Statistics

Number of PPH(using the national products) Requests

JP
US
KR
GB
CA
DE
AU
DK
EP
SG
FI
RU
AT
HU
ES
MX
PT
IL
TW
NO
CN
IS		 Total

JP		 4703 1025 20(0) 73 495 - 2 394 8 1(0) 42 0 0 0 1 - - - 0 53 0 6817

US		 1438(12) 475 36(1) 1922 40 146(7) 1 254 9 1(0) 9 0 1 0 15 - 0 39 2 0 0 4388

KR		 160 851 4 5 1 - 0 - - 0(0) 0 - - 1 - - - - - - - 1022

GB		 52(3) 205 19 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 277

CA		 2(2) 107 1 - 0 - 0 - - 1(0) - - - 0 - - - - - - - 111

DE		 80 65 13 - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 169

AU		 - 109 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 109

DK		 7 90 4 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 102

EP		 40 191 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 231

SG		 0 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

FI		 5(0) 19 0 - 1 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 25

RU		 3(0) 8 0 - - - - - - - 0(0) - - 0 - - - - - - - 11

AT		 1 0 - - - - - - - - 0(0) - 0 - - - - - - - - 1

HU		 2 3 - - - - - - - - 0(0) - 0 - - - - - - - - 5

ES		 0(0) 0 0 - 0 - - - - - 0(0) 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0

MX		 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0

PT		 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0

IL		 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1

TW		 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

NO		 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

CN		 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1

IS		 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Total 1791 6354 1537 60 2013 536 146 3 648 17 3 52 0 1 1 16 0 0 39 2 53 0 13272
* As of the end of December 2011
* The number in parentheses shows the cumulative number of PPH MOTTAINAI requests
out of the total number of PPH requests. (The number of OSF- USPTO is not noted.)
Number of PPH(PCT-PPH) Requests

JP
US
KR
CA
AU
DK
EP
FI
RU
AT
ES
MX
SE
XN
NO
CN
IS		 Total

JP		 765 537 - - - 0 188 0 1 - 0 0 0 - - 7 0 1498

US		 10 137 8 - 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 - 0 - - 0 0 172

KR		 - 963 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 975

CA		 - 3 - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23

AU		 - 88 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 91

DK		 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

EP		 338 814 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1152

FI		 0 35 - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 35

RU		 - 7 - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - 7

AT		 - 8 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 8

ES		 0 4 - - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - - - 4

MX		 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

SE		 5 21 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 27

XN		 0 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3

NO		 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

CN		 0 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

IS		 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Total 1118 2622 20 20 8 0 199 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 3997
* As of the end of December 2011
PPH Statistical Data

Definitions:

  • (1)Grant Rate = (# of decisions to grant a patent)/((# of decisions of grant a patent)+(# of decisions of refusal)+(# of withdrawal and abandonment after first office action))
  • (2)First Action Allowrance Rate = (# of decisions to grant a patent as first office action)/((# of decisions to grant a patent)+(#of decisions of refusal)+(# of withdrawal and abandonment after first office action))
  • (3)Average Pendency from PPH Request to First Office Action is the average pendency of application for which first office action was issued during the period.
  • (4)Average Pendency from PPH Request to Final Decision is the average pendency of application for which final decision was issued during the period.
  • (5)Average Number of Office Actions = (total # of office actions of all the applications for which final decision was issued during a period)/(# of application for which final decision was issued during the period)
    *1Final decisions are NOT counted as office actions.
    *2Decisions in appeals are not included.

PPH Statistical Data(NOT including PCT-PPH)

OSF

JP
US
KR
GB
CA
DE
AU
SG
FI
RU
HU
ES
MX
TW
Grant Rate {%} 76.6
(58.9)		 87
(49)		 90.3
(66.3)		 97.6
( 0 )		 91
(64)		 -
( - )		 100
( - )		 100
( - )		 100
( - )		 95
(80.2)		 -
24.4		 -
( - )		 81.8*2
( - )		 100
(57)
First Action Allowance Rate {%} 22.9
(11.2)		 26
(14)		 27.1
(10.1*1)		 4.8
( - )		 42
(4.9)		 -
( - )		 44.4
( - )		 100
( - )		 66
( - )		 50
(12.3)		 0
(9.7)		 100
(35)		 81.8*2
( - )		 87.5
(9.2)
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to First Office Action {months}		 1.8
(26.3)		 6.1
(23.6)		 1.8
(16.8)		 1.8
( - )		 1.6
(22.2)		 5.6
( - )		 0.5
( - )		 -
( - )		 1
(8.5)		 1.7
(10.9)		 1
(76.1)		 3.5
(23)		 0.83
( - )		 1.1
(41.1)
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to Final Decision {months}		 7.1
(32.4)		 11.6
(33.8)		 4.9
(22.8)		 4.8
( - )		 5.5
(40.5)		 -
( - )		 1.5
( - )		 -
( - )		 6
(60)		 6.8
(18)		 -
(71.7)		 -
(33)		 0.83
( - )		 1.2
(45.7)
Average Number of Office Actions 1.06
(1.10)		 2.3
(2.6)		 -
( - )		 1.14
( - )		 0.7
(1.6)		 -
( - )		 0.55
( - )		 0.17
( - )		 1
( - )		 0.6
(1.65)		 -
(0.7)		 -
(2)		 0
( - )		 0.13
(0.94)

PCT-PPH Statistical Data

Office of Filing

JP
US
KR
CA
AU
RU
Grant Rate {%} 95.4
(58.9)		 91
(49)		 -
(66.3)		 100
(64)		 100
( - )		 -
(74)
First Action Allowance Rate {%} 58.0
(11.2)		 19
(14)		 -
(10.1*1)		 75
(4.9)		 33.3
( - )		 -
(8.5)
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to First Office Action {months}		 1.9
(26.3)		 4.3
(23.6)		 2.2
(16.8)		 1.0
(22.2)		 0.5
( - )		 1.3
(11)
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to Final Decision {months}		 3.5
(32.4)		 7.0
(33.8)		 -
(22.8)		 2.5
(40.5)		 1.7
( - )		 -
(25)
Average Number of Office Actions 0.46
(1.10)		 1.6
(2.6)		 -
( - )		 0.3
(1.6)		 0.66
( - )		 -
(2.6)

Period:   Jan-Dec 2011

(   ) :  All applications including PPH and non-PPH

  • *1 Grant Rate = (# of decisions to grant a patent as first office action) / (# of first office actions)
  • *2 Data without considering three PPH requests in period of third party observations.
  • *3 Sep-Dec 2011

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