Statistics
Number of PPH(using the national products) Requests
| OFF:Office of First Filing | OSF:Office of Second Filing |
| OEE:Office of Earlier Examination | OLE: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 |
![]() PL |
![]() EA |
![]() ID |
Total | |
![]() JP |
7488 | 2228 | 36(0) | 180(9) | 929 | - | 3 | 1174 | 17 | 2(1) | 104(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 429 | 2 | 1770 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14400 | |
![]() US |
2490(136) | 1033 | 87(3) | 3283(177) | 169 | 451(29) | 10 | 747 | 13 | 3(1) | 66(3) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 0 | 11 | 416 | 18 | 1102 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 10012 | |
![]() KR |
263 | 1198 | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1560 | |
![]() GB |
106(16) | 440 | 45 | 24(16) | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 617 | |
![]() CA |
13(11) | 228 | 6 | 0(0) | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1(0) | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 248 | |
![]() DE |
128(0) | 126 | 24 | 4 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 348 | |
![]() AU |
- | 228 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 228 | |
![]() DK |
14 | 132 | 12 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 160 | |
![]() EP |
192(106) | 534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 726 | |
![]() SG |
1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
![]() FI |
8(0) | 38 | 4 | - | 6(0) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | |
![]() RU |
6(1) | 22 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0(0) | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | |
![]() AT |
3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
![]() HU |
2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
![]() ES |
0(0) | 0 | 0 | - | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | 0(0) | 0(0) | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
![]() MX |
0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
![]() PT |
0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
![]() IL |
0 | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
![]() TW |
2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
![]() NO |
0 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
![]() CN |
19 | 124 | 7 | - | - | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 161 | |
![]() IS |
0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
![]() PH |
0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
![]() CO |
- | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
![]() CZ |
- | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
![]() PL |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
![]() EA |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
![]() ID |
0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Total | 3247 | 10600 | 3361 | 133 | 3552 | 1115 | 451 | 13 | 1921 | 32 | 6 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 149 | 0 | 11 | 845 | 20 | 2953 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28600 |
| * | As of the end of Jun 2013 |
| * | 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 |
![]() CZ |
![]() PL |
![]() EA |
![]() ID |
Total | |
![]() JP |
2004 | 1314 | 198 | - | - | 0 | 475 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 519 | 0 | 17 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4539 |
![]() US |
23 | 352 | 34 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 517 |
![]() KR |
32 | 2531 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 364 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3006 |
![]() CA |
- | 9 | - | 123 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 132 |
![]() AU |
- | 257 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 284 |
![]() EP |
639 | 2017 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2656 |
![]() FI |
0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 |
![]() RU |
0 | 35 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 |
![]() AT |
- | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
![]() ES |
2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
![]() SE |
18 | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 113 |
![]() IL |
0 | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
![]() XN |
7 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 |
![]() CN |
27 | 386 | 7 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 422 |
| Total | 2752 | 7148 | 318 | 129 | 42 | 0 | 523 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 914 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11874 |
* As of the end of Jun 2013
| 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)
PCT-PPH Statistical Data
Period: Jan 2013 -Jun 2013
( ) : All applications including PPH and non-PPH
- *1 = Reference statistics are taken from the data of 2012.
- *2 = (# of decisions to grant a patent)/((# of decisions of grant a patent)+(# of withdrawal and abandonment after first office action)). This definition reflects that examination in Australia results in one of three outcomes: acceptance, withdrawal or abandonment, but not refusal.
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PPH - Grant Rate |
|
- (%)
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- JP
- 75%
- 69%
- US
- 86%
- 53%
- KR
- 88.6%
- 65.6%
- GB
- 100%
- CA
- 91%
- 65%
- DE
- AU
- 100%
- EP
- RU
- 100%
- 83%
- MX
- 97.7%
- TW
- 95%
- 58%
- JP

- US

- KR

- GB

- CA

- DE

- AU

- EP

- RU

- MX

- TW

- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 50 PPH requests.
PPH - First Action Allowance Rate |
|
- (%)
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- JP
- 22%
- 15%
- US
- 25.7%
- 15.2%
- KR
- 33.5%
- 10.7%
- GB
- 7.1%
- CA
- 42%
- 5.1%
- DE
- AU
- 50%
- EP
- RU
- 100%
- MX
- 95.5%
- TW
- 45%
- 7.9%
- JP

