My country’s invention authorization rate is 54.98%! The average review cycle for my country’s invention patents has been shortened to 18.5 months | Statistical report of the world’s five largest intellectual property offices (2021)


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2023-05-31

Today, the State Intellectual Property Office website released the statistical report (2021) of the world's five largest intellectual property offices. In 2021, the total number of invention patent applications filed by the five offices

Today, the website of the State Intellectual Property Office released the statistical report (2021) of the world's five largest intellectual property offices. In 2021, the five offices filed a total of 2.9 million invention patent applications (a year-on-year increase of 3.7%). A total of 1.5 million invention patents were authorized by the five offices (a year-on-year increase of 10%).

In 2021, the China State Intellectual Property Office reviewed and concluded a total of 1.266 million invention patent applications. In 2021, China's invention patent applications reached 1.586 million, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%; the number of invention patent authorizations was 696,000, a year-on-year increase of 31.3%.

According to the official authorization rate calculation formula: authorization rate = number of authorizations in the year/number of approvals in the year, the invention authorization rate in 2021 = 69.6/126.6 = 54.98%.

In 2021, the number of utility model patent applications was 2.852 million, a year-on-year decrease of 2.5%; the number of design patent applications was 806,000, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The number of utility model patents granted was 3.12 million, a year-on-year increase of 31.2%; the number of design patents granted was 786,000, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%.

European Patent Office: Patent applications at the European Patent Office have resumed significant growth. Despite the increasing workload, the European Patent Office has achieved a steady improvement in timeliness, shortening the examination cycle to 23 months, while maintaining the search cycle below 5 months.

Japan Patent Office: The average total examination cycle and first pass cycle are 15.3 months and 10.1 months respectively.

Korean Intellectual Property Office: The average processing time for invention patents and utility model patents is 12.2 months.

China State Intellectual Property Office: In 2021, the average review cycle for invention patents will drop to 18.5 months, of which high-value invention patents will drop to 13.3 months.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: By 2021, the number of officially authorized U.S. patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has reached 11 million, which is an important milestone for American innovation and creativity.

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