2019-2020 — Monthly production statistics

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) 22,730 23,191 22,795 n/a
Granted 2,170 1,697 1,803 5,670
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,651 6,141 8,651 20,444
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 75,051 79,176 84,365 n/a
Approvals 2,595 3,273 2,801 8,669
Registrations 2,039 2,771 10,777 15,587
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 526 534 590 1,650
Inventory 7,136 7,014 6,989 n/a
Allowances 556 545 402 1,503