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THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT SYSTEM

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PCT

Quarterly Statistics Report Jan.-March 201 2


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Performance Indicators, Jan.-Mar. 2012Source: WIPO Statistics Database

FOREWORD

The aim of the performance indicators report is to provide users with the latest available statistics of PCTinternational applications and the performance of the PCT system. This report includes PCT applications statistics anda core set of indicators that provides statistical information about the various stages of the PCT internationalapplication process. All the data used in this document, along with longer time series, are available for download fromthe PCT statistics website:

www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct

Statistics reported in this document are based on:

PCT international applications, which refer to patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT). PCT filings and PCT applications are used interchangeably to refer to PCT internationalapplications.

The international phase of the PCT procedure (i.e. this does not include national/regional phase statistics).

Counts are based on either the international filing date or the priority date or the publication date. Theselection of the reference date depends on the indicator and what the indicator attempts to measure.

Statistics for the most recent quarters (and recent year totals) are incomplete and provisional.

This document reports statistics for most quarters (and recent year totals). Statistics from 2000 onwardsare available for download from the PCT statistics web site.

Useful links

PCT Statistics: PCT monthly, quarterly and yearly statistics - www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/pct/ WIPO Industrial Property Statistics: Statistics on patents, utility models, PCT, trademarks, industrial designs,plant varieties and microorganisms - www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/

P ATENTSCOPE : WIPOs gateway to patent services and activities www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/

PCT Resources - http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Methodological Information

Trends in PCT Filings

Trends in PCT Filings by Medium of Filings

Timeliness of the Receiving Offices (RO) to Transmit Copies of PCT Application to the InternationalBureau: selected Receiving Offices

International Searching Authorities (ISA) Selected by PCT Applicants

International Searching Authorities (ISA) Selected by PCT Applicants, by Country of Origin

International Search Reports (ISR) Established by International Searching Authorities (ISA)

Timeliness of International Searching Authorities (ISA) to Transmit International Search Reports (ISR)to the International Bureau

Demand for International Preliminary Examination (IPE) by International Preliminary ExaminingAuthorities (IPEA)

Supplementary International Search (SIS) Requests

Timeliness of International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEA) to Transmit InternationalPreliminary Examination Reports (IPER) to the International Bureau

Publication and Republication of PCT Applications by the International Bureau

Timeliness of International Bureau to Publish and Republish PCT Applications


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Methodological Information

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international treaty administered by the World Intellectual PropertyOrganization (WIPO). The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large

number of countries by filing a single "international application with a single patent office (i.e. receiving Office). ThePCT system simplifies the process of multi-national patent filings by reducing the requirement to file multiple patentapplications for multi-national patent rights. The PCT international applications do not result in issuance of international patents and the International Bureau (IB) does not grant patents. The decision on whether to conferpatent rights remains in the hands of the national and/or regional patent offices, and the patent rights are limited to the

jurisdiction of the patent granting authority.

The PCT procedure consists of an international phase and a national/regional phase. The PCT internationalapplication process starts with the inter national phase and concludes with the national/regional phase. The timeline forthe PCT procedure is illustrated below 1 . In most cases, the applicant tends to file a patent application at the nationalpatent office in the first instance (date of the first filing is commonly referred to as the priority date), followed by a PCTinternational application within 12 months from the priority date. Within sixteen months from the priority date, one of theInternational Searching Authorities (ISA) will conduct an international search and establish an International Search

Report (ISR) along with the written opinion of the ISA. The purpose of the international search is to identify all therelevant prior art. The ISR lists all the relevant prior art documents considered to be relevant, the classification of thesubject matter and an indication of the field searched. The ISA also establishes a preliminary and non-binding writtenopinion on the questions whether the invention appears to be novel, involves an inventive step and is industriallyapplicable. Both the ISR and the written opinion are transmitted to the applicant and the International Bureau.

The PCT international application, the ISR, and any amendments are published by the IB after the expiration of the eighteen months from the priority date. At this point the claimed invention is disclosed in the public domain.

The applicant has the option to request for international preliminary examination (IPE). The request for the IPEmust be submitted within twenty-two months from the priority date. The main purpose of the IPE is to provide apreliminary non-binding opinion on the patentability (it is novel, involves an inventive step and has an industrialapplication) of the claimed invention. Within twenty-eight months from the priority date, one of the InternationalPreliminary Examining Authorities (IPEA) will establish an international preliminary report of the patentability IPRP(Chapter II), which includes a statement on the patentability of the invention and the citation of the documents believedto support that statement.

If the applicant wishes to proceed to the national/regional phase, he must enter the national/regional phasewithin thirty months from the priority date. Once the application enters the national (regional) phase, it is subject to theformalities of the national (or regional) patent office. The application will be processed by the national (regional) patentoffice to decide whether to confer (or reject) patent rights for the claimed invention.

PCT Terminology

International Bureau (IB): International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. In addition to

its task as receiving Office for applicants from all Contracting States, it handles certain processing tasks inrespect of all international applications filed with all receiving Offices worldwide.

International f iling date: The date of receipt of the international application by the receiving Office.

International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA): National patent office (or intergovernmentalorganization) appointed by the PCT Assembly to carry out the international preliminary examination procedure.IPEA establishes the international preliminary report on patentability (Chapter II of the PCT).

1 It should be noted that the information and timeline relating to the PCT procedure outlined here are intended for statistical purposes. Only basicinformation (and terminology) about the PCT procedure is provided to aid readers to understand statistics reported in this document. Forcomprehensive details about the PCT procedure, please refer to PCT Resources on www.wipo.int/pct/en.


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International Preliminary Report on Patentability (Chapter II of the PCT): Preliminary, non-binding opinionestablished by the International Preliminary Examining Authority at the request of the applicant, on thequestions whether the claimed invention appears to be novel, to involve an inventive step (to be non-obvious),and to be industrially applicable.

International Searching Authority (ISA): National patent office (or intergovernmental organization) appointedby the PCT Assembly to carry out international searches. It establishes International Search Reports (ISR) andthe written opinion of the ISA.

International Search Report (ISR): Report established by the International Searching Authority containingcitations of documents considered to be relevant, the classification of the subject matter of the invention and anindication of the fields searched.

Medium of fil ing: Method used by the applicant to file PCT international application.

Priority date: The date of the first filing.

Publication date: The date on which the International Bureau (IB) publishes the international application.

Receiving Office: Patent office (national, regional, intergovernmental, or international organization) with whichthe international application is filed.

