Patents
2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | |
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Patent turnaround time (in months) | 45.7 | 42.7 | 40.3 | 38.8 | 36.7 | 33.6 |
2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | |
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Patent requests for examination | 28,161 | 28,497 | 28,776 | 28,596 | 28,199 | 28,046 |
2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | |
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Patent disposals | 37,682 | 38,533 | 36,370 | 32,422 | 32,635 | 31,629 |
2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | |
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English | 34,554 | 35,810 | 36,172 | 35,885 | 36,019 | 33,632 |
French | 1,294 | 1,234 | 1,354 | 1,167 | 1,278 | 1,086 |
Total | 35,848 | 37,044 | 37,526 | 37,052 | 37,297 | 34718 |
2017–2018 | |
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Chemistry | |
Filed applications | 11,903 |
Requests for examination | 9,263 |
Grants | 7,160 |
Electrical engineering | |
Filed applications | 5,656 |
Requests for examination | 4,798 |
Grants | 4,483 |
Instruments | |
Filed applications | 5,713 |
Requests for examination | 4,769 |
Grants | 4,341 |
Mechanical engineering | |
Filed applications | 7,198 |
Requests for examination | 5,900 |
Grants | 5,264 |
Other fields | |
Filed applications | 4,248 |
Requests for examination | 3,316 |
Grants | 2,956 |
All disciplines | |
Filed applications | 34,718 |
Requests for examination | 28,046 |
Grants | 24,204 |
Filings | Total grants | |||
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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) | Non-PCT | Total | ||
Alberta | 243 | 481 | 724 | 432 |
British Columbia | 195 | 298 | 493 | 196 |
Manitoba | 21 | 73 | 94 | 56 |
New Brunswick | 12 | 16 | 28 | 21 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 |
Nova Scotia | 28 | 22 | 50 | 22 |
Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northwest Territories | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ontario | 759 | 853 | 1,622 | 1,087 |
Prince Edward Island | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
Quebec | 367 | 614 | 981 | 492 |
Saskatchewan | 20 | 93 | 113 | 73 |
Yukon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sub-total | 1,664 | 2,469 | 4,133 | 2,389 |
Foreign countries | 25,635 | 4,950 | 30,585 | 21,815 |
Total | 27,299 | 7,419 | 34,718 | 24,204 |
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | 554 |
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The Boeing Company | 216 |
10353744 Canada Ltd. | 202 |
Qualcomm Incorporated | 196 |
The Procter & Gamble Company | 195 |
Nissan Motor co., Ltd. | 188 |
General Electric Company | 157 |
BASF SE | 142 |
Huawei Technologies CO., Ltd. | 142 |
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | 132 |
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | 388 |
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Blackberry Limited | 283 |
The Boeing Company | 268 |
Baker Hughes Incorporated | 155 |
General Electric Company | 145 |
Qualcomm Incorporated | 142 |
The Procter & Gamble Company | 129 |
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | 121 |
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG | 117 |
SNECMA | 105 |
Filed | Granted | |
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Albania | 0 | 0 |
Algeria | 0 | 0 |
Andorra | 2 | 0 |
Anguilla | 1 | 0 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 0 |
Argentina | 6 | 4 |
Armenia | 0 | 0 |
Aruba | 0 | 0 |
Australia | 468 | 304 |
Austria | 255 | 178 |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 |
Bahamas | 3 | 18 |
Bahrain | 0 | 0 |
Barbados | 86 | 29 |
Belarus | 0 | 0 |
Belgium | 312 | 192 |
Belize | 0 | 0 |
Benin | 0 | 0 |
Bermuda | 9 | 13 |
Bolivia | 0 | 0 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 |
Brazil | 63 | 20 |
British Virgin Islands | 28 | 35 |
Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 0 |
Bulgaria | 3 | 1 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 |
Burundi | 0 | 0 |
Cabo Verde | 1 | 0 |
Canada | 4,133 | 2,416 |
Cayman Islands | 41 | 13 |
Central African Republic | 0 | 0 |
Chile | 25 | 23 |
China | 971 | 553 |
