The following tables are made based on 2022 official data published by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO).
2022 Patent new filing cases
| Type | Invention | Utility Model | Design | Total |
|---|
| Domestic Applicant | 19,400 (↓0.8%) | 13,669 (↓6.0%) | 3,411 (↓3.5%) | 36.48 |
| Foreign Applicant | 30,842 (↑4.3%) | 993 (↓20.8%) | 3,744 (↓10.2%) | 35,579 |
| Subtotal | 50,242 (↑2.3%) | 14,662 (↓7.2%) | 7,155 (↓7.1%) | Grand Total 72,059 |
2022 Patent related cases
| Re-examination | 6,540 |
| Invalidation | 431 |
| Assignment | 5,851 |
| Licensing | 123 |
| Appeal | 198 |
| Administrative Suit | 83 |
2022 Invention patent cases
| Applications requesting substantive examination | 44,402 |
| Allowed cases at primary examination | 42,664 |
| Rate of allowance at primary examination | 76.50% |
| Average time until first office action at primary examination | 8.8 months |
| Average disposal time at primary examination | 14.3 months |
| Applications requesting re-examination | 6,579 |
| Average time until first office action at re-examination | 11.4 months |
| Average disposal time at re-examination | 13.7 months |
| (Request of substantive examination must be filed by invention patent applications at the time of filing or within three years after filing.) |
2022 Utility Model patent cases
| Utility model cases after disposal | 14,625 |
| Average examination duration | 2.8 months |
| Applications requesting Technical Evaluation Report | 831 |
| Average time to complete Technical Evaluation Report | 6.8 months |
| (Formality examination is conducted for utility model applications only.) |
2022 Design patent cases
| Allowed cases at primary examination | 6,564 |
| Rate of allowance at primary examination | 88.70% |
| Average time until first office action at primary examination | 5.9 months |
| Average disposal time at primary examination | 6.9 months |
| (Automatic examination is conducted for design patent cases.) |
2022 AEP and PPH cases (for invention patent applications only)
| AEP | PPH |
|---|
| Number of cases | 390 | 879 |
| Average time until first office action | 49〜92 days | 42〜44 days |
| Average disposal time | 155〜259 days | 118〜136 days |
Remarks:
＊ AEP refers to Accelerated Examination Program. The Applicant can file AEP request according to one of the following bases:
Base 1 – for invention that has a corresponding foreign patent application allowed after the substantive examination by a foreign patent office
Base 2 – for invention that has a corresponding foreign application pending before USPTO, JPO or EPO, but official action and search report have been issued
Base 3 – for invention required for commercial practice
Base 4 – for invention related to green technologies
＊ PPH refers to Patent Prosecution Highway program. Currently there are PPH bilateral agreement between TIPO and USPTO, JPO, KIPO, SPTO, PPO and CIPO, respectively. |
2022 Patent Invalidation cases
| Examination Results | Invention | Utility Model | Design | Total |
|---|
| Sustained | 45 | 99 | 24 | 168 |
| Partially Sustained | 18 | 28 | - | 46 |
| Rejected | 99 | 85 | 34 | 218 |
2022 Patent Appeal cases
| Sustained | Partially Sustained | Rejected | Other
(withdrawn) | Success Rate |
|---|
| 4 | 1 | 190 | 3 | 2.50% |
2022 Patent Administrative Suits
| Withdrawn | Plaintiff Won | Plaintiff Lost | Partially Sustained | Dismissal Ruling | Settlement | Other | Success Rate |
|---|
| 9 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.60% |
