BY JACK T. W. WEI
Table 1 Statistics on Accelerated Examination Program (AEP) Applications.
By month
By nation
* Note: 4 unqualified applications are included, 3 of which fall under condition 1 and 1 under condition 4.
Table 2 Average First Response (OA or disposal) Pendency Under AEP applications.
Note: Condition 1 is calculated from Jan 2009 to the end of Jun 2017.
Conditions 2 and 3 are calculated from Jan 2010 to the end of Jun 2017.
Condition 4 is calculated from Jan 2014 to the end of Jun 2017.
Table 3 Statistics on Nations of the Corresponding Cases Being Claimed (Last Updated Jun 2017).
Note: There are 5 applications claiming several corresponding cases.
Furthermore, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and TIPO started the PPH MOTTAINAI program on May 1, 2014. This 3-year program expired on Apr 30, 2017, and a 3-year extension program has been immediately put into practice in order to continue providing PPH service for applicants from both countries.
The current PPH MOTTAINAI pilot program ended on Apr 30 of this year. Both sides have agreed to extend the program for three additional years starting May 1, 2017 in order to continue providing this convenient and efficient PPH service to respective applicants. Relevant detailed information can be found on the following websites:
1. TIPO website:
(https://www.tipo.gov.tw/lp.asp?ctNode=6716&CtUnit=3227&BaseDSD=7&mp=1).
2. JPO website:
(http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_taiwan_highway_e.htm).
1 發明專利加速審查(AEP)申請案件統計簡表(至106年5月底案件), Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (June 6, 2017).
Retrieved from https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=531848&ctNode=7502&mp=1
2 Taiwan Intellectual Property Office News (May 1, 2017).
Retrieved from https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=622126&ctNode=6687&mp=2
3 Patent Engineer in Patent Division
Table 1 Statistics on Accelerated Examination Program (AEP) Applications.
By month
Month | Jan 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2017 | Apr 2017 | May 2017 | Jun 2017 | Total | |
Domestic | Condition 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
Condition 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Condition 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 45 | |
Condition 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
Total | 9 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 88 | |
International | Condition 1 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 85 |
Condition 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Condition 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Condition 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Total | 17 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 92 | |
Overall | 26 | 24 | 37 | 26 | 36 | 31 | *180 |
By nation
Nation | Condition 1 | Condition 2 | Condition 3 | Condition 4 | Total |
Republic of China (TW) | 28 | 2 | 45 | 13 | 88 |
Japan (JP) | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
United States (US) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
Germany (DE) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Italy (IT) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Great Britain (GB) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Belgium (BE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Luxembourg (LU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Republic of Korea (KR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Belize (BZ) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands (NL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
People’s Republic of China (CN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Israel (IL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland (IE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Singapore (SG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hong Kong (HK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 113 | 6 | 45 | 16 | *180 |
Table 2 Average First Response (OA or disposal) Pendency Under AEP applications.
Condition | Date of requesting AEP | Average first OA pendency |
Condition 1 | until the end of Jun 2017 | 71.4 |
Condition 2 | until the end of Jun 2017 | 78 |
Condition 3 | until the end of Jun 2017 | 133.5 |
Condition 4 | until the end of Jun 2017 | 98.5 |
Conditions 2 and 3 are calculated from Jan 2010 to the end of Jun 2017.
Condition 4 is calculated from Jan 2014 to the end of Jun 2017.
Table 3 Statistics on Nations of the Corresponding Cases Being Claimed (Last Updated Jun 2017).
Nation | Condition 1 | Condition 2 | Total | Percentage |
United States (US) | 55 | 4 | 59 | 47.58% |
Japan (JP) | 29 | 0 | 29 | 23.39% |
European Patent Office (EP) | 19 | 3 | 22 | 17.74% |
People’s Republic of China (CN) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3.23% |
Republic of Korea (KR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.42% |
Australia (AU) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.42% |
Germany (DE) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.42% |
New Zealand (NZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.81% |
Total | 117 | 7 | 124 | 100.00% |
Furthermore, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and TIPO started the PPH MOTTAINAI program on May 1, 2014. This 3-year program expired on Apr 30, 2017, and a 3-year extension program has been immediately put into practice in order to continue providing PPH service for applicants from both countries.
The current PPH MOTTAINAI pilot program ended on Apr 30 of this year. Both sides have agreed to extend the program for three additional years starting May 1, 2017 in order to continue providing this convenient and efficient PPH service to respective applicants. Relevant detailed information can be found on the following websites:
1. TIPO website:
(https://www.tipo.gov.tw/lp.asp?ctNode=6716&CtUnit=3227&BaseDSD=7&mp=1).
2. JPO website:
(http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_taiwan_highway_e.htm).
1 發明專利加速審查(AEP)申請案件統計簡表(至106年5月底案件), Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (June 6, 2017).
Retrieved from https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=531848&ctNode=7502&mp=1
2 Taiwan Intellectual Property Office News (May 1, 2017).
Retrieved from https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=622126&ctNode=6687&mp=2
3 Patent Engineer in Patent Division