These tables provide an overview of our corporate activity, based on the latest available statistics.
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Product outputs
Applications
| Applications |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Patents |
37,526 |
37,052 |
37,297 |
34,718 |
39,027 |
37,999 |
37,164 |
| National |
9,356 |
7,625 |
9,911 |
7,419 |
9,995 |
9,870 |
9,268 |
| Patent Cooperation Treaty |
28,170 |
29,427 |
27,386 |
27,299 |
29,032 |
28,129 |
27,896 |
| Trademarks |
51,181 |
53,232 |
55,446 |
60,322 |
63,442 |
68,385 |
76,168 |
| Copyright |
7,638 |
8,674 |
8,750 |
9,012 |
9,209 |
8,765 |
12,547 |
| Industrial designs |
5,370 |
5,881 |
6,141 |
6,660 |
6,139 |
7,408 |
8,161 |
| Integrated circuit topographies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| International Searching Authority |
2,484 |
2,277 |
2,097 |
2,055 |
2,209 |
2,310 |
2,351 |
| International Preliminary Examination Authority |
268 |
280 |
225 |
189 |
187 |
175 |
144 |
Requests for examination
| Requests for examination |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Patents |
28,776 |
28,596 |
28,199 |
28,046 |
30,163 |
28,209 |
28,193 |
Disposals
| Disposals |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Patents |
36,370 |
32,422 |
32,635 |
31,629 |
29,757 |
27,046 |
28,585 |
Grants and registrations
| Grants and registrations |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Patents |
23,748 |
22,494 |
26,960 |
24,204 |
23,093 |
21,005 |
22,451 |
| Trademarks |
25,613 |
33,026 |
34,164 |
26,226 |
24,917 |
57,743 |
21,350 |
| Copyright |
7,615 |
8,663 |
8,688 |
8,992 |
9,204 |
8,749 |
12,553 |
| Industrial designs |
6,472 |
5,670 |
5,691 |
4,743 |
5,542 |
5,343 |
5,095 |
Abandonments
| Abandonments |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Trademarks |
18,442 |
19,658 |
19,961 |
18,904 |
20,098 |
16,413 |
14,960 |
| Copyright |
18 |
16 |
19 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
4 |
| Industrial designs |
554 |
481 |
385 |
371 |
407 |
497 |
369 |
Maintenance and renewals
| Maintenance and renewals |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Patents |
303,528 |
306,993 |
305,468 |
306,827 |
312,479 |
300,560 |
322,246 |
| Trademarks |
10,999 |
11,061 |
12,284 |
14,233 |
19,375 |
22,528 |
14,927 |
| Industrial designs |
2,976 |
3,205 |
3,291 |
2,714 |
2,783 |
4,121 |
4,110 |
Assignments
| Assignments |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Patents |
38,499 |
39,932 |
33,877 |
34,616 |
36,203 |
34,464 |
29,477 |
| Trademarks |
11,804 |
13,954 |
15,782 |
13,008 |
12,713 |
10,922 |
17,076 |
| Copyright |
945 |
1,528 |
711 |
1,404 |
1,525 |
803 |
1,010 |
| Industrial designs |
1,606 |
4,038 |
2,713 |
1,835 |
1,104 |
1,036 |
1,196 |
| Integrated circuit topographies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Client enquiries
Client enquiries
| Enquiry |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
2019 to 2020 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Patents |
12,757 |
13,969 |
12,337 |
12,770 |
11,754 |
13,428 |
14,084 |
| Status requests |
441 |
4,278 |
368 |
195 |
199 |
257 |
356 |
| Trademarks |
21,780 |
26,695 |
23,946 |
24,701 |
25,124 |
31,333 |
28,015 |
| Copyright |
5,023 |
4,553 |
4,089 |
4,199 |
3,996 |
3,913 |
4,269 |
| Industrial designs |
926 |
980 |
1,000 |
1,138 |
1,544 |
1,867 |
2,101 |
| Integrated circuit topographies |
10 |
14 |
15 |
13 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
| General information |
28,132 |
22,992 |
25,381 |
19,275 |
22,414 |
22,095 |
27,789 |
| Total enquiries |
69,069 |
73,463 |
67,136 |
62,291 |
65,034 |
72,899 |
76,615 |