PCT Timeline

19 months

International Search Reportand written opinion of the ISA 28 months

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Figure 1: Trends in PCT Filings

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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, J uly 2012Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. The growth rate is the annualized growth rate based on the trend line. Counts are based on the international filing date.

Number of PCT FilingsMonth

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total2004 7,280 8,926 11,653 9,902 9,620 11,178 10,789 9,219 10,967 10,697 10,594 11,806 122,6312005 8,790 10,339 13,466 11,022 10,955 12,692 10,900 10,698 12,159 10,943 11,622 13,162 136,7482006 9,590 10,959 14,393 11,677 12,465 13,721 11,771 11,901 12,524 12,932 13,117 14,592 149,6422007 11,301 11,841 16,026 12,483 13,195 13,649 12,530 12,913 12,824 14,543 13,583 15,039 159,9272008 11,829 12,793 14,877 13,648 13,193 14,311 13,570 12,088 14,057 14,812 12,583 15,479 163,2402009 10,741 11,950 14,538 12,899 11,997 14,020 13,034 11,241 13,567 13,376 12,493 15,549 155,4052010 9,898 11,923 15,843 13,385 12,762 15,092 13,166 12,492 14,349 14,171 14,376 16,877 164,3342011 11,823 12,998 17,341 14,416 14,760 16,184 14,181 14,455 15,957 14,765 16,024 19,281 182,185

2012 (to date) 12,369 13,961 17,912 14,904 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 59,146

Ann ual ized Grow th Rate o f PCT Fi li ng s (based on tr end line)Month

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2004 3.5 3.1 5.0 4.7 4.6 5.7 6.0 6.7 7.1 6.7 7.5 6.4 6.42005 8.4 9.6 9.6 10.4 11.4 11.3 10.6 11.2 11.0 11.0 10.7 11.5 11.52006 10.8 10.0 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.9 8.6 7.9 9.2 9.5 9.4 9.42007 10.0 10.2 10.6 10.7 10.0 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.4 7.6 6.9 6.92008 6.0 6.0 4.2 4.4 3.9 4.3 4.5 3.3 3.9 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.12009 1.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.7 -1.5 -2.1 -3.0 -3.0 -4.1 -5.1 -4.6 -4.8 -4.82010 -4.7 -4.2 -3.2 -2.4 -1.2 -0.4 0.1 1.4 2.2 3.7 4.9 5.7 5.72011 7.6 8.3 8.3 8.7 9.4 9.4 9.9 10.3 10.7 10.6 10.3 10.9 10.9

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Figure 2: Trends in PCT Filings by Medium of Filing

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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, J uly 2012Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the international filing date. EASY (Electronic Application System) and EFS-Web (Electronic FilingSystem).

Year Month Total Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web2008 - 163,240 41,879 16,801 52,590 32,757 19,213 25.7 10.3 32.2 20.1 11.82009 - 155,405 31,229 11,339 57,519 35,373 19,945 20.1 7.3 37.0 22.8 12.82010 - 164,334 26,513 9,109 67,036 39,937 21,739 16.1 5.5 40.8 24.3 13.22011 - 182,185 23,361 8,097 79,612 47,599 23,516 12.8 4.4 43.7 26.1 12.92012 to date 59,146 6,379 1,917 26,010 17,726 7,114 10.8 3.2 44.0 30.0 12.0

Year Month Total Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web Paper EASY PDF XML EFS-Web2009 8 11,241 2,224 759 4,093 2,621 1,544 19.8 6.8 36.4 23.3 13.72009 9 13,567 2,474 988 4,994 3,281 1,830 18.2 7.3 36.8 24.2 13.52009 10 13,376 2,544 841 5,158 2,934 1,899 19.0 6.3 38.6 21.9 14.22009 11 12,493 2,365 831 5,020 2,706 1,571 18.9 6.7 40.2 21.7 12.62009 12 15,549 2,731 972 6,521 3,442 1,883 17.6 6.3 41.9 22.1 12.1

2010 1 9,898 1,802 610 3,574 2,393 1,519 18.2 6.2 36.1 24.2 15.32010 2 11,923 2,172 711 4,134 3,221 1,685 18.2 6.0 34.7 27.0 14.12010 3 15,843 2,725 1,014 5,657 4,321 2,126 17.2 6.4 35.7 27.3 13.42010 4 13,385 2,149 773 5,513 3,046 1,904 16.1 5.8 41.2 22.8 14.22010 5 12,762 2,081 716 5,647 2,663 1,655 16.3 5.6 44.2 20.9 13.02010 6 15,092 2,321 836 6,578 3,372 1,985 15.4 5.5 43.6 22.3 13.22010 7 13,166 2,312 705 5,474 3,057 1,618 17.6 5.4 41.6 23.2 12.32010 8 12,492 1,957 660 5,038 3,110 1,727 15.7 5.3 40.3 24.9 13.82010 9 14,349 2,220 766 5,849 3,624 1,890 15.5 5.3 40.8 25.3 13.22010 10 14,171 2,188 719 5,937 3,419 1,908 15.4 5.1 41.9 24.1 13.52010 11 14,376 2,152 758 6,178 3,559 1,729 15.0 5.3 43.0 24.8 12.02010 12 16,877 2,434 841 7,457 4,152 1,993 14.4 5.0 44.2 24.6 11.82011 1 11,823 1,650 648 4,752 3,145 1,628 14.0 5.5 40.2 26.6 13.82011 2 12,998 1,867 685 5,083 3,742 1,621 14.4 5.3 39.1 28.8 12.52011 3 17,341 2,402 863 6,654 5,221 2,201 13.9 5.0 38.4 30.1 12.7

2011 4 14,416 1,973 662 6,331 3,530 1,920 13.7 4.6 43.9 24.5 13.32011 5 14,760 1,982 680 6,828 3,307 1,963 13.4 4.6 46.3 22.4 13.32011 6 16,184 2,098 727 7,187 4,070 2,102 13.0 4.5 44.4 25.1 13.02011 7 14,181 2,027 642 6,109 3,766 1,637 14.3 4.5 43.1 26.6 11.52011 8 14,455 1,895 672 6,190 3,640 2,058 13.1 4.6 42.8 25.2 14.22011 9 15,957 1,862 720 7,011 4,251 2,113 11.7 4.5 43.9 26.6 13.22011 10 14,765 1,828 573 6,518 3,851 1,995 12.4 3.9 44.1 26.1 13.52011 11 16,024 1,753 616 7,282 4,361 2,012 10.9 3.8 45.4 27.2 12.62011 12 19,281 2,024 609 9,667 4,715 2,266 10.5 3.2 50.1 24.5 11.82012 1 12,369 1,398 413 5,399 3,561 1,598 11.3 3.3 43.6 28.8 12.92012 2 13,961 1,777 447 5,719 4,463 1,555 12.7 3.2 41.0 32.0 11.12012 3 17,912 1,836 604 8,035 5,342 2,095 10.3 3.4 44.9 29.8 11.72012 4 14,904 1,368 453 6,857 4,360 1,866 9.2 3.0 46.0 29.3 12.5

Nu mb er o f PCT Fi li ng s by Med iu m o f Fi li ng Sh ar e o f PCT fi li ng s by Med iu m o f Fi li ng (%)



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Figure 3: Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to transmit copies of PCTapplication t o the International Bureau: Selected Receiving Offices

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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, J uly 2012 Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. This indicator shows the timeliness of the RO to transmit copies of PCT application to the International Bureau (IB). Delayis calculated as the time difference between the international filing date and the date on which the IB received a copy of the PCT application from the RO.



