The following are monthly statistics that present the volume of inputs, outputs, and number of files in inventory for patents, trademarks and industrial designs. In addition to the corporate statistics published in our annual report, these monthly statistics may be of interest to IP professionals and other IP stakeholders.
March 2020
Year-to-date
(April 2019 – March 2020)
Patents
Applications filed
2,588
34,815
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action)
26,551
n/a
Granted
2,468
19,353
Trademarks
Applications filed
4,181
58,221
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action)
112,572
n/a
Approvals
1,281
23,595
Registrations
2,251
52,297
Industrial Designs
Applications filed
807
6,794
Inventory
8,902
n/a
Allowances
195
4,545
Q4 - (2019-2020)
January
February
March
Q4
Patents
Applications filed
3,405
2,682
2,588
8,675
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action)
25,277
25,629
26,551
n/a
Granted
1,628
1,107
2,468
5,203
Trademarks
Applications filed
3,880
3,906
4,181
11,967
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action)
102,370
106,714
112,572
n/a
Approvals
1,373
1,692
1,281
4,346
Registrations
3,796
2,488
2,251
8,535
Industrial Designs
Applications filed
445
679
807
1,924
Inventory
8,282
8,702
8,902
n/a
Allowances
326
438
195
913
Q3 - (2019-2020)
October
November
December
Q3
Patents
Applications filed
3,402
3,436
3,321
10,159
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action)
24,021
24,033
23,781
n/a
Granted
1,751
1,367
1,446
4,564
Trademarks
Applications filed
5,827
4,849
4,434
15,110
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action)
93,646
96,533
99,752
n/a
Approvals
2,266
1,532
1,698
5,496
Registrations
4,611
3,287
2,901
10,799
Industrial Designs
Applications filed
667
531
757
1,955
Inventory
7,794
7,872
8,243
n/a
Allowances
496
455
371
1,322
Q2 - (2019-2020)
July
August
September
Q2
Patents
Applications filed
3,447
3,184
3,148
9,779
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action)
22,998
23,789
23,764
n/a
Granted
1,852
1,652
2,064
5,568
Trademarks
Applications filed
5,655
5,197
5,045
15,897
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action)
86,876
89,233
91,075
n/a
Approvals
3,352
1,924
1,732
7,008
Registrations
12,517
5,752
4,859
23,128
Industrial Designs
Applications filed
608
581
582
1,771
Inventory
7,177
7,284
7,578
n/a
Allowances
397
447
355
1,199
Q1 - (2019-2020)
April
May
June
Q1
Patents
Applications filed
3,031
3,493
2,862
9,386
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action)