Colombia | 7 | 2 |
Cook Islands | 0 | 0 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 0 |
Croatia | 3 | 0 |
Cuba | 2 | 4 |
Cyprus | 15 | 3 |
Czech Republic | 23 | 15 |
Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 | 1 |
Denmark | 283 | 153 |
Dominica | 0 | 0 |
Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 |
Ecuador | 1 | 0 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 |
El Salvador | 0 | 0 |
Estonia | 9 | 2 |
Faroe Islands | 0 | 1 |
Finland | 252 | 232 |
France | 1,536 | 1,134 |
Gabon | 0 | 0 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 |
Germany | 2,097 | 1,547 |
Germany (Democratic Republic) | 3 | 9 |
Gibraltar | 0 | 2 |
Greece | 11 | 11 |
Guatemala | 0 | 0 |
Guinea | 0 | 0 |
Guyana | 0 | 0 |
Honduras | 0 | 0 |
Hungary | 24 | 18 |
Iceland | 11 | 7 |
India | 162 | 64 |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3 | 0 |
Ireland | 167 | 132 |
Isle of Man | 10 | 0 |
Israel | 463 | 204 |
Italy | 483 | 370 |
Jamaica | 1 | 0 |
Japan | 1,904 | 1,561 |
Jersey | 4 | 0 |
Jordan | 0 | 0 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 |
Kuwait | 0 | 0 |
Latvia | 6 | 2 |
Lebanon | 0 | 2 |
Liechtenstein | 48 | 25 |
Lithuania | 1 | 0 |
Luxembourg | 102 | 40 |
Macao | 0 | 1 |
Macedonia | 0 | 0 |
Madagascar | 0 | 0 |
Malaysia | 5 | 11 |
Maldives | 1 | 0 |
Malta | 15 | 9 |
Mauritius | 1 | 1 |
Mexico | 40 | 42 |
Monaco | 3 | 2 |
Morocco | 1 | 1 |
Namibia | 0 | 0 |
Nepal | 0 | 0 |
Netherlands | 506 | 398 |
Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 3 |
New Caledonia | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand | 92 | 60 |
Niger | 0 | 1 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 |
Norway | 203 | 167 |
Oman | 2 | 0 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 |
Panama | 2 | 2 |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 |
Peru | 3 | 0 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 |
Poland | 59 | 13 |
Portugal | 26 | 16 |
Qatar | 1 | 1 |
Republic of Korea | 282 | 372 |
Republic of Moldova | 0 | 0 |
Republic of the Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 |
Romania | 3 | 1 |
Russian Federation | 72 | 35 |
Rwanda | 0 | 0 |
Saint Helena | 0 | 0 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 |
Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 4 |
Samoa | 0 | 0 |
San Marino | 0 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia | 45 | 45 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 |
Serbia | 1 | 0 |
Seychelles | 1 | 5 |
Singapore | 89 | 50 |
Slovakia | 6 | 5 |
Slovenia | 5 | 7 |
South Africa | 42 | 27 |
Spain | 228 | 131 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 |
Sudan | 0 | 0 |
Swaziland | 0 | 0 |
Sweden | 383 | 353 |
Switzerland | 1,216 | 834 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 |
Taiwan | 102 | 85 |
Thailand | 10 | 0 |
Hong Kong, People's Republic of China | 11 | 11 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 |
Tunisia | 1 | 0 |
Turkey | 18 | 7 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 0 |
Ukraine | 7 | 2 |
United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1,175 | 687 |
United States of America | 16,002 | 11,470 |
Uruguay | 7 | 0 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 |
Vanuatu | 0 | 1 |
Vatican City State (Holy See) | 0 | 0 |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 | 0 |
Viet Nam | 1 | 3 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 |
Zaire | 0 | 0 |
Zambia | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 |
Total | 34,718 | 24,204 |
Patent Appeal Board
2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | |
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Final actions | ||||||
Referrals | 20 | 34 | 28 | 65 | 91 | 75 |
Disposals | 25 | 40 | 24 | 19 | 33 | 41 |
Industrial designs | ||||||
Referrals | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Disposals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
Re-examination: section 48.1 | ||||||
Filings | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 15 |
Disposals | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
Candidates for agents examinations | ||||||
Patents | 231 | 218 | 439 | 471 | 433 | 440 |
Trademarks | 57 | 69 | 71 | 89 | 111 | 142 |