Statistics

Number of PPH(using the national products) Requests
OFF:Office of First FilingOSF:Office of Second Filing
OEE:Office of Earlier ExaminationOLE:Office of Later Examination

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

JP		 6379 1763 33 132(6) 755 - 3 844 12 2(1) 84(4) 0 0 0 19 0 0 208 2 754 0 0 - - 10990

US		 2125(81) 847 67(2) 2768(105) 142 270(12) 9 546 9 2(0) 32(4) 0 2 1 77 - 8 291 13 582 0 0 0 0 7791

KR		 239 1075 6 5 6 - 0 - - 0 1 - - 2 - - - - - 21 - - - - 1355

GB		 86(10) 379 34 15(3) 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 515

CA		 10(9) 185 2 0(0) 0 - 0 - - 1(0) - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - 198

DE		 110 103 21 1 48 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 289

AU		 - 186 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 186

DK		 10(0) 118 5 - 2 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 135

EP		 145(80) 391 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 536

SG		 1 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5

FI		 6 32 1 - 4 - - - - - 1 0 0 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - 44

RU		 4(1) 14 0 - - - - 0 - - 0(0) - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - 18

AT		 1 1 - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 2

HU		 2 3 - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 5

ES		 0 0 0 - 0 - - - - - 0(0) 1 - - 0 0 - - - - - - - - 1

MX		 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 1

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

IL		 0 7 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8

TW		 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6

NO		 0 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3

CN		 12 97 4 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 115

IS		 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1

PH		 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

CO		 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

CZ		 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Total 2753 8983 2677 107 2975 905 270 12 1390 21 5 120 0 2 3 96 0 8 499 15 1363 0 0 0 0 22204
* As of the end of December 2012
* 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
PT
SE
IL
NO
CN
IS
PH		 Total

JP		 1534 964 96 - - 0 384 0 - - 1 3 0 5 - 0 188 0 8 3183

US		 21 266 23 - 10 0 36 0 10 0 1 - - 0 0 0 14 0 - 381

KR		 12 1927 61 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 205 - - 2205

CA		 - - - 77 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 77

AU		 - 192 - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 201

EP		 541 1547 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2088

FI		 0 41 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - 0 - - - - 41

RU		 - 17 - - - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - 17

AT		 - 17 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 17

ES		 2 6 - - - - - 0 1 - - 1 0 - - - - - - 10

SE		 10 62 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 73

IL		 - 1 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 1

XN		 4 57 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 61

CN		 15 196 3 - - - - 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - 215
Total 2139 5293 183 77 19 0 420 0 12 0 2 4 0 6 0 0 407 0 8 8570
* As of the end of December 2012
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
DK
SG
RU
ES
MX
TW
NO
CO
CZ
Grant Rate {%} 76
(68)		 87
(52)		 89.6 92.3 93.0
(71.0)		 n/a 100 n/a
(11.4)*2		 50 98
(79)		 100 94
(60)		 n/a
(32)		 -
(44.6)		 0
(52.5)
First Action Allowance Rate {%} 28
(15)		 30.6
(14.4)		 33.5*1
 3.7
 45.0
(5.6)		 n/a 52
 n/a
(n/a)		 50 80
(35)		 100 57
(9.1)		 n/a -
-		 0
(9.0)
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to First Office Action {months}		 1.9
(19)		 5.7
(23.7)		 2.2
 1.0 2.2
(18.9)		 5.5 0.9
 n/a
(7.2)		 n/a 3.2
(23)		 0.95 1.68
(38.3)		 3 -
-		 0
0
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to Final Decision {months}		 6.0
(28)		 10.7
(33.3)		 4.8
 5.9
 5.1
(37.8)		 n/a 1.9
 n/a
(19.9)		 n/a 4.9
(13)
(33)		 0.95
 3.24
(45.5)		 n/a -
-		 0
0
Average Number of Office Actions 0.92
(1.1)		 TBD
(2.5)		 -
 0.8
 0.6
(1.6)		 n/a 0.48
 n/a
(n/a)		 1 1.2
(2.1)		 -
(2)		 0.00
 0.44
(0.97)		 n/a -
(1)		 0
0.98

PCT-PPH Statistical Data

Office of Filing

JP
US
KR
CA
AU
MX
Grant Rate {%} 96
(68)		 92
(52)		 87.1 100
(71.0)		 100 100
First Action Allowance Rate {%} 63
(15)		 24.4
(14.4)		 36.0*1
 58.0
(5.6)		 50
 50
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to First Office Action {months}		 2.3
(19)		 5.9
(23.7)		 2.2 1.6
(18.9)		 1.2 2.7
Average Pendency from PPH Request
to Final Decision {months}		 3.8
(28)		 9.4
(33.3)		 4.4 4.6
(37.8)		 3.1 3.7
Average Number of Office Actions 0.43
(1.1)		 TBD
2.5		 -
 0.4
(1.6)		 0.5
 0.5

Period:   Jul 2012 -Dec 2012

(   ) :  All applications including PPH and non-PPH

  • *1 = (# of decisions to grant a patent as first office action) / (# of first office actions)
  • *2 = (# of decisions to grant a patent) / ((# of decisions to grant a patent) + (# of decisions of refusal) + (# of withdrawal and abandonment after first office action)+(# of withdrawal and abandonment prior to first office action))

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