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Figure 3: Timeliness of Receiving Offices (RO) to transmit copies of PCTapplication t o the International Bureau: Selected Receiving Offices

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Figure 4: International Searching Au thori ties (ISA) Selected by PCT Applicants

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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, J uly 2012 Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. NPI (Nordic Patent Institute).

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 2,811 2,753 2,666 3,427 3,147 659 562 683 695 726 662 878 924 963 720 866 802 759 659Australia 1,956 1,854 1,667 1,702 1,632 326 383 432 447 405 366 442 435 459 360 437 416 419 326United States of America 34 26 153 461 396 80 23 35 39 56 51 129 145 136 111 102 98 85 80Singapore 310 370 328 400 381 89 68 87 83 90 118 98 90 94 112 81 94 94 89New Zealand 348 328 270 270 284 52 41 66 69 94 60 66 62 82 52 70 87 75 52Malaysia 34 25 62 172 193 44 12 16 19 15 18 44 61 49 11 119 35 28 44India 36 38 53 173 84 25 10 10 11 22 17 33 65 58 29 16 21 18 25South Africa 14 12 29 67 68 13 7 6 10 6 14 17 19 17 15 12 20 21 13Republic of Korea 5 7 11 77 38 4 1 2 8 2 15 22 38 14 7 10 7 4China 18 17 14 11 11 4 3 5 4 2 1 3 4 3 3 2 4 2Others 56 76 79 94 60 22 14 24 13 28 15 31 21 27 13 20 17 10 22

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- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total 1,168 1,193 1,588 409 250 41 348 405 416 419 142 89 101 77 65 61 68 56 41South Africa 19 15 119 60 82 21 21 36 31 31 20 15 13 12 17 22 19 24 21India 241 400 405 100 61 4 100 87 90 128 45 25 14 16 23 14 17 7 4Republic of Korea 488 318 575 139 39 6 100 149 177 149 44 28 42 25 14 10 11 4 6Singapore 65 66 115 21 20 3 28 27 28 32 6 1 9 5 5 4 5 6Brazil 247 277 253 27 18 66 81 62 44 11 5 5 6 2 6 9 1Others 108 117 121 62 30 7 33 25 28 35 16 15 18 13 4 5 7 14 7

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Total 66 310 435 73 16 50 75 76 79 80 83 93 135 124 73Brazil 65 307 432 73 16 49 75 74 78 80 82 92 134 124 73Finland 1 1United States of America 3 2 2 1 1 1Uruguay 1 1

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- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total 2,528 2,478 2,053 2,208 2,378 569 443 542 498 570 512 559 564 573 585 635 582 576 569Canada 2,393 2,314 1,942 2,094 2,278 515 412 513 479 538 481 533 539 541 558 615 551 554 515United States of America 46 53 41 35 25 29 11 12 7 11 8 5 10 12 4 4 12 5 29Switzerland 7 21 7 12 13 6 2 3 2 5 3 1 3 5 4 2 2 6Barbados 15 26 11 4 12 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 1 7 3 1 1Germany 5 10 6 7 10 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 1China 7 4 10 5 8 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 3 4 1 2United Kingdom 5 4 2 2 7 1 1 1 1 3 2 2Others 50 46 34 49 25 15 14 11 1 8 13 15 10 11 9 3 6 7 1

ISA: China2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total 5,492 6,188 8,095 13,273 18,017 4,032 1,491 1,856 2,196 2,552 1,969 4,041 3,343 3,920 3,062 5,037 4,494 5,424 4,032China 5,277 5,935 7,723 12,111 16,197 3,501 1,422 1,791 2,128 2,382 1,748 3,732 3,067 3,564 2,701 4,629 4,042 4,825 3,501United States of America 96 115 138 295 496 148 25 26 24 63 47 81 69 98 84 113 116 183 148Germany 1 30 31 51 227 52 14 6 6 5 5 11 10 25 39 63 65 60 52India 12 15 5 219 225 49 2 1 1 1 30 57 65 67 67 56 56 46 49

J apan 17 12 19 96 214 73 3 4 5 7 25 28 26 17 37 61 54 62 73Finland 1 40 136 117 48 3 1 1 35 41 39 23 33 20 27 33 37 48Netherlands 6 14 52 106 15 1 1 8 4 2 11 10 29 14 9 27 56 15Sweden 2 19 36 73 99 35 6 4 6 20 20 20 11 22 22 18 14 45 35United Kingdom 11 7 20 55 83 16 2 2 2 14 9 15 20 11 34 14 15 20 16Switzerland 1 11 14 43 72 15 1 6 3 4 6 10 14 13 17 11 23 21 15France 60 22 30 47 64 45 8 9 6 7 21 11 6 9 8 16 18 22 4Others 15 15 25 95 117 35 4 5 6 10 15 26 22 32 19 20 31 47 3

ISA: European Patent Office2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total 75,387 77,910 69,958 68,937 71,588 16,662 16,464 17,892 16,887 18,715 15,986 17,109 16,733 19,109 16,237 18,005 17,677 19,669 16,662Germany 17,697 18,698 16,690 17,426 18,520 4,400 3,896 4,076 4,292 4,426 4,054 3,938 4,672 4,762 4,101 4,514 4,903 5,002 4,400United States of America 22,421 21,153 17,881 16,960 17,610 3,833 4,310 4,605 4,322 4,644 3,898 4,392 4,087 4,583 3,924 4,537 4,378 4,771 3,833France 6,375 6,918 6,991 7,054 7,223 1,568 1,506 1,788 1,612 2,085 1,502 1,771 1,648 2,133 1,667 1,838 1,644 2,074 1,568United Kingdom 5,370 5,362 4,926 4,740 4,644 1,136 1,226 1,252 1,253 1,195 1,224 1,228 1,119 1,169 1,170 1,122 1,157 1,195 1,136Switzerland 3,597 3,605 3,452 3,437 3,668 881 804 895 821 932 753 854 840 990 741 941 922 1,064 881Netherlands 4,373 4,301 4,313 3,856 3,302 844 909 1,180 986 1,238 849 1,078 920 1,009 746 795 710 1,051 844Italy 2,926 2,871 2,639 2,649 2,688 631 650 653 634 702 617 679 621 732 614 731 635 708 631Sweden 1,524 2,142 1,931 1,730 1,857 480 465 612 339 515 410 383 356 581 403 548 420 486 480

