JACK T. W. WEI2
Table 1.1 Statistics on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Applications between Taiwan and the United States (from Jan 2011 to the End of Jun 2017).
|
Nationalities of Applicants |
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|
Date of requesting PPH |
Domestic |
United States |
Others |
Total |
|
2011 |
3 |
35 |
1 |
39 |
|
2012 |
15 |
202 |
35 |
252 |
|
2013 |
16 |
217 |
38 |
271 |
|
2014 |
15 |
263 |
43 |
321 |
|
2015 |
8 |
242 |
77 |
327 |
|
2016 |
14 |
254 |
75 |
343 |
|
Jan 2017 |
3 |
33 |
3 |
39 |
|
Feb 2017 |
0 |
19 |
2 |
21 |
|
Mar 2017 |
0 |
64 |
9 |
73 |
|
Apr 2017 |
0 |
53 |
7 |
60 |
|
May 2017 |
2 |
47 |
6 |
55 |
|
Jun 2017 |
1 |
43 |
6 |
50 |
|
Total |
77 |
1472 |
302 |
1851 |
Nationalities of the remaining applicants include: Singapore (70), Netherlands (52), Israel (31), Great Britain (29), Germany and Canada (19), Japan (18), People’s Republic of China and Cayman Islands (8), Sweden (7), Luxembourg and Switzerland (6), Hong Kong (5), Saudi Arabia and Italy (4), Thailand and Malaysia (3), Ireland (2), as well as Philippines, Mexico, France, Croatia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, British Virgin Islands, and Gibraltar (1).
Table 1.2 Statistics on PPH Applications Between Taiwan and Japan (from May 2012 to the End of Jun 2017).
|
Nationalities of Applicants |
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|
Date of requesting PPH |
Domestic |
Japan |
Others |
Total |
|
2012 |
1 |
207 |
0 |
208 |
|
2013 |
5 |
488 |
0 |
493 |
|
2014 |
0 |
513 |
2 |
515 |
|
2015 |
3 |
511 |
9 |
523 |
|
2016 |
0 |
445 |
10 |
455 |
|
Jan 2017 |
0 |
29 |
1 |
30 |
|
Feb 2017 |
0 |
30 |
1 |
31 |
|
Mar 2017 |
0 |
59 |
1 |
60 |
|
Apr 2017 |
1 |
45 |
2 |
48 |
|
May 2017 |
0 |
52 |
0 |
52 |
|
Jun 2017 |
0 |
45 |
2 |
47 |
|
Total |
10 |
2424 |
28 |
2462 |
Nationalities of the remaining applicants include: Sweden (16), United States (6), Germany and Luxembourg (2), as well as Netherlands, and Singapore (1).
Table 1.3 Statistics on PPH Applications Between Taiwan and Spain (from Oct 2013 until the End of June 2017).
|
Nationalities of Applicants |
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|
Date of requesting PPH |
Domestic |
Spain |
Others |
Total |
|
2013 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2014 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2016 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Jan 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Feb 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mar 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Apr 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
May 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Jun 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Table 1.4 Statistics on PPH Applications Between Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (from Jul 2015 until the End of Jun 2017).
|
Nationalities of Applicants |
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|
Date of requesting PPH |
Domestic |
Republic of Korea |
Others |
Total |
|
2015 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
2016 |
0 |
11 |
9 |
20 |
|
Jan 2017 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Feb 2017 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Mar 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Apr 2017 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
May 2017 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Jun 2017 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
0 |
19 |
12 |
31 |
Nationalities of the remaining applicants: Japan (7), Germany (2), as well as the United States, Sweden, and Israel (1).
Note 1: the nationalities of applicants are based on applicants’ nationalities at the time of compiling the statistics. In case of assignment, the nationality of the assignee has been included.
Note 2: 2 additional applications requested PPH before Jul 2015. However, they were not considered in aforementioned statistics because the corresponding cases thereof are Korean applications, which were not eligible for requesting PPH at that time (unqualified).
Table 2 Average First OA and Disposal Pendencies for PPH Applications.
|
Statistical period |
Average first OA pendency (days) |
Average disposal pendency (days) |
|
until the end of Jun 2017 |
53.9 |
132.2 |
Note:
(1) the average first OA pendency is defined as the average period since the submission of all PPH documents to the issuance of first OA.
(2) the average disposal pendency is defined as the average period since the submission of all PPH documents to the conclusion.
1 專利審查高速公路(PPH)申請案件統計(至106年5月底案件), Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (June 7, 2017). Retrieved from https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=531840&ctNode=7127&mp=1
2 Patent Engineer in Patent Division
