Patent and Trademark Statistics in Taiwan for the year 2007

Month	Application Cases	Invention Laid-Open Cases	Publication (Allowed) Cases	Rejected Cases	Re-examination Cases	Invalidation Cases	Oral Hearing Cases *
January	6,177	4,362	4,939	480	271	103	74
February	5,301	3,881	4,031	579	408	74	34
March	7,247	3,322	5,157	557	161	87	79
April	6,119	4,386	5,214	448	147	92	53
May	6,916	3,860	4,680	754	157	120	72
June	6,649	4,211	3,540	599	177	106	34
July	6,638	3,749	3,241	499	222	87	43
August	7,342	4,146	3,814	808	209	97	46
September	6,215	3,841	3,651	602	148	86	32
October	6,987	4,602	3,620	605	297	108	51
November	7,480	3,073	3,491	574	234	102	61
December	8,749	3,553	3,629	429	156	97	77
Total Cases	81,820	46,986	49,007	6,934	2,587	1,159	656

For Administrative Suit Cases
Remarks:
1) The above patent application cases include invention, utility model and design applications.
2) Re-examination cases include invention and design cases only (utility model adopted formality examination since July 1, 2004).

Month	Application Cases	Publication (Allowed) Cases	Rejected Cases	Opposition Cases	Invalidation Cases	Cancellation Cases	Renewal Cases	Oral Hearing Cases *
January	5,366	5,516	328	125	55	19	1,899	57
February	3,603	3,878	524	105	31	31	1,257	39
March	5,817	3,119	376	150	27	28	2,609	72
April	5,265	4,646	1,039	104	29	29	2,647	58
May	6,039	3,873	307	147	43	35	3,137	52
June	5,055	4,049	461	80	36	50	2,391	60
July	5,729	3,865	680	206	35	35	3,036	95
August	5,523	4,789	1,019	140	49	34	1,947	80
September	4,300	4,814	364	132	30	26	1,948	61
October	5,109	3,376	446	145	36	21	1,981	94
November	5,456	4,167	603	161	23	22	1,547	54
December	4,489	5,234	908	80	34	23	2,338	38
Total Cases	62,111	51,326	7,055	1,575	428	353	26,237	760