Monthly production statistics

The following are monthly statistics that present the volume of inputs, outputs, and number of files in inventory for patents, trademarks and industrial designs. In addition to the corporate statistics published in our annual report, these monthly statistics may be of interest to IP professionals and other IP stakeholders.

  February 2024 Year-to-date
(April 2023 – March 2024)
Patents
Applications filed 2,924 36,225
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 37,094 N/A
Granted 1,716 24,630
Trademarks
Applications filed 3,917 57,817
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 180,566 N/A
Approvals 4,379 43,639
Registrations 2,585 46,259
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 770 8,218
Inventory 9,235 N/A
Allowances 782 7,158
Q4 - (2023-2024)
  January February March Q4
Patents
Applications filed 3,068 2,924 - 5,992
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 38,314 37,094 - N/A
Granted 2,794 1,716 - 4,510
Trademarks
Applications filed 4,932 3,917 - 8,849
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 184,543 180,566 - N/A
Approvals 4,449 4,379 - 8,828
Registrations 3,491 2,585 - 6,076
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 618 770 - 1,388
Inventory 9,272 9,235 - N/A
Allowances 763 782 - 1,545
Q3 - (2023-2024)
  October November December Q3
Patents
Applications filed 3,395 3,666 3,547 10,608
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 38,875 37,929 39,312 N/A
Granted 3,748 1,191 1,304 6,243
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,259 4,978 4,964 15,201
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 184,408 185,407 187,277 N/A
Approvals 2,935 2,805 3,178 8,918
Registrations 4,831 5,824 4,153 14,808
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 890 789 966 2,645
Inventory 9,232 9,183 9,533 N/A
Allowances 565 650 592 1,807
Q2 - (2023-2024)
  July August September Q2
Patents
Applications filed 2,912 3,723 3,610 10,245
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 45,599 44,281 42,716 N/A
Granted 1,436 3,800 3,797 9,033
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,478 4,932 4,180 14,590
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 183,922 183,398 183,686 N/A
Approvals 5,087 4,395 3,000 12,482
Registrations 4,352 3,912 3,267 11,531
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 591 674 771 2,036
Inventory 9,117 9,055 9,214 N/A
Allowances 667 734 763 2,164
Q1 - (2023-2024)
  April May June Q1
Patents
Applications filed 2,304 3,871 3,205 9,380
Inventory (Requests for Examination (RE) awaiting 1st action) 49,229 46,620 45,998 N/A
Granted 1,569 1,650 1,625 4,844
Trademarks
Applications filed 5,685 6,245 5,765 17,695
Inventory (From Filed to 1st Action) 186,425 185,424 184,790 N/A
Approvals 3,183 4,611 5,617 13,411
Registrations 3,985 5,163 4,696 13,844
Industrial Designs
Applications filed 579 858 712 2,149
Inventory 9,180 9,184 9,153 N/A
Allowances 316 680 646 1,642