- US

- KR

- GB

- CA

- DE

- AU

- EP

- RU

- MX

- TW

- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 50 PPH requests.
PPH - Average Pendency from PPH
|
|
JP
US
KR
GB
CA
DE
AU
EP
RU
MX
TW
- JP 22 1.8
- US 22.6 5.8
- KR 16.8 1.8
- GB 0 0.7
- CA 22.2 1.6
- DE nodata
- AU 0 0.5
- EP nodata
- RU 10.9 1.7
- MX 10.9 1.7
- TW 10.9 1.7
| 16 2.2 |
| 18.8 5.8 |
| 14.8 2.4 |
| |
| 17.8 2.1 |
5.6 |
| |
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| 7.2 3.9 |
| |
| 35.0 1.68 |
- 5
- 10
- 15
- 20
- 25
- 30
- 35
- 40
- (month)
- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 50 PPH requests.
PPH - Average Pendency from PPH
|
|
JP
US
KR
GB
CA
DE
AU
EP
RU
MX
TW
- JP
- US
- KR
- GB 0 4.8
- CA 40.5 5.5
- DE nodata
- AU 0 1.5
- EP nodata
- RU 18 6.8
- MX
- TW
| 25 6.7 |
| 30.7 11.4 |
| 21.6 5.2 |
| 5.3 |
| 35.6 6.2 |
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| 1.7 |
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| 4 |
| |
| 43.3 3.93 |
- 5
- 10
- 15
- 20
- 25
- 30
- 35
- 40
- (month)
- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 50 PPH requests.
PPH - Average Number of
|
|
JP
US
KR
GB
CA
DE
AU
EP
RU
MX
TW
- JP 1.10 1.06
- US 2.6 2.3
- KR nodata
- GB 0 1.14
- CA 1.6 0.7
- DE nodata
- AU 0 0.55
- EP nodata
- RU 1.65 0.6
- MX 1.65 0.6
- MX 1.65 0.6
| 1.10 1.00 |
| 2.5 |
| 0.75 |
| 0 1.1 |
| 1.5 0.7 |
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| 0 0.5 |
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| 1.8 1 |
| 0.99 0.55 |
- a
- 1
- a
- 2
- a
- 3
- a
- 4
- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 50 PPH requests.
PCT-PPH - Grant Rate |
|
- (%)
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- JP
- 93%
- 69%
- US
- 88%
- 53%
- KR
- 85.9%
- 65.6%
- CA
- 100%
- 65%
- AU
- 89%
- EP
- JP

- US

- KR

- CA

- AU

- EP

- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 20 PCT-PPH requests.
PCT-PPH - First Action Allowance
|
|
- (%)
- 100
- 90
- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
- JP
- 65%
- 15%
- US
- 19.3%
- 15.2%
- KR
- 16.8%
- 10.7%
- CA
- 61%
- 5.1%
- AU
- 33%
- EP
- JP

- US

- KR

- CA

- AU

- EP

- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 20 PCT-PPH requests.
PCT-PPH - Average Pendency from PPH
|
|
JP
US
KR
CA
AU
EP
- JP 26.3 1.9
- US 23.6 4.3
- KR 16.8 2.2
- CA 22.2 1.0
- AU
- EP nodata
| 16 2.3 |
| 18.8 5.6 |
| 14.8 3.4 |
| 17.8 2.25 |
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- 5
- 10
- 15
- 20
- 25
- 30
- 35
- 40
- (month)
- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 20 PCT-PPH requests.
PCT-PPH - Average Pendency from PPH
|
|
JP
US
KR
CA
AU
EP
- JP
- US
- KR
- CA 40.5 2.5
- AU
- EP nodata
| 25 4.0 |
| 30.7 9.9 |
| 21.6 6.3 |
| 35.6 3.7 |
1.6 |
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- 5
- 10
- 15
- 20
- 25
- 30
- 35
- 40
- (month)
- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 20 PCT-PPH requests.
PCT-PPH - Average Number of
|
|
JP
US
KR
CA
AU
EP
- JP 1.10 0.46
- US 2.6 1.6
- KR nodata
- CA 1.6 0.3
- CA 1.6 0.3
- EP nodata
| 1.1 0.43 |
| 2.5 |
0.8 |
| 1.5 0.5 |
0.6 |
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- 1
- a
- 2
- a
- 3
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- 4
- * The offices which meet the following requirements are indicated.
- 1, The offices which have entered PPH network more than 1 year ago.
- 2, The offices which have received more than 20 PCT-PPH requests.





















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