These tables provide an overview of our corporate activity, based on the latest available statistics.
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Product outputs
Applications
| Applications |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patents |
35,848 |
37,044 |
37,526 |
37,052 |
37,297 |
34,718 |
39,027 |
| National |
10,080 |
10,205 |
9,356 |
7,625 |
9,911 |
7,419 |
9,995 |
| Patent Cooperation Treaty |
25,768 |
26,839 |
28,170 |
29,427 |
27,386 |
27,299 |
29,032 |
| Trademarks |
49,125 |
50,132 |
51,181 |
53,232 |
55,446 |
60,322 |
63,442 |
| Copyright |
8,069 |
8,314 |
7,638 |
8,674 |
8,750 |
9,012 |
9,209 |
| Industrial designs |
5,389 |
5,370 |
5,370 |
5,881 |
6,141 |
6,660 |
6,139 |
| Integrated circuit topographies |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| International Searching Authority |
2,364 |
2,286 |
2,484 |
2,277 |
2,097 |
2,055 |
2,209 |
| International Preliminary Examination Authority |
270 |
257 |
268 |
280 |
225 |
189 |
187 |
Requests for examination
| Requests for examination |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patents |
28,161 |
28,497 |
28,776 |
28,596 |
28,199 |
28,046 |
30,163 |
Disposals
| Disposals |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patents |
37,682 |
38,533 |
36,370 |
32,422 |
32,635 |
31,629 |
29,757 |
Grants and registrations
| Grants and registrations |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patents |
21,529 |
23,482 |
23,748 |
22,494 |
26,960 |
24,204 |
23,093 |
| Trademarks |
26,116 |
27,210 |
25,613 |
33,026 |
34,164 |
26,226 |
24,917 |
| Copyright |
8,013 |
8,284 |
7,615 |
8,663 |
8,688 |
8,992 |
9,204 |
| Industrial designs |
4,052 |
4,049 |
6,472 |
5,670 |
5,691 |
4,743 |
5,542 |
Abandonments
| Abandonments |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Trademarks |
17,907 |
18,613 |
18,442 |
19,658 |
19,961 |
18,904 |
20,098 |
| Copyright |
60 |
26 |
18 |
16 |
19 |
10 |
7 |
| Industrial designs |
317 |
347 |
554 |
481 |
385 |
371 |
407 |
Maintenance and renewals
| Maintenance and renewals |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patents |
301,566 |
301,296 |
303,528 |
306,993 |
305,468 |
306,827 |
312,479 |
| Trademarks |
10,899 |
11,037 |
10,999 |
11,061 |
12,284 |
14,233 |
19,375 |
| Industrial designs |
3,591 |
3,662 |
2,976 |
3,205 |
3,291 |
2,714 |
2,783 |
Assignments
| Assignments |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patents |
39,112 |
39,235 |
38,499 |
39,932 |
33,877 |
34,616 |
36,203 |
| Trademarks |
12,232 |
14,557 |
11,804 |
13,954 |
15,782 |
13,008 |
12,713 |
| Copyright |
1,706 |
2,388 |
945 |
1,528 |
711 |
1,404 |
1,525 |
| Industrial designs |
1,754 |
1,502 |
1,606 |
4,038 |
2,713 |
1,835 |
1,104 |
| Integrated circuit topographies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Client enquiries
Client enquiries
| Enquiry |
2012 to 2013 |
2013 to 2014 |
2014 to 2015 |
2015 to 2016 |
2016 to 2017 |
2017 to 2018 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Patents |
13,672 |
15,497 |
12,757 |
13,969 |
12,337 |
12,770 |
11,754 |
| Status requests |
2,786 |
1,236 |
441 |
4,278 |
368 |
195 |
199 |
| Trademarks |
21,792 |
25,827 |
21,780 |
26,695 |
23,946 |
24,701 |
25,124 |
| Copyright |
5,235 |
5,681 |
5,023 |
4,553 |
4,089 |
4,199 |
3,996 |
| Industrial designs |
952 |
1,131 |
926 |
980 |
1,000 |
1,138 |
1,544 |
| Integrated circuit topographies |
5 |
24 |
10 |
14 |
15 |
13 |
3 |
| General information |
26,029 |
27,104 |
28,132 |
22,992 |
25,381 |
19,275 |
22,414 |
| Total enquiries |
69,351 |
76,500 |
69,069 |
73,463 |
67,136 |
62,291 |
65,034 |
