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Figure 10

Patent requests for examination

Description

Figure 10 shows how the number of patent examination requests has changed over the past three fiscal years, namely, 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010.
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
Requests for examination 27116 30376 30187

Figure 11

Patent disposals

Description

Figure 11 shows how the number of patent disposals has changed over the past three fiscal years, namely, 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010.
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
Disposals 33673 35188 39108

Table 8

Patent applications filed by language
2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Total 41 321 40 796 37 375
English 39 962 39 327 36 104
French 1 359 1 469 1 271

Table 9

Patent applications filed, requests for examination and grants by discipline
Discipline 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Biotechnology Filed 3 357 3 353 3 287
Requests for examination 2 411 2 711 2 502
Granted 979 962 1 021
Computer related Filed 7 292 6 253 6 060
Requests for examination 5 024 5 302 5 379
Granted 2 445 2 043 2 540
Electrical/Physics Filed 3 232 3 579 3 131
Requests for examination 2 162 2 691 2 587
Granted 1 291 1 606 1 863
Mechanical/Civil Filed 9 464 11 488 10 645
Requests for examination 6 200 7 894 8 100
Granted 6 190 6 707 6 493
Organic chemistry Filed 5 242 5 179 4 600
Requests for examination 3 328 3 763 3 721
Granted 2 247 2 203 2 765
Other chemistry Filed 7 491 6 698 5 947
Requests for examination 4 843 5 106 4 816
Granted 2 817 2 799 3 423
Miscellaneous Filed 5 243 4 246 3 705
Requests for examination 3 148 2 909 3 082
Granted 2 585 1 931 2 013
All disciplines Filed 41 321 40 796 37 375
Requests for examination 27 116 30 376 30 187
Granted 18 554 18 251 20 118

Table 10

Patent applications filed and granted to residents of Canada and foreign countries
PCT
filings		 Non-PCT
filings		 Total
filings		 Total
grants
Total 28 254 9 121 37 375 20 118
Alberta 333 527 860 491
British Columbia 181 253 434 167
Manitoba 23 82 105 45
New Brunswick 13 32 45 13
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 13 14 7
Northwest Territories 0 1 1 1
Nova Scotia 19 57 76 16
Nunavut 0 3 3 0
Ontario 693 1 692 2 385 887
Prince Edward Island 2 10 12 1
Quebec 395 762 1 157 423
Saskatchewan 22 99 121 40
Yukon Territory 0 2 2 1
Subtotal 1 682 3 533 5 215 2 092
Foreign countries 26 572 5 588 32 160 18 026

Table 11

Top 10 patent applicants
Applicants
Research In Motion Limited 495
Qualcomm Incorporated 418
The Procter & Gamble Company 273
F. Hoffman-LaRoche AG 257
Schlumberger Canada Limited 254
General Electric Company 252
Tyco Healthcare Group LP 239
Novartis AG 191
BASF SE 191
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. 180

Table 12

Top 10 patentees
Patentees
The Procter & Gamble Company 186
Schlumberger Canada Limited 163
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG 144
Research in Motion Limited 139
General Electric Company 129
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 124
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. 121
Weatherford/Lamb Inc. 120
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson 103
Novartis AG 98

Table 13

Patent Appeal Board — Operational statistics
2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Final actions Referrals 16 15 6
Disposals 5 15 12
Industrial designs Referrals 0 1 0
Disposals 0 0 0
Conflicts Referrals 6 0 1
Disposals 2 3 0
Re-examination — Section 48.1 Filings 3 7 2
Disposals 5 2 4
Abuse — Section 67 Filings 0 1 0
Disposals 0 0 1
Candidates for agents examinations Patents 241 232 264
Trade-marks 24 26 32

Table 14

Patent applications filed and granted by origin as stated by applicant
Filed Granted
Total 37 374 20 118
Algeria 1 0
Andorra 2 0
Argentina 11 4
Australia 441 273
Austria 206 129
Bahamas 36 6
Barbados 75 74
Belarus 1 0
Belgium 319 132
Bermuda 65 3
Brazil 59 18
British Virgin Islands 42 13
Brunei Darussalam 1 0
Bulgaria 1 0
Canada 5 215 2 092
Cayman Islands 7 3
Chile 13 4
China 247 57
Colombia 5 1
Cook Islands 0 1
Country unknown 11 2
Croatia 5 1
Cuba 10 6
Cyprus 20 4
Czech Republic 15 4
Czechoslovakia 0 1
Denmark 276 129
Ecuador 3 0
Egypt 0 1
Estonia 4 0
Finland 291 267
France 1 741 892
Georgia 1 0
Germany (Democratic Republic of) 10 2
Germany(Federal Republic of) 2 747 1 483
Gibraltar 0 1
Greece 18 6
Guatemala 1 0
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11 14
Hungary 27 19
Iceland 15 4
India 108 43
Indonesia 2 0
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4 0
Ireland 140 34
Isle of Man 1 0
Israel 288 108
Italy 499 311
Japan 2 100 1 820
Jordan 12 0
Kazakhstan 1 0
Kenya 0 1
Latvia 1 0
Liechtenstein 136 15
Lithuania 1 0
Luxembourg 54 21
Malaysia 6 2
Malta 4 0
Mauritius 3 2
Mexico 46 9
Monaco 3 8
Morocco 1 0
Netherlands 736 304
Netherlands Antilles 5 4
New Caledonia 1 0
New Zealand 90 38
Nigeria 1 0
Norway 185 112
Palau 1 0
Panama 8 2
Poland 10 3
Portugal 26 7
Republic of Korea 404 184
Romania 0 1
Russian Federation 44 16
Samoa 1 0
Saudi Arabia 11 3
Serbia 1 0
Seychelles 2 1
Singapore 25 12
Slovakia 2 1
Slovenia 4 5
South Africa 50 31
Spain 206 73
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1 0
Sweden 564 377
Switzerland 1 531 743
Taiwan 160 76
Thailand 5 1
Trinidad and Tobago 2 0
Tunisia 1 0
Turkey 7 4
Turks and Caicos Islands 2 2
Ukraine 3 3
United Arab Emirates 3 0
United Kingdom 1 338 756
United States of America 16 594 9 333
Uruguay 2 1
Uzbekistan 0 1
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3 0
Yugoslavia 1 1
Zambia 0 3

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