These tables provide an overview of patent activity, based on the latest available statistics.
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Requests for examination
Figure 1: Requests for examination of patents
| |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patent requests for examination |
28,161 |
28,497 |
28,776 |
28,596 |
28,199 |
28,046 |
30,163 |
Disposals
Figure 2: Patent disposals
| |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patent disposals |
37,682 |
38,533 |
36,370 |
32,422 |
32,635 |
31,629 |
29,757 |
Turnaround times
Figure 3: Average turnaround times for granting a patent
| |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patent turnaround time (in months) |
45.7 |
42.7 |
40.3 |
38.8 |
36.7 |
33.6 |
32.0 |
Applications by language
Patent applications filed by language
| Language |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| English |
34,554 |
35,810 |
36,172 |
35,885 |
36,019 |
33,632 |
37,889 |
| French |
1,294 |
1,234 |
1,354 |
1,167 |
1,278 |
1,086 |
1,138 |
| Total |
35,848 |
37,044 |
37,526 |
37,052 |
37,297 |
34718 |
39,027 |
Applications, requests for examination and patents granted by sector
Patent applications filed, requests for examination and grants by sectors
| |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Chemistry |
| Filed applications |
11,903 |
13,095 |
| Requests for examination |
9,263 |
10,014 |
| Grants |
7,160 |
7,219 |
| Electrical engineering |
| Filed applications |
5,656 |
6,279 |
| Requests for examination |
4,798 |
5,005 |
| Grants |
4,483 |
3,994 |
| Instruments |
| Filed applications |
5,713 |
6,504 |
| Requests for examination |
4,769 |
5,430 |
| Grants |
4,341 |
4,076 |
| Mechanical engineering |
| Filed applications |
7,198 |
8,278 |
| Requests for examination |
5,900 |
6,434 |
| Grants |
5,264 |
5,023 |
| Other fields |
| Filed applications |
4,248 |
4,871 |
| Requests for examination |
3,316 |
3,280 |
| Grants |
2,956 |
2,781 |
| All disciplines |
| Filed applications |
34,718 |
39,027 |
| Requests for examination |
28,046 |
30,163 |
| Grants |
24,204 |
23,093 |
Applications and patents granted to residents of Canada and foreign countries
Applications filed and patents granted to residents of Canada and foreign countries (fiscal year 2018 to 2019)
| Province, territory or country |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications filed |
Non-PCT applications filed |
Total applications filed |
Total patents granted |
| Alberta |
241 |
660 |
901 |
383 |
| British Columbia |
250 |
380 |
630 |
220 |
| Manitoba |
27 |
114 |
141 |
71 |
| New Brunswick |
10 |
35 |
45 |
21 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
7 |
16 |
23 |
0 |
| Northwest Territories |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nova Scotia |
24 |
36 |
60 |
21 |
| Nunavut |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ontario |
614 |
1,387 |
2,001 |
939 |
| Prince Edward Island |
2 |
26 |
28 |
11 |
| Quebec |
379 |
710 |
1,089 |
453 |
| Saskatchewan |
14 |
106 |
120 |
79 |
| Yukon |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Residents of Canada (total) |
1,569 |
3,470 |
5,039 |
2,200 |
| Foreign countries |
27,463 |
6,525 |
33,988 |
20,893 |
| Total |
29,032 |
9,995 |
39,027 |
23,093 |
Top 10 applicants
Top 10 patent applicants (fiscal year 2018 to 2019)
| Applicant |
Number of applications filed |
| Qualcomm Incorporated |
316 |
| Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. |
271 |
| General Electric Company |
241 |
| Walmart Apollo, LLC |
234 |
| The Boeing Company |
197 |
| Philip Morris Products S.A. |
177 |
| BASF SE |
173 |
| The Procter & Gamble Company |
152 |
| Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
148 |
| NESTEC S.A. |
141 |
Top 10 patentees
Top 10 patentees (fiscal year 2018 to 2019)
| Patentee |
Number of patents granted |
| Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. |
485 |
| General Electric Company |
229 |
| The Boeing Company |
170 |
| Blackberry Limited |
157 |
| Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
135 |
| Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
124 |
| Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha |
118 |
| The Procter & Gamble Company |
116 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated |
112 |
| F. Hoffmann- La Roche AG |
108 |
Applications and patents granted by country as stated by the applicant
Patent applications filed and patents granted by country as stated by the applicant (fiscal year 2018 to 2019)
| Country |
Filed |
Granted |
| Algeria |
0 |
0 |
| Andorra |
2 |
1 |
| Anguilla |
0 |
1 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
19 |
0 |
| Argentina |
9 |
2 |
| Armenia |
1 |
0 |
| Aruba |
0 |
1 |
| Australia |
489 |
233 |
