2022-2023 — 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 2023 Year-to-date
(April 2022 – March 2023)
Patents
Applications filed 3,323 40,702
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 47,535 n/a
Granted 3,049 22,305
Trademarks
Applications filed 7,004 72,557
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 184,307 n/a
Approvals 5,328 53,327
Registrations 6,714 49,462
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 793 8,900
Inventory 8,929 n/a
Allowances 864 8,952
Q4 - (2022-2023)
  January February March Q4
Patents
Applications filed 3,609 2,931 3,323 9,863
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 49,229 48,159 47,535 n/a
Granted 2,645 1,692 3,049 7,386
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,104 5,904 7,004 18,012
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 185,484 184,413 184,307 n/a
Approvals 5,156 4,882 5,328 15,366
Registrations 4,484 4,444 6,714 15,642
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 671 772 793 2,236
Inventory 9,278 9,235 8,929 n/a
Allowances 808 809 864 2,481
Q3 - (2022-2023)
  October November December Q3
Patents
Applications filed 2,742 3,666 3,807 10,215
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 42,084 46,892 51,145 n/a
Granted 1,549 1,478 963 3,990
Trademarks
Applications filed 6,197 6,410 5,799 18,406
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 189,472 189,405 187,503 n/a
Approvals 4,580 4,814 4,825 14,219
Registrations 4,469 6,035 4,070 14,574
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 752 852 574 2,178
Inventory 9,966 9,738 9,633 n/a
Allowances 829 766 693 2,288
Q2 - (2022-2023)
  July August September Q2
Patents
Applications filed 2,429 3,865 4,271 10,565
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 32,571 34,724 36,905 n/a
Granted 2,178 2,149 1,173 5,500
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,665 6,127 5,433 17,225
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 191,305 190,122 189,768 n/a
Approvals 3,675 4,233 4,439 12,347
Registrations 3,084 4,710 3,353 11,147
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 761 709 669 2,139
Inventory 10,794 10,589 10,328 n/a
Allowances 614 701 738 2,053
Q1 - (2022-2023)
  April May June Q1
Patents
Applications filed 3,322 3,495 3,242 10,059
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 28,778 30,029 31,333 n/a
Granted 1,399 2,163 1,867 5,429
Trademarks
Applications filed 6,069 6,148 6,697 18,914
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 188,843 190,145 191,595 n/a
Approvals 3,405 3,912 4,078 11,395
Registrations 3,136 2,433 2,530 8,099
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 909 702 736 2,347
Inventory 10,857 10,846 10,622 n/a
Allowances 638 741 751 2,130