2021-2022 — 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 2022 Year-to-date
(April 2021 – March 2022)
Patents
Applications filed 3,482 39,669
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 27,646 n/a
Granted 1,627 19,525
Trademarks
Applications filed 7,230 79,966
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 187,475 n/a
Approvals 3,926 35,928
Registrations 3,712 27,408
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 798 9,067
Inventory 10,553 n/a
Allowances 808 6,298
Q4 - (2021-2022)
  January February March Q4
Patents
Applications filed 3,599 3,185 3,482 10,266
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 27,677 27,546 27,646 n/a
Granted 990 589 1,627 3,206
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,490 6,223 7,230 18,943
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 183,904 185,500 187,475 n/a
Approvals 3,292 3,753 3,926 10,971
Registrations 2,271 2,281 3,712 8,264
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 649 717 798 2,164
Inventory 10,535 10,598 10,553 n/a
Allowances 642 619 808 2,069
Q3 - (2021-2022)
  October November December Q3
Patents
Applications filed 3,123 3,457 2,761 9,341
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 26,775 26,961 26,980 n/a
Granted 1,870 2,252 1,156 5,278
Trademarks
Applications filed 6,840 6,519 7,099 20,458
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 179,922 181,475 183,554 n/a
Approvals 2,856 3,779 3,952 10,587
Registrations 2,378 2,203 1,865 6,446
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 628 1,003 837 2,468
Inventory 9,658 9,900 10,404 n/a
Allowances 570 575 467 1,612
Q2 - (2021-2022)
  July August September Q2
Patents
Applications filed 3,429 2,827 3,849 10,105
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 26,224 25,796 26,445 n/a
Granted 1,803 1,812 1,263 4,878
Trademarks
Applications filed 6,651 6,007 6,820 19,478
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 172,768 175,035 177,551 n/a
Approvals 2,026 1,797 2,405 6,228
Registrations 1,720 2,382 2,870 6,972
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 761 825 673 2,259
Inventory 10,029 10,404 10,595 n/a
Allowances 394 436 498 1,328
Q1 - (2021-2022)
  April May June Q1
Patents
Applications filed 3,647 3,009 3,301 9,957
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 26,822 26,408 25,983 n/a
Granted 1,655 2,039 2,469 6,163
Trademarks
Applications filed 7,292 6,808 6,987 21,087
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 162,739 165,455 6,987 n/a
Approvals 2,465 2,767 2,910 8,142
Registrations 1,933 1,747 2,046 5,726
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 774 596 806 2,176
Inventory 9,589 9,621 9,757 n/a
Allowances 436 402 451 1,289