J apan 1,628 1,487 1,281 1,222 1,487 478 418 316 270 277 353 278 260 331 365 335 393 394 478Austria 999 945 1,021 1,127 1,325 286 225 248 262 286 236 304 270 317 344 291 357 333 286Belgium 1,082 1,104 992 1,036 1,176 250 253 239 249 251 235 287 222 292 281 299 263 333 250Denmark 1,071 1,287 1,217 1,017 1,086 245 266 316 290 345 250 256 198 313 253 268 248 317 245Israel 754 1,031 889 744 761 172 225 234 220 210 198 172 177 197 224 181 153 203 172India 452 482 372 614 710 169 118 63 98 93 148 142 146 178 198 145 188 179 169Finland 767 1,458 1,008 713 698 238 278 290 176 264 178 191 152 192 166 211 136 185 238Spain 369 421 468 608 611 154 99 121 100 148 147 159 127 175 131 164 154 162 154

Turkey 358 391 387 477 536 85 61 79 109 138 89 113 101 174 95 153 84 204 85Norway 239 357 345 388 441 100 86 80 77 102 103 104 68 113 109 116 103 113 100Ireland 380 434 454 410 383 64 81 134 131 108 99 109 94 108 93 92 108 90 64Canada 262 384 253 287 280 38 53 82 52 66 61 91 69 66 77 80 59 64 38Poland 106 127 171 194 234 44 34 53 43 41 43 40 57 54 47 61 49 77 44Luxembourg 161 182 149 184 233 34 32 42 28 47 41 55 36 52 37 59 51 86 34Others 2,476 2,770 2,128 2,064 2,115 532 469 534 523 602 498 485 493 588 451 524 562 578 532

ISA: Finland2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total 718 660 860 921 928 246 204 296 153 207 211 264 157 289 224 265 178 261 246Finland 687 635 845 903 914 243 196 295 150 204 206 260 152 285 220 262 177 255 243Sweden 17 18 6 3 5 1 5 1 2 1 1 4 1United States of America 1 4 4 3 1 2 2Denmark 2 1 4 3 1 3 1 2 1Others 11 7 8 7 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 2 2

ISA: Japan2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total 25,947 27,117 28,446 30,856 37,094 10,807 8,147 6,518 6,954 6,827 8,248 6,957 7,448 8,203 10,206 8,345 9,157 9,386 10,807 J apan 25,837 26,983 28,307 30,597 36,903 10,758 8,115 6,494 6,909 6,789 8,193 6,922 7,363 8,119 10,166 8,309 9,095 9,333 10,758Republic of Korea 3 4 3 70 64 6 1 2 39 31 24 6 22 12 6United States of America 49 54 61 91 44 24 9 4 33 15 22 15 22 32 6 6 20 12 24France 1 1 6 8 15 3 4 2 2 6 2 6 2 5 3Sweden 14 29 23 40 13 4 6 6 3 8 10 8 11 11 4 2 4 3 4Germany 15 12 10 14 10 3 1 6 1 2 4 4 5 1 2 1 3 4 3China 10 8 5 5 9 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 3Switzerland 4 3 6 9 9 2 2 3 1 1 3 4 1 2 2 5 2

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Total 102 239 299 275 74 34 70 57 78 71 82 60 86 84 75 53 63 74Denmark 35 72 97 134 28 8 23 17 24 16 28 19 34 34 44 25 31 2Norway 64 158 189 118 39 23 47 39 49 50 52 39 48 43 22 25 28 39Iceland 2 3 9 9 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 1 1 3 4Switzerland 2 9 1 1 1 1 8 1Others 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1

ISA: Republic o f Korea2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Total 10,238 19,020 21,715 23,301 27,096 6,011 4,805 5,402 5,378 6,130 5,118 5,798 5,691 6,694 5,767 6,591 6,450 8,288 6,011United States of America 3,449 10,904 13,453 12,993 15,863 3,406 3,074 3,431 3,286 3,662 2,998 3,383 3,099 3,513 3,307 3,782 3,803 4,971 3,406Republic of Korea 6,548 7,553 7,434 9,342 10,225 2,410 1,556 1,752 1,882 2,244 1,944 2,202 2,372 2,824 2,224 2,538 2,413 3,050 2,410Canada 28 95 147 149 218 51 37 54 29 27 13 38 46 52 43 75 44 56 51Singapore 23 47 48 66 98 13 15 14 10 9 9 19 17 21 24 28 18 28 13France 23 42 86 71 73 8 10 26 20 30 14 15 15 27 16 20 21 16 8Netherlands 2 6 103 121 72 14 11 33 28 31 41 17 22 41 26 22 18 6 14Australia 3 18 15 21 68 25 3 6 2 4 3 1 13 4 15 11 19 23 2Sweden 3 4 4 64 60 11 2 1 1 1 19 15 29 4 11 14 31 11

J apan 8 26 51 103 50 10 11 9 10 21 28 26 22 27 15 3 12 20 10Switzerland 5 17 43 28 49 5 14 12 9 8 7 5 4 12 9 19 10 11 5Malaysia 35 125 134 146 42 11 27 19 46 42 23 19 18 86 14 12 8 8 11Germany 28 24 19 23 37 14 3 4 6 6 5 5 5 8 11 9 9 8 1China 18 41 35 29 31 8 9 9 7 10 3 9 11 6 5 7 9 10Israel 2 11 10 16 29 2 2 2 6 3 6 3 4 7 10 8 4India 14 32 28 28 2 11 8 8 5 3 6 12 7 5 12 9 2United Kingdom 9 13 22 30 27 3 4 2 11 5 8 10 4 8 11 4 7 5 3Others 54 80 79 71 126 18 16 21 23 19 15 18 13 25 31 28 28 39 18

