Key activities
2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Applications | |||||||
Patents | 35,848 | 37,044 | 37,526 | 37,052 | 37,297 | 34,718 | |
Patents | National | 10,080 | 10,205 | 9,356 | 7,625 | 9,911 | 7,419 |
Patent Cooperation Treaty | 25,768 | 26,839 | 28,170 | 29,427 | 27,386 | 27,299 | |
Trademarks | 49,125 | 50,132 | 51,181 | 53,232 | 55,446 | 60,322 | |
Copyrights | 8,069 | 8,314 | 7,638 | 8,674 | 8,750 | 9,012 | |
Industrial designs | 5,389 | 5,370 | 5,881 | 6,043 | 6,141 | 6,660 | |
Integrated circuit topographies | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
International Searching Authority | 2,364 | 2,286 | 2,484 | 2,277 | 2,097 | 2,055 | |
International Preliminary Examining Authority | 270 | 257 | 268 | 280 | 225 | 189 | |
Requests for examination | |||||||
Patents | 28,161 | 28,497 | 28,776 | 28,596 | 28,199 | 28,046 | |
Disposals | |||||||
Patents | 37,682 | 38,533 | 36,370 | 32,422 | 32,635 | 31,629 | |
Grants and registrations | |||||||
Patents | 21,529 | 23,482 | 23,746 | 22,494 | 26,960 | 24,204 | |
Trademarks | 26,116 | 27,210 | 25,613 | 33,026 | 34,164 | 26,226 | |
Copyrights | 8,013 | 8,284 | 7,617 | 8,663 | 8,688 | 8,992 | |
Industrial designs | 4,052 | 4,049 | 6,472 | 5,670 | 5,691 | 4,743 | |
Integrated circuit topographies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Abandonments | |||||||
Trademarks | 17,907 | 18,613 | 18,442 | 19,658 | 19,961 | 18,904 | |
Copyrights | 60 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 10 | |
Industrial designs | 317 | 347 | 554 | 481 | 385 | 371 | |
Maintenance and renewals | |||||||
Patents | 301,566 | 301,296 | 303,528 | 306,993 | 305,468 | 30,6827 | |
Trademarks | 10,899 | 11,037 | 10,999 | 11,061 | 12,284 | 14,233 | |
Industrial designs | 3,591 | 3,662 | 2,976 | 3,205 | 3,291 | 2,714 | |
Assignments | |||||||
Patents | 39,112 | 39,235 | 38,499 | 39,932 | 33,877 | 34,616 | |
Trademarks | 12,232 | 14,557 | 11,804 | 13,954 | 15,782 | 13,008 | |
Copyrights | 1,706 | 2,388 | 945 | 1,528 | 711 | 1,404 | |
Industrial designs | 1,754 | 1,502 | 1,606 | 4,038 | 2,713 | 1,835 | |
Integrated circuit topographies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Enquiries | |||||||
Patents | 13,672 | 15,497 | 12,757 | 13,969 | 12,337 | 12,770 | |
Status requests (patents) | 2,786 | 1,236 | 441 | 4,278 | 368 | 195 | |
Trademarks | 21,792 | 25,827 | 21,780 | 26,695 | 23,946 | 24,701 | |
Copyrights | 5,235 | 5,681 | 5,023 | 4,533 | 4,089 | 4,199 | |
Industrial designs | 952 | 1,131 | 926 | 980 | 1,000 | 1,138 | |
Integrated circuit topographies | 5 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 13 | |
General information | 26,029 | 27,104 | 28,132 | 22,992 | 25,381 | 19,275 | |
Total enquiries | 69,351 | 76,500 | 69,069 | 73,463 | 67,136 | 62,291 |
Human resources
March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 | March 2018 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 35 years | 17.0% | 15.3% | 13.6% | 12% | 14% | 16.00% |
35 to 49 years | 54.0% | 54.5% | 57.4% | 59% | 58% | 56.00% |
50 + years | 29.0% | 30.2% | 29.0% | 30% | 28% | 28.00% |
March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 | March 2018 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total employees | 1,038 | 1,033 | 965 | 942 | 961 | 1,070 |
March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 | March 2018 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 506 | 501 | 457 | 447 | 463 | 501 |
Female | 532 | 532 | 512 | 495 | 498 | 568 |
Information Branch
2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enquiries | 69,351 | 76,500 | 69,069 | 73,463 | 67,136 | 62,291 |