2,150 1,774 5,767
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 621 511 459 1,591
Inventory 7,279 7,228 7,311 n/a
Allowances 430 523 338 1,291
Q1 - (2018-2019)
  April May June Q1
Patents
Applications filed 3,599 3,413 3,373 10,385
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 21,269 21,687 21,675 n/a
Granted 1,638 2,571 1,892 6,101
Trademarks
Applications filed 6,059 5,510 5,009 16,578
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 56,134 56,845 57,530 n/a
Approvals 2,632 3,063 2,971 8,666
Registrations 2,075 2,316 2,151 6,542
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 516 559 507 1,582
Inventory 6,843 6,997 7,103 n/a
Allowances 497 451 461 1,409