ISA: Russian Federation2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Total 856 895 849 937 1143 387 188 184 204 273 165 247 228 297 243 291 299 310 387Russian Federation 640 707 654 745 886 150 146 149 152 207 139 194 171 241 196 233 218 239 150Ukraine 71 73 66 77 114 28 12 13 16 25 9 25 23 20 20 27 31 36 2Hungary 20 10 23 18 30 4 10 2 7 4 2 7 5 4 6 5 13 6 4Kazakhstan 16 4 18 18 22 1 4 6 5 3 6 4 6 2 5 5 5 7 1United States of America 11 14 21 4 16 183 7 4 2 8 2 2 2 2 8 4 18Belarus 6 7 15 10 14 1 3 4 3 5 1 4 1 4 4 3 5 2 1Bulgaria 6 7 4 5 10 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4Others 86 73 48 60 51 17 5 5 18 20 6 11 19 24 10 13 16 12 1

ISA: Spain2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Total 1,141 1,201 1,351 1,453 1,442 325 274 360 320 397 341 376 334 402 354 404 311 373 325Spain 922 957 1,087 1,154 1,105 251 226 315 242 304 284 319 246 305 272 325 235 273 251Mexico 153 166 149 168 169 39 31 31 44 43 29 31 48 60 36 46 36 51 39Chile 5 5 36 61 88 14 6 4 14 12 12 9 22 18 26 13 26 23 14Colombia 26 21 40 30 38 12 5 4 7 24 5 6 9 10 10 10 7 11 1Dominican Republic 2 5 1 3 7 1 1 3 2 2 3 1Argentina 7 5 3 6 6 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 4Peru 1 8 7 6 1 5 2 1 4 1 1 4 2Others 26 41 27 24 23 8 4 5 7 11 6 5 8 5 3 7 3 10

ISA: Sweden2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Total 3,131 2,338 2,039 2,074 1,939 379 436 623 390 590 496 576 410 592 484 560 355 540 379Sweden 2,061 1,894 1,554 1,383 1,397 286 341 514 285 414 340 383 248 412 348 417 223 409 286Finland 545 107 208 375 317 52 16 44 60 88 94 117 67 97 84 77 76 80 52Norway 346 201 117 126 130 23 39 31 26 21 30 23 32 41 35 32 36 27 23United States of America 12 14 23 17 19 7 4 8 5 6 2 4 7 4 4 11 1 3Switzerland 68 19 24 45 18 2 4 7 8 5 7 26 6 6 4 5 4 5 2Denmark 64 21 20 22 13 4 7 5 4 6 5 6 5 2 5 3 3Ecuador 9 8 4 2 3 2 1 5Ireland 8 4 3 1Others 35 82 93 97 29 9 28 12 1 52 17 14 42 24 5 8 9 7 9

ISA: United States of America2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Total 30,507 21,380 15,461 15,900 16,396 3,942 3,831 4,077 3,674 3,879 3,659 4,184 3,926 4,131 4,033 4,121 4,019 4,223 3,942United States of America 27,912 19,291 13,835 14,140 14,414 3,445 3,405 3,671 3,309 3,450 3,219 3,737 3,532 3,652 3,575 3,683 3,467 3,689 3,445

Israel 979 850 652 713 661 181 183 157 144 168 166 166 171 210 181 146 160 174 181India 159 122 94 151 220 38 24 24 25 21 55 41 29 26 39 40 89 52 38 J apan 242 241 135 124 207 55 39 34 38 24 32 32 30 30 45 52 54 56 55Switzerland 128 95 89 133 161 38 20 21 22 26 30 28 32 43 26 35 49 51 38Canada 166 145 171 149 131 24 47 46 34 44 33 49 29 38 37 32 36 26 24United Kingdom 104 48 45 43 69 21 16 12 6 11 12 16 7 8 21 9 18 21 21France 96 81 117 54 57 4 20 31 21 45 14 13 10 17 12 13 15 17China 64 39 32 52 56 11 6 7 11 8 16 11 14 11 11 15 11 19 1Singapore 19 17 7 20 49 10 3 2 2 2 4 7 7 10 7 10 22Saudi Arabia 18 21 15 27 42 13 1 2 3 9 2 10 4 11 13 7 6 16 1Germany 62 53 31 40 38 13 6 5 10 10 11 16 5 8 9 9 14 6 1Mexico 16 18 27 8 30 6 3 4 7 13 3 1 1 3 3 6 16 5 6Sweden 32 27 11 18 29 5 1 4 4 2 11 3 4 2 4 16 7 5Denmark 13 10 22 15 27 5 7 6 9 2 2 11 7 1 3 16Finland 9 8 17 7 27 6 8 6 3 1 2 4 5 8 2 12Barbados 37 22 18 19 25 23 6 5 4 3 5 6 4 4 5 7 5 8Others 451 292 143 187 153 44 43 39 30 31 46 48 45 48 32 47 48 26 44









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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, J uly 2012 Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the transmittal date of the International Search Report to the International Bureau. NPI (NordicPatent Institute).

International Search Report s (ISR) Established by International Searching Authoriti es (ISA) Number of ISR established by ISA

ISA_Name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 Year / Quarter - - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 148,644 186,574 157,613 157,328 168,107 46,371 41,421 39,154 38,563 38,475 38,060 39,528 40,085 39,655 40,573 41,955 42,629 42,950 46,371Australia 2,796 2,771 2,523 3,126 3,267 759 597 588 728 610 712 682 814 918 941 732 812 782 759Austria 941 943 1,485 1,038 597 105 301 377 515 292 238 260 257 283 207 171 142 77 105Brazil 22 257 354 141 22 47 46 93 71 81 89 89 95 14Canada 2,317 2,576 2,158 2,038 2,398 485 531 502 618 507 557 457 517 507 681 562 648 507 485China 4,954 5,892 6,823 10,615 14,588 4,604 1 ,630 1 ,543 1 ,649 2 ,001 1 ,980 2 ,107 3 ,353 3 ,175 3 ,524 3 ,080 4 ,255 3 ,729 4 ,604European Patent Office 69,045 76,891 76,215 68,673 70,032 17,939 20,113 18,700 19,034 18,368 17,635 16,765 17,434 16,839 17,320 16,973 17,858 17,881 17,939Finland 706 626 842 749 1,003 202 170 249 187 236 189 222 147 191 285 280 214 224 202

