These tables provide an overview of our corporate activity, based on the latest available statistics.
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Applications | Applications | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Patents | 37,052 | 37,297 | 34,718 | 39,027 | 37,999 | 37,164 | 39,709 |
| National | 7,625 | 9,911 | 7,419 | 9,995 | 9,870 | 9,268 | 8,928 |
| Patent Cooperation Treaty | 29,427 | 27,386 | 27,299 | 29,032 | 28,129 | 27,896 | 30,781 |
| Trademarks | 53,232 | 55,446 | 60,322 | 63,442 | 68,385 | 76,168 | 79,808 |
| Copyright | 8,674 | 8,750 | 9,012 | 9,209 | 8,765 | 12,547 | 11,149 |
| Industrial designs | 5,881 | 6,141 | 6,660 | 6,139 | 7,408 | 8,161 | 9,067 |
| Integrated circuit topographies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| International Searching Authority | 2,277 | 2,097 | 2,055 | 2,209 | 2,310 | 2,351 | 2,276 |
| International Preliminary Examination Authority | 280 | 225 | 189 | 187 | 175 | 144 | 176 |
Requests for examination | Requests for examination | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Patents | 28,596 | 28,199 | 28,046 | 30,163 | 28,209 | 28,193 | 29,737 |
Disposals | Disposals | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Patents | 32,422 | 32,635 | 31,629 | 29,757 | 27,046 | 28,585 | 28,079 |
Grants and registrations | Grants and registrations | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Patents | 22,494 | 26,960 | 24,204 | 23,093 | 21,005 | 22,451 | 19,525 |
| Trademarks | 33,026 | 34,164 | 26,226 | 24,917 | 57,743 | 21,350 | 27,265 |
| Copyright | 8,663 | 8,688 | 8,992 | 9,204 | 8,749 | 12,553 | 11,170 |
| Industrial designs | 5,670 | 5,691 | 4,743 | 5,542 | 5,343 | 5,095 | 6,700 |
Abandonments | Abandonments | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Trademarks | 19,658 | 19,961 | 18,904 | 20,098 | 16,413 | 14,960 | 11,980 |
| Copyright | 16 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| Industrial designs | 481 | 385 | 371 | 407 | 497 | 369 | 496 |
Maintenance and renewals | Maintenance and renewals | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Patents | 306,993 | 305,468 | 306,827 | 312,479 | 300,560 | 322,246 | 320,385 |
| Trademarks | 11,061 | 12,284 | 14,233 | 19,375 | 22,528 | 14,927 | 14,770 |
| Industrial designs | 3,205 | 3,291 | 2,714 | 2,783 | 4,121 | 4,110 | 3,923 |
Assignments | Assignments | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Patents | 39,932 | 33,877 | 34,616 | 36,203 | 34,464 | 29,477 | 28,642 |
| Trademarks | 13,954 | 15,782 | 13,008 | 12,713 | 10,922 | 17,076 | 15,850 |
| Copyright | 1,528 | 711 | 1,404 | 1,525 | 803 | 1,010 | 1,020 |
| Industrial designs | 4,038 | 2,713 | 1,835 | 1,104 | 1,036 | 1,196 | 1,029 |
| Integrated circuit topographies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Client enquiries
Client enquiries | Enquiry | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 to 2017 | 2017 to 2018 | 2018 to 2019 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 to 2022 |
| Patents | 13,969 | 12,337 | 12,770 | 11,754 | 13,428 | 14,084 | 13,897 |
| Status requests | 4,278 | 368 | 195 | 199 | 257 | 356 | 112 |
| Trademarks | 26,695 | 23,946 | 24,701 | 25,124 | 31,333 | 28,015 | 25,475 |
| Copyright | 4,553 | 4,089 | 4,199 | 3,996 | 3,913 | 4,269 | 3,877 |
| Industrial designs | 980 | 1,000 | 1,138 | 1,544 | 1,867 | 2,101 | 2,169 |
| Integrated circuit topographies | 14 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| General information | 22,992 | 25,381 | 19,275 | 22,414 | 22,095 | 27,789 | 21,603 |
| Total enquiries | 73,463 | 67,136 | 62,291 | 65,034 | 72,899 | 76,615 | 67,135 |
