Trend of IP Application in First Half of 2016 Announced by TIPO
In the first half of the year 2016, the total number of all three types of patent applications is 34,494, lower by 2.55% compared to the amount of the first half of 2015. The trademark application number is 38,267, higher by 1.50%.
Regarding patent applications, the application amounts of invention patent, utility model, and design patent are 20,622, 9,927, and 3,945; the amount of invention patent and utility model applications are lower by 2.17% and 6.23%, respectively; in contrast, the amount of design patent applications is raised by 5.74%.
In the invention patent applications, the amount of application filed by domestic applicants is 7,447, lower by 6.84%; the amount filed by foreign applicants is 13,175, higher by 0.68% compared to the amount of the first half of 2015.
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