J apan 26,059 26,523 28,931 29,989 35,639 8,766 7,015 8,014 6,493 7,409 6,605 8,331 7,081 7,972 7,760 9,707 8,811 9,361 8,766Nordic Patent Institute 68 194 283 284 70 28 36 66 64 71 83 73 56 83 82 68 51 70Republic of Korea 8,347 13,006 17,039 20,963 23,160 7,921 4,718 4,120 4,196 4,005 5,262 5,630 5,171 4,900 5,033 5,675 6,267 6,185 7,921Russian Federation 757 798 772 851 1,007 235 190 194 196 192 204 171 223 253 217 252 247 291 235Spain 1,085 1,189 1,171 1,366 1,289 359 284 253 288 346 338 385 298 345 216 313 401 359 359Sweden 2,982 2,828 2,127 1,991 1,952 501 658 497 525 447 473 575 465 478 551 478 440 483 501United States of America 28,655 52,463 17,311 15,389 12,537 4,284 5,186 4,081 4,068 3,976 3,749 3,814 4,159 3,667 3,674 3,561 2,377 2,925 4,284

Distribution of ISR established by ISA (%)ISA_Name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Year / Quarter - - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4Australia 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.3 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.6Austria 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2Brazil 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3Canada 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.0China 3.3 3.2 4.3 6.7 8.7 9.9 3.9 3.9 4.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 8.4 8.0 8.7 7.3 10.0 8.7 9.9E uropean P atent Office 46.4 41.2 48.4 43.6 41.7 38.7 48.6 47.8 49.4 47.7 46.3 42.4 43.5 42.5 42.7 40.5 41.9 41.6 38.7Finland 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4

J apan 17.5 14.2 18.4 19.1 21.2 18.9 16.9 20.5 16.8 19.3 17.4 21.1 17.7 20.1 19.1 23.1 20.7 21.8 18.9Nordic Patent Institute 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2Republic of Korea 5.6 7.0 10.8 13.3 13.8 17.1 11.4 10.5 10.9 10.4 13.8 14.2 12.9 12.4 12.4 13.5 14.7 14.4 17.1Russian Federation 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5Spain 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8Sweden 2.0 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1United States of America 19.3 28.1 11.0 9.8 7.5 9.2 12.5 10.4 10.5 10.3 9.9 9.6 10.4 9.2 9.1 8.5 5.6 6.8 9.2

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Timeliness of International Searching Aut horit ies (ISAs) to t ransmit International Search Reports(ISRs) to the International BureauISA: Australia

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Total 2,796 2,771 2,523 3,126 3,267 759 597 588 728 610 712 682 814 918 941 732 812 782 75914 Months 1,457 1,335 1,182 1,429 1,465 309 241 298 356 287 301 357 373 398 400 344 365 356 30915 Months 735 747 705 941 912 204 185 145 193 182 209 196 260 276 261 213 238 200 20416 Months 368 369 352 453 543 137 101 50 108 93 106 73 122 152 168 98 142 135 13717 Months 128 145 138 172 194 71 44 25 41 28 58 37 27 50 47 47 42 58 7118 Months 52 64 75 63 78 25 18 33 10 14 16 10 19 18 24 20 12 22 2519 Months 13 37 33 36 22 7 4 21 5 3 13 6 7 10 7 6 4 5 720 Months 14 26 14 8 9 1 1 8 4 1 4 1 3 7 1 1 121 Months 8 10 5 7 8 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 422-30 Months 19 35 17 16 27 1 2 6 9 3 3 4 6 16 3 5 3 1

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Total 941 943 1,485 1,038 597 105 301 377 515 292 238 260 257 283 207 171 142 77 10514 Months 227 203 266 158 69 14 49 69 89 59 53 55 32 18 24 14 17 14 1415 Months 60 51 69 28 16 7 12 12 19 26 10 9 4 5 4 3 6 3 716 Months 108 118 137 58 41 10 30 30 30 47 32 13 10 3 12 9 11 9 1017 Months 135 106 106 76 37 16 13 20 39 34 23 14 17 22 14 5 12 6 1618 Months 87 86 95 123 63 9 8 21 39 27 37 43 19 24 23 20 12 8 919 Months 67 64 55 64 18 3 6 16 21 12 17 21 7 19 8 4 5 1 320 Months 40 61 40 34 11 1 6 4 16 14 4 11 11 8 5 1 3 2 121 Months 20 43 54 25 10 1 9 5 27 13 4 5 13 3 4 5 1 122-30 Months 121 141 265 318 164 19 37 70 115 43 49 63 83 123 65 59 28 12 19>30 Months 76 70 398 154 168 25 131 130 120 17 9 26 61 58 48 51 48 21 25

ISA: Brazil2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 22 257 354 141 22 47 46 93 71 81 89 89 95 14114 Months 7 114 173 74 7 22 18 47 27 39 50 46 38 715 Months 13 71 85 28 13 16 17 18 20 27 19 15 24 2816 Months 2 53 57 25 2 9 9 20 15 11 14 12 20 2517 Months 11 22 4 1 6 4 2 5 6 9 418 Months 3 5 7 2 1 3 2 719 Months 3 1 1 1 2 1 120 Months 1 2 1 121 Months 1 1 1 122-30 Months 1 8 1 1 1 1 5 1 1

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 2,317 2,576 2,158 2,038 2,398 485 531 502 618 507 557 457 517 507 681 562 648 507 48514 Months 290 370 356 365 475 92 77 66 113 100 106 79 106 74 132 112 115 116 9215 Months 354 476 515 531 682 154 108 68 186 153 169 144 132 86 180 169 163 170 15416 Months 1,201 1,225 878 789 848 172 251 239 213 175 196 158 205 230 258 183 246 161 17217 Months 315 321 224 230 279 42 60 65 57 42 60 39 48 83 88 66 88 37 4218 Months 48 65 45 49 63 12 11 15 8 11 8 13 12 16 12 23 16 12 12

19 Months 19 13 28 19 28 8 6 7 4 11 6 6 3 4 4 4 12 8 820 Months 5 12 16 15 13 3 1 6 4 5 5 2 2 6 4 1 6 2 321 Months 11 17 18 11 4 2 8 6 2 4 1 3 3 1 1 222-30 Months 61 74 70 13 3 2 13 25 24 8 2 8 1 2 1 1 1 2>30 Months 13 3 8 16 3 2 3 3 1 7 5 3 1 2

ISA: China2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 4,954 5,892 6,823 10,615 14,588 4,604 1,630 1,543 1,649 2,001 1,980 2,107 3,353 3,175 3,524 3,080 4,255 3,729 4,60414 Months 2,482 2,910 3,363 6,606 9,823 3,091 668 764 826 1,105 1,192 1,319 2,135 1,960 2,207 2,079 2,967 2,570 3,09115 Months 858 1,119 1,483 1,656 2,018 674 371 350 393 369 360 300 574 422 519 409 579 511 67416 Months 1,446 1,775 1,894 2,204 2,418 717 578 397 408 511 408 464 608 724 731 520 601 566 71717 Months 112 24 27 74 133 57 4 10 8 5 11 17 16 30 12 31 47 43 5718 Months 21 25 21 39 91 41 5 4 6 6 5 3 9 22 16 22 29 2419 Months 5 9 8 17 55 13 1 4 3 1 2 9 5 23 6 18 820 Months 5 7 2 11 37 6 1 1 1 2 8 12 12 11 2 621 Months 5 3 3 6 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2

