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2019 IP Trends
IPR Applications and Registrations by Year
2019 IP Trends
IPR Applications
IP Examination Trends
First Office Action Pendency by IPRs
(unit: cases)
Patent
Utility model
Industrial design
Trademark
2015 20192016 2017 2018
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
213,694 208,830 204,775 209,992 218,975
67,954 65,659 63,453 63,680 65,039
185,443 181,606 182,918
200,341 221,507
9.6% 1.3%2.5% 4.9% 6.4%
8,711 7,767 6,809 6,232 5,447
(unit: cases)
Patent
Utility model
Industrial design
Trademark
IPR Registrations
2015 20192016 2017 2018
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
101,873 108,875 120,662 119,012 125,661
54,551 55,602 49,293 49,905 52,850
114,747 119,255 116,708 115,025
125,594
1.1%4.4% 1.0%4.9% 6.4%
3,253 2,854 2,993 2,715 2,417
Non-Resident IPR Applications
Top 10 Countries/Regions(unit: cases)Patent Utility model Industrial design Trademark
3.1%Japan
14,990 30 1,087 3,858 Total 19,965
0.8%Switzerland
1,307 3 192 1,191 Total 2,693
1.1%USA
13,111 46 1,491 6,925 Total 21,573
5.6%
UnitedKingdom
1,061 3 91 1,259 Total 2,414
2.7%Italy
458 7 177 1,019 Total 1,661
5.4%Germany
4,222 11 223 1,972 Total 6,428
8.5%Netherlands
987 4 216 357 Total 1,564
4.9%France
1,544 7 232 1,375 Total 3,158
1.7%
Taiwan(Province of China) 1,108 146 61 475 Total 1,790
18.1%China
3,723 173 885 7,643 Total 12,424
• Non-resident applicants filed a total of 84,243 IPR applications (a 1.9% increase from 2018).
• Non-residents from the USA filed the largest portion of IPR applications at 25.6% and non-residents from Japan filed the most patent applications by at 31.6% out of 129 countries.
*Including PCT, Madrid, Hague international applications
(unit: months)
Patents and utility models
Trademarks
Industrial designs
4
2
6
8
10
12
20192015 2016 2017 2018
10.6 10.4 10.310.8
10.0
4.7
4.4 4.7 4.9 4.95.4
4.8 5.05.5
6.8
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2019 IP Trends
Top IPR Filing Domestic & Overseas Companies
Year-over-year comparison2019 2018 (unit: cases)
Patent Top 5 WIPO Technology Fields
Top 10 Technology Classifications
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. 5th.
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. 5th.
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. 5th.
Domestic
Overseas
7,7974,551 71.3%
654501 30.5%
6,3135,883 7.3%
4,3144,174 3.4%
2,8892,676 8.0%
2,3191,846 25.6%
563860 -34.5%
559531 5.3%
483383 26.1%
436488 -10.7%
Industrial design
Domestic
Overseas
990675 46.7%
278171 62.6%
741670 10.6%
506419 20.8%
216129 67.4%
216199 8.5%
14382 74.4%
10917 541.2%
8519 347.4%
8052 53.8%
Trademark
Domestic
Overseas
9461,189 -20.4%
11498 16.3%
666301 121.3%
562536 4.9%
550621 -11.4%
477375 27.2%
7455 34.5%
6958 19.0%
6659 11.9%
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Patent Applications by Technology
(unit: %)
Electrical engineering Chemistry Mechanical engineering Instruments Other
33.7% -0.8%
13.5% 1.7%
21.7% 1.6%
11.0% 0.7%
20.1%0%
Total100%
※ WIPO IPC-Technology concordance table (35 technology fields)
(unit: cases)
Computer technology
Semiconductors
IT methods for management
Medical technology
Transport
Civil engineering
Digital communication
Other special machines
Measurement
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
15,805 2.0%
11,866 6.6%
11,353 2.8%
10,669 5.0%
10,294 -0.6%
10,215 24.7%
9,996 8.7%
9,441 5.7%
8,095 2.0%
7,898 1.8%
The field of electricity accounted for 33.7% of total patent applications in 2019.
The majority of applications were from the field of electric machinery, apparatus, energy, and the field of computer technology in 2019.
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