TIPO’s Q4 2021 IPR Statistics Report - 2022.02.18

In Q4 2021, TIPO received a total of 19,210 patent applications (including invention, utility model, and design patents), marking a less than 1% decrease from the same period last year, whereas trademark applications (24,839 cases) grew by 1%. As for invention patent applications, ITRI (252 cases) came out on top among resident applicants for the first time, and Applied Materials (234 cases) led non-resident applicants. Most trademark applications were filed under the agriculture industry. Uni-President (178 cases) and Cognosphere (56 cases) ranked at the top among resident and non-resident applicants, respectively.

Patent Applications

Among the three types of patent applications, there were 12,992 invention patent applications filed this year, a growth of 2% compared to the same period last year. This was mainly due to an increase in non-resident applications. On the other hand, the number of utility model and design patent applications dropped. All three types of patent applications filed by non-resident applicants saw growth anywhere from 6% to 20% (Table 1).

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