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ISA: European Patent Office2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 69,045 76,891 76,215 68,673 70,032 17,939 20,113 18,700 19,034 18,368 17,635 16,765 17,434 16,839 17,320 16,973 17,858 17,881 17,93914 Months 8,701 9,592 12,226 13,210 15,292 3,821 2,770 2,786 3,287 3,383 2,924 3,082 3,632 3,572 3,241 3,679 4,084 4,288 3,82115 Months 7,831 8,409 11,272 12,717 13,563 3,781 2,451 2,562 3,070 3,189 3,162 3,093 3,284 3,178 3,148 3,051 3,567 3,797 3,78116 Months 12,540 14,140 14,499 13,624 14,081 3,818 3,983 3,445 3,710 3,361 3,704 3,233 3,474 3,213 3,769 3,238 3,692 3,382 3,81817 Months 12,130 12,089 10,118 8,494 8,572 2,072 2,950 2,599 2,282 2,287 2,250 2,095 2,087 2,062 2,312 2,220 2,086 1,954 2,07218 Months 9,723 9,492 7,147 5,660 5,627 1,243 2,022 1,759 1,662 1,704 1,480 1,540 1,351 1,289 1,409 1,573 1,306 1,339 1,24319 Months 5,368 6,298 5,081 3,573 3,157 819 1,424 1,404 1,157 1,096 924 976 806 867 797 860 733 767 81920 Months 3,440 4,459 3,876 2,501 2,195 570 1,143 1,074 910 749 739 609 611 542 607 538 529 521 57021 Months 2,447 3,263 2,856 1,804 1,594 407 800 816 724 516 541 451 394 418 473 390 388 343 40722-30 Months 6,056 8,140 8,003 6,100 5,038 1,178 2,266 1,975 1,984 1,778 1,672 1,445 1,512 1,471 1,308 1,208 1,257 1,265 1,178>30 Months 809 1,009 1,137 990 913 230 304 280 248 305 239 241 283 227 256 216 216 225 230

ISA: Finland 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 706 626 842 749 1,003 202 170 249 187 236 189 222 147 191 285 280 214 224 20214 Months 112 90 145 182 274 57 35 29 24 57 49 54 35 44 66 86 44 78 5715 Months 105 91 166 165 171 49 9 55 46 56 57 63 22 23 27 49 57 38 4916 Months 393 346 405 294 368 52 115 106 79 105 65 89 63 77 129 92 75 72 5217 Months 78 92 113 80 132 29 9 56 34 14 15 12 19 34 53 33 28 18 218 Months 11 5 12 26 45 7 2 3 4 3 3 4 7 12 9 17 8 1119 Months 4 1 2 9 7 1 1 3 6 720 Months 1 1 4 1 2 121 Months 2 1 1 1 1

ISA: Japan2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 26,059 26,523 28,931 29,989 35,639 8,766 7,015 8,014 6,493 7,409 6,605 8,331 7,081 7,972 7,760 9,707 8,811 9,361 8,76614 Months 15,001 15,838 17,878 19,945 22,673 5,479 4,229 4,649 4,150 4,850 4,341 5,400 4,716 5,488 5,135 6,070 5,608 5,860 5,47915 Months 6,932 6,782 7,267 6,760 9,099 2,357 1,723 2,266 1,528 1,750 1,438 1,995 1,550 1,777 1,740 2,616 2,200 2,543 2,35716 Months 3,933 3,773 3,635 3,137 3,689 896 1,027 1,065 765 778 777 895 782 683 831 986 948 924 89617 Months 123 89 102 111 123 22 25 23 34 20 35 34 27 15 42 24 38 19 2218 Months 32 26 39 29 39 10 7 10 12 10 12 5 4 8 9 9 13 819 Months 6 8 2 6 9 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 220 Months 2 1 3 1 1 2 121 Months 2 2 2 1 2 2 122-30 Months 27 5 6 2 3 1 1 1 1 1>30 Months 1 1 1 1








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ISA: Nordic Patent Institute2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 68 194 283 284 70 28 36 66 64 71 83 73 56 83 82 68 51 7014 Months 11 37 50 50 13 5 3 12 17 14 19 9 8 14 13 13 10 1315 Months 48 141 211 209 50 19 30 52 40 55 59 55 42 65 58 49 37 516 Months 6 15 16 25 6 3 3 2 7 2 3 6 5 4 11 6 417 Months 3 3 1 1 118 Months 1 1 1 119 Months 2 1 122 Months 1 1

ISA: Republic of Korea2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 8,347 13,006 17,039 20,963 23,160 7,921 4,718 4,120 4,196 4,005 5,262 5,630 5,171 4,900 5,033 5,675 6,267 6,185 7,92114 Months 2,152 3,041 2,307 2,893 3,245 1,128 746 665 557 339 666 742 829 656 683 796 907 859 1,12815 Months 1,500 1,477 477 238 361 134 235 124 75 43 53 67 62 56 89 84 102 86 13416 Months 2,498 2,985 728 329 318 182 326 202 126 74 83 93 110 43 92 74 77 75 18217 Months 1,143 2,772 1,314 508 377 306 497 438 238 141 146 169 109 84 70 75 130 102 30618 Months 711 1,886 2,608 1,132 866 603 1,074 776 483 275 318 423 236 155 181 191 198 296 60319 Months 203 547 4,297 4,996 2,348 1,117 1,499 1,039 932 827 1,150 1,434 1,211 1,201 837 463 403 645 1,11720 Months 48 108 4,112 8,427 5,547 2,234 183 605 1,370 1,954 2,376 2,233 1,923 1,895 1,601 1,251 1,303 1,392 2,23421 Months 30 38 598 1,710 7,697 1,641 49 138 180 231 316 318 560 516 957 2,089 2,485 2,166 1,64122-30 Months 60 147 556 697 2,269 572 104 125 224 103 147 144 126 280 502 562 652 553 572>30 Months 2 5 42 33 132 4 5 8 11 18 7 7 5 14 21 90 10 11 4

