BY TOMMY C. C. TSAI

Table 1.1: Statistics on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Applications between Taiwan and the United States (from September 2011 to September 2023)

Nationalities of the remaining applicants: Netherlands (148), Japan (113), Singapore (107), Republic of Korea (101), Great Britain (76), Israel (72), Germany (60), Ireland (49), Sweden (36), People’s Republic of China (28), Hong Kong (28), Canada (23), Cayman Islands (20), Switzerland (14), Finland (13), Luxembourg (4), Saudi Arabia (4), Italy (4), France (3), British Virgin Islands (3), Malaysia (3), Norway (2), Australia (2), United Arab Emirates (2), India (2), Denmark (2), Belgium (1), Czech Republic (1), Turkey (1), Philippines (1), Thailand (1), Croatia (1), Gibraltar (1), Mexico (1), Samoa (1), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Guernsey (1) and Malta (1).

Table 1.2: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and Japan (from May 2012 to September 2023)

Nationalities of the remaining applicants: Sweden (69), United States (20), Germany (13), France (10), Republic of Korea (9), People’s Republic of China (6), Netherlands (3), Singapore (1), Belgium (1) Spain (1) and British Virgin Islands (1).

Table 1.3: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and Spain (from October 2013 to September 2023)

Nationality of the remaining applicant: Great Britain (1).

Table 1.4: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (from July 2015 to September 2023)

Nationalities of the remaining applicants: Sweden (35), Japan (30), United States (5), Germany (2), Israel (1), Canada (1) and Netherlands (1).

Table 1.5: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and Canada (from February 2018 to September 2023)

Note 1: The nationalities of applicants are based on applicants’ nationalities at the time of compiling the statistics. In case of assignment, the nationality of the assignee has been included.

Note 2: Two additional applications requested PPH before July 2015. However, they were not considered in the statistics because the corresponding cases are Korean applications, which were not eligible for requesting PPH at the time (unqualified).

Note 3: There are no PPH applications between Taiwan and Poland so far.

Table 2: Average First OA and Disposal Pendency for PPH Applications.

Notes:

(1) The average first OA pendency is defined as the average period from the submission of all PPH documents to the issuance of the first OA.

(2) The average disposal pendency is defined as the average period from the submission of all PPH documents to the time a decision is issued.

(Translated from the Hot News announced on the website of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office)

*Section Chief of International Patent Division at Tai E International Patent & Law Office