2019 Taiwan Patent Data Published by TIPO

1. 2019 statistics on patent related matters (number of cases)

	Total	Invention	Utility Model	Design
New application* Re-examination Invalidation Assignment License	74652 5220 431 5241 98	48268 5076 123	17580 - 264	8804 144 44
Domestic applicants Foreign applicants	39604 35068	18984 29284	16412 1168	4208 4596

2. 2019 data on invention patent cases

Invention application	48268 cases*	Application requesting for re-examination	5076 cases
Application requesting for substantive examination	42987 cases	Percentage of requesting re-examination	55.50%
Percentage of allowance at primary examination	75.40%
First office action issued at primary examination	8.4 months	First office action at re-examination	10.6 months
Disposal time for primary examination	13.6 months	Disposal time at re-examination	13.4 months
Final notice issued by office action	102 cases
*including 18984 cases by domestic applicants and 29284 cases by foreign applicants

3. 2019 data on utility model patent cases

Utility model application	17580 cases*
Average disposal time	2.6 months
Application requesting for technical evaluation report	1291 cases
*including 16412 cases by domestic applicants and 1168 cases by foreign applicants

4. 2019 data on design patent cases

Design application	8804 cases*
Percentage of allowance	86.40%
First office action issued	6.2 months
Disposal time at primary examination	7.5 months
*including 4208 cases by domestic applicants and 4596 cases by foreign applicants

5. 2019 Average disposal time for patent application

Invention (primary examination)	13.6 months
Invention (re-examination)	13.4 months
Utility model (formality examination)	2.6 months
Design	7.5 months
Technical evaluation report of utility model patent	4.3 months
Invalidation*	about 15 months
*Success rate of invalidation approximately 54.6%

6. 2019 Patent invalidation cases

Invalidation sustained				Invalidation partial sustained				Invalidation rejected
IN	UM	DE	Total	IN	UM	DE	Total	IN	UM	DE	Total
46	162	14	222	22	41	-	63	71	104	4	179
Rate of sustained cases approximately 54.6% IN: Invention UM: Utility Model DE: Design

7. 2019 PPH statistics

	PPH cases	For all invention applications
Average rate of allowance	95%	76.90%
Rate of allowance without issuing an office action	39.80%	6.20%
First office action issued	1.59 months	8.69 months
Average disposal time	3.59 months	13.57 months
Average number of issuing office action	0.62	1.06

8. 2019 Valid patent cases and IC (integrated circuit) filing cases

Valid invention patent cases	Valid utility model patent cases	Valid design patent cases	IC filing cases
329466	100423	46010	118

9. 2019 patent cases filed by top ten foreign countries

Countries	Invention	Utility Model	Design	Total
Japan	13195	74	1329	14598
United States	6341	184	912	7437
China	2723	560	415	3698
Korea	1656	16	142	1814
Hong Kong	1018	118	146	1282
Germany	1004	8	250	1262
Switzerland	433	-	256	689
The Netherlands	547	11	106	664
France	201	4	357	562
Singapore	368	33	85	486

10. 2019 Patent appeal cases (by the Ministry of Economic Affairs)

Sustained	Partly sustained	Rejected	Others (withdrawn)	Success rate
7	1	242	2	3.20%
Per Taiwan Appeal Act, a decision for an appeal must be made within 6 months.

11. 2019 Statistics of Patent Administrative Suit (by Intellectual Property Court)

Plaintiff Won	Plaintiff Lost	Partly Sustained	Withdrawn	Dismissal Ruling	Settlement	Total
22	77	3	3	2	-	107
Success rate approximately 23%

12. 2018 patent cases by Taiwan applicants filed in five largest intellectual property offices (IP5)

13. 2019 design cases by Taiwan applicants filed in five largest intellectual property offices (IP5)