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11.06.2018
Statistics on the Patent Prosecution Highway Program in Taiwan (Last Updated October 2018)
BY STELLAR J. H. LIN

Table 1.1 Statistics on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Applications between Taiwan and the United States (from September 2011 to the End of October 2018).

 
Nationalities of Applicants
Date of requesting PPH Domestic United States Others Total
2011 3 35 1 39
2012 15 204 33 252
2013 15 215 41 271
2014 15 264 42 321
2015 8 244 75 327
2016 15 254 75 343
2017 16 461 65 542
Jan 2018 2 36 6 44
Feb 2018 0 17 1 18
Mar 2018 0 25 5 30
Apr 2018 4 29 2 35
May 2018 0 39 0 39
Jun 2018 2 28 5 35
Jul 2018 2 38 11 51
Aug 2018 1 37 6 44
Sep 2018 1 19 6 26
Oct 2018 2 34 8 44
Total 101 1978 382 2461
 
Nationalities of the remaining applicants include: Singapore (77), Netherlands (65), Great Britain (41), Israel (34), Japan (28), Germany (25), Canada (14), Sweden (14), People’s Republic of China (12), Luxembourg (11), Ireland (9), Cayman Islands (8), Hong Kong (8), Switzerland (6), Saudi Arabia (4), Italy (4), British Virgin Islands (3), Malaysia (3), Republic of Korea (3), Norway (2), Finland (2), as well as Turkey, Philippines, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Croatia, France, Gibraltar, Mexico, and New Zealand (1).
 
Table 1.2 Statistics on PPH Applications Between Taiwan and Japan (from May 2012 to the End of October 2018).
Nationalities of Applicants
Date of requesting PPH  Domestic  Japan  Others  Total
2012 1 207 0 208
2013 5 488 0 493
2014 0 513 2 515
2015 3 511 9 523
2016 0 445 10 455
2017 1 450 20 471
Jan 2018 0 35 1 36
Feb 2018 0 21 0 21
Mar 2018 0 34 2 36
Apr 2018 0 35 2 37
May 2018 0 39 0 39
Jun 2018 0 30 2 32
Jul 2018 0 47 1 48
Aug 2018 0 33 2 35
Sep 2018 0 31 0 31
Oct 2018 0 39 5 44
Total 10 2958 56 3024
 
Nationalities of the remaining applicants include: Sweden (32), United States (13), Germany (3), Luxembourg (3), Netherlands (2), as well as Republic of Korea, Singapore and Belgium (1).
 
Table 1.3 Statistics on PPH Applications Between Taiwan and Spain (from Oct 2013 until the End of October 2018). 
Nationalities of Applicants
Date of requesting PPH  Domestic  Spain  Others  Total
2013 0 0 0 0
2014 0 1 0 1
2015 0 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0 0
2017 0 0 0 0
Jan 2018 0 0 0 0
Feb 2018 0 0 0 0
Mar 2018 0 0 0 0
Apr 2018 0 0 0 0
May 2018 0 0 0 0
Jun 2018 0 0 0 0
Jul 2018 0 0 1 1
Aug 2018 0 0 0 0
Sep 2018 0 0 0 0
Oct 2018 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 1 2
 
Nationality of the remaining applicant: Great Britain (1).
 
Table 1.4 Statistics on PPH Applications Between Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (from Jul 2015 until the End of October 2018).
Nationalities of Applicants
Date of requesting PPH  Domestic  Republic of Korea Others  Total
2015 0 5 1 6
2016 0 12 8 20
2017 0 7 7 14
Jan 2018 0 1 1 2
Feb 2018 0 3 0 3
Mar 2018 0 0 0 0
Apr 2018 0 0 0 0
May 2018 0 0 0 0
Jun 2018 0 1 0 1
Jul 2018 0 0 0 0
Aug 2018 0 1 1 2
Sep 2018 0 0 1 1
Oct 2018 0 2 0 2
Total 0 32 19 51
 
Nationalities of the remaining applicants include: Japan (13), Germany (2), Sweden (2), as well as the United States and Israel (1).
 
Table 1.5 Statistics on PPH Applications Between Taiwan and Canada (from February 2018 until the End of October 2018).
Nationalities of Applicants
Date of requesting PPH  Domestic  Canada  Others  Total
Feb 2018 0 0 0 0
Mar 2018 0 0 0 0
Apr 2018 0 0 0 0
May 2018 0 0 0 0
Jun 2018 0 0 0 0
Jul 2018 0 0 0 0
Aug 2018 0 0 0 0
Sep 2018 0 2 0 2
Oct 2018 0 0 0 0
Total 0 2 0 2
 
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 aforementioned statistics because the corresponding cases thereof are Korean applications, which were not eligible for requesting PPH at that time (unqualified).
Note 3: there are no PPH applications between Taiwan and Poland until the End of October 2018.
 
Table 2 Average First OA and Disposal Pendency for PPH Applications.
Statistical period     Average first OA    
pendency (days)		 Average disposal
pendency (days)
until the end
of Oct 2018		 35.4 124.7
 
Note 1: the average first OA pendency is defined as the average period since the submission of all PPH documents until the issuance of the first OA.
Note 2: the average disposal pendency is defined as the average period since the submission of all PPH documents until the conclusion.
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