| Austria |
305 |
193 |
| Azerbaijan |
0 |
0 |
| Bahamas |
4 |
9 |
| Bahrain |
0 |
0 |
| Barbados |
74 |
49 |
| Belarus |
0 |
0 |
| Belgium |
386 |
167 |
| Belize |
0 |
0 |
| Benin |
0 |
0 |
| Bermuda |
7 |
10 |
| Bolivia |
0 |
0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0 |
0 |
| Brazil |
48 |
31 |
| British Virgin Islands |
26 |
23 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
0 |
0 |
| Bulgaria |
4 |
0 |
| Burkina Faso |
0 |
0 |
| Burundi |
0 |
0 |
| Cabo Verde |
0 |
0 |
| Canada |
5,040 |
2,229 |
| Cayman Islands |
50 |
11 |
| Central African Republic |
0 |
0 |
| Chile |
31 |
14 |
| China |
1,278 |
569 |
| Colombia |
2 |
2 |
| Cook Islands |
3 |
0 |
| Costa Rica |
5 |
0 |
| Croatia |
4 |
0 |
| Cuba |
3 |
2 |
| Cyprus |
19 |
10 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
2 |
0 |
| Czech Republic |
30 |
13 |
| Czechoslovakia |
0 |
0 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
0 |
1 |
| Denmark |
331 |
186 |
| Dominica |
0 |
0 |
| Dominican Republic |
1 |
0 |
| Ecuador |
2 |
1 |
| Egypt |
1 |
0 |
| El Salvador |
0 |
0 |
| Estonia |
6 |
2 |
| Faroe Islands |
0 |
1 |
| Finland |
293 |
167 |
| France |
1,541 |
1,070 |
| Gabon |
0 |
0 |
| Gambia |
1 |
0 |
| Georgia |
2 |
0 |
| Germany |
2,252 |
1,512 |
| Gibraltar |
0 |
1 |
| Greece |
21 |
7 |
| Guatemala |
0 |
0 |
| Guinea |
0 |
0 |
| Guernsey |
1 |
0 |
| Guyana |
0 |
0 |
| Honduras |
0 |
0 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
1 |
17 |
| Hungary |
25 |
9 |
| Iceland |
7 |
5 |
| India |
167 |
68 |
| Indonesia |
0 |
0 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
1 |
0 |
| Ireland |
292 |
120 |
| Isle of Man |
3 |
3 |
| Israel |
521 |
173 |
| Italy |
651 |
347 |
| Jamaica |
0 |
0 |
| Japan |
1,873 |
1,621 |
| Jersey |
5 |
1 |
| Jordan |
1 |
0 |
| Kazakhstan |
0 |
0 |
| Kenya |
0 |
0 |
| Kuwait |
1 |
0 |
| Latvia |
2 |
4 |
| Lebanon |
3 |
2 |
| Liechtenstein |
50 |
24 |
| Lithuania |
0 |
0 |
| Luxembourg |
136 |
57 |
| Macao |
0 |
0 |
| Macedonia |
0 |
0 |
| Madagascar |
0 |
0 |
| Malaysia |
10 |
12 |
| Maldives |
0 |
0 |
| Malta |
11 |
13 |
| Mauritius |
1 |
2 |
| Mexico |
59 |
38 |
| Monaco |
3 |
1 |
| Morocco |
1 |
1 |
| Namibia |
1 |
0 |
| Nepal |
0 |
1 |
| Netherlands |
527 |
379 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
0 |
1 |
| New Caledonia |
0 |
0 |
| New Zealand |
79 |
72 |
| Niger |
0 |
0 |
| Nigeria |
1 |
0 |
| Norway |
281 |
142 |
| Oman |
0 |
0 |
| Pakistan |
0 |
2 |
| Panama |
0 |
1 |
| Paraguay |
0 |
0 |
| Peru |
1 |
2 |
| Philippines |
0 |
0 |
| Poland |
61 |
15 |
| Portugal |
26 |
11 |
| Qatar |
2 |
0 |
| Republic of Korea |
311 |
329 |
| Republic of Moldova |
1 |
0 |
| Romania |
4 |
1 |
| Russian Federation |
70 |
40 |
| Saint Helena |
0 |
1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1 |
2 |
| Saint Lucia |
0 |
0 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0 |
2 |
| Samoa |
1 |
0 |
| San Marino |
1 |
0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
62 |
46 |
| Senegal |
0 |
0 |
| Serbia |
2 |
1 |
| Seychelles |
3 |
4 |
| Singapore |
69 |
43 |
| Slovakia |
8 |
3 |
| Slovenia |
9 |
6 |
| Somalia |
0 |
6 |
| South Africa |
33 |
34 |
| Spain |
213 |
121 |
| Sri Lanka |
1 |
0 |
| Sudan |
0 |
0 |
| Swaziland |
0 |
0 |
| Sweden |
472 |
304 |
| Switzerland |
1,386 |
807 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
0 |
0 |
| Taiwan |
41 |
65 |
| Thailand |
12 |
3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1 |
2 |
| Tunisia |
1 |
0 |
| Turkey |
23 |
8 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
1 |
1 |
| Ukraine |
4 |
3 |
| United Arab Emirates |
9 |
2 |
| United Kingdom |
1,365 |
694 |
| United States of America |
17,819 |
10,901 |
| Uruguay |
3 |
0 |
| Uzbekistan |
0 |
0 |
| Vanuatu |
1 |
0 |
| Vatican City State (Holy See) |
0 |
0 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
0 |
0 |
| Viet Nam |
4 |
2 |
| Yugoslavia |
0 |
0 |
| Zaire |
0 |
0 |
| Zambia |
0 |
0 |
| Zimbabwe |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
39,027 |
23,093 |
Patent Appeal Board operational statistics
Patent Appeal Board operational statistics
| |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Final actions |
| Referrals |
20 |
34 |
28 |
65 |
91 |
75 |
101 |
| Disposals |
25 |
40 |
24 |
19 |
33 |
41 |
46 |
| Industrial designs |
| Referrals |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Disposals |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Re-examination: section 48.1 |
| Filings |
6 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
2 |
15 |
11 |
| Disposals |
3 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
| Candidates for agents examinations |
| Patents |
231 |
218 |
439 |
471 |
433 |
440 |
406 |
| Trademarks |
57 |
69 |
71 |
89 |
111 |
142 |
120 |
