IPR Trends Q3 2016: Patent and Trademark Statistics

In the 3rd quarter of 2016, new applications for all three types of patents rose by 0.34% to 18,121 cases. Inventions (10,849) and utility models (5,045) decreased by 0.89% and 1.75%, respectively, while designs (2,227) increased by 12.59%. It is worth of closely following as a rise of 4.12% in patent application in September, compared with the same period last year.
IPR Trends Q3 2016(.jpg file download, opened with new window)Inventions by residents (4,066) and non-residents (6,783) dropped by 0.59% and 1.06%, respectively. By country, Japan (3,069) came on top, followed by the US (1,753) and South Korea (442).
The top five domestic corporations filing new invention patents were Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) (211), Hon Hai (88), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) (66), AU Optronics (59), and Acer (46). In foreign corporations, Intel (220) came on top, followed by Qualcomm (168), Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (119), Nitto Denko (83), and Tokyo Electron (71).
In trademark, new applications (19,874) decreased by 2.11%. Resident and non-resident applications totaled at 14,513 (-1.44%) and 5,361 (-3.87%) cases, respectively. By country, China (957) came on top, followed by Japan (910) and the US (875).
 
Source: TIPO