ISA: Russian Federation2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 757 798 772 851 1,007 235 190 194 196 192 204 171 223 253 217 252 247 291 23514 Months 394 384 333 392 470 127 78 87 87 81 108 79 95 110 106 105 130 129 12715 Months 67 62 59 64 76 15 13 16 18 12 16 8 22 18 14 23 18 21 1516 Months 111 115 114 128 171 35 21 31 32 30 30 28 24 46 33 39 38 61 317 Months 119 122 116 159 170 32 23 23 32 38 38 34 38 49 35 44 35 56 318 Months 37 48 89 75 71 14 35 18 19 17 10 11 33 21 17 30 13 11 1419 Months 12 22 26 10 28 7 7 11 3 5 1 2 1 6 6 9 6 7 720 Months 1 10 15 12 17 2 7 2 3 3 1 5 5 1 6 2 5 421 Months 8 23 8 9 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 1 1 122-30 Months 7 12 11 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 1 1>30 Months 1 1 1

ISA: Spain2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 1,085 1,189 1,171 1,366 1,289 359 284 253 288 346 338 385 298 345 216 313 401 359 35914 Months 327 358 304 441 342 101 85 59 78 82 99 125 115 102 67 63 123 89 10115 Months 66 58 111 221 55 8 10 33 38 30 52 68 60 41 13 9 26 716 Months 179 244 345 402 178 45 103 70 110 62 116 102 89 95 70 37 58 13 4517 Months 312 375 286 205 382 125 52 73 43 118 43 71 22 69 48 97 114 123 12518 Months 132 131 85 69 179 48 19 13 12 41 24 14 7 24 16 64 18 81 4819 Months 45 4 16 19 71 16 4 3 9 1 2 4 12 1 26 19 25 1620 Months 8 5 6 4 29 12 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 14 7 1221 Months 3 5 7 18 1 3 3 1 1 11 6 122-30 Months 11 2 11 2 33 2 5 1 2 3 2 1 7 18 7 2>30 Months 2 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

ISA: Sweden2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 2,982 2,828 2,127 1,991 1,952 501 658 497 525 447 473 575 465 478 551 478 440 483 50114 Months 743 748 612 652 590 139 183 124 151 154 145 197 141 169 163 155 118 154 13915 Months 566 592 648 379 464 67 152 146 216 134 52 137 109 81 156 156 92 60 6716 Months 940 814 647 814 762 241 223 169 125 130 233 214 169 198 211 146 195 210 24117 Months 311 283 152 115 88 40 65 37 27 23 35 18 37 25 16 13 25 34 4018 Months 229 166 30 17 25 11 19 9 2 1 7 6 3 2 4 6 13 1119 Months 102 95 14 3 6 2 9 4 1 1 1 1 1 520 Months 48 48 4 2 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 121 Months 16 25 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 122-30 Months 24 53 14 6 8 1 5 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 6>30 Months 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

ISA: United States of America2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Total 28,655 52,463 17,311 15,389 12,537 4,284 5,186 4,081 4,068 3,976 3,749 3,814 4,159 3,667 3,674 3,561 2,377 2,925 4,28414 Months 899 3,590 8,758 7,963 3,589 464 2,265 2,049 2,262 2,182 1,560 1,986 2,214 2,203 1,519 1,383 349 338 46415 Months 130 4,757 2,663 3,407 3,123 239 1,115 580 464 504 1,014 846 948 599 1,253 1,148 613 109 23916 Months 243 3,880 1,466 1,360 1,944 915 407 306 443 310 388 285 389 298 330 322 718 574 91517 Months 639 3,649 970 969 2,058 1,614 310 220 221 219 252 281 222 214 283 319 362 1,094 1,61418 Months 1,219 3,532 667 514 758 364 207 188 118 154 124 122 139 129 115 124 141 378 36419 Months 1,797 2,824 408 307 361 203 114 87 77 130 81 86 62 78 63 92 57 149 20320 Months 1,809 1,956 396 187 182 175 114 77 92 113 55 47 46 39 27 38 34 83 17521 Months 1,953 1,509 286 147 137 72 117 63 44 62 56 36 31 24 34 47 19 37 7222-30 Months 12,911 16,341 970 380 241 94 250 378 200 142 181 87 51 61 20 55 58 108 94>30 Months 7,055 10,425 727 155 144 144 287 133 147 160 38 38 57 22 30 33 26 55 144









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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, J uly 2012Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the date of filing of the Chapter II demand.

Demand for International Preliminary Examination (IPE) by International Preliminary Examining

Au thor it ies (IPEAs) Number of demand by IPEAIPEA_Name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Year / Quarter - - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Total 19,492 18,125 15,257 13,888 13,636 3,507 4,011 3,771 3,703 3,772 3,459 3,540 3,516 3,373 3,445 3,364 3,443 3,384 3,507Australia 872 865 789 745 783 188 193 194 214 188 180 221 170 174 207 190 210 176 188Austria 100 103 68 36 14 27 7 11 23 15 7 9 5 3 3 3 5Brazil 7 38 5 1 3 1 2 8 2 8 20Canada 413 480 290 271 260 63 83 80 75 52 57 75 66 73 67 61 62 70 63China 384 416 303 360 419 147 89 83 67 64 66 95 108 91 82 107 124 106 147European Patent Office 10,586 9,862 8,592 7,917 7,358 1,903 2,190 2,114 2,106 2,182 2,045 1,987 2,030 1,855 1,933 1,798 1,834 1,793 1,903Finland 151 154 144 123 125 26 31 35 31 47 41 24 29 29 29 32 37 27 26

J apan 2,555 2,122 2,152 2,121 2,444 617 534 549 531 538 465 529 527 600 531 563 621 729 617Nordic Patent Institute 26 40 40 9 6 6 2 12 11 7 9 13 8 11 10 11Republic of Korea 511 358 340 271 221 67 79 84 98 79 69 70 73 59 59 53 61 48 67Russian Federation 121 97 66 76 83 26 14 16 21 15 17 19 14 26 19 18 14 32 26Spain 126 107 142 123 119 24 44 35 27 36 30 29 25 39 29 34 27 29 24Sweden 666 620 468 353 341 94 129 104 103 132 100 81 82 90 71 98 100 72 94United S tates of America 3,007 2,941 1,877 1,445 1,389 337 592 464 417 404 362 393 373 317 399 394 331 265 337

Distributi on of IPE demand by IPEA (%)IPEA_Name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Year / Quarter - - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1Australia 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.7 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.8 5.0 5.2 6.2 4.8 5.2 6.0 5.6 6.1 5.2 5.Austria 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Brazil 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.Canada 2.1 2.6 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.6 2.1 1.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.China 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.6 3.1 4.2 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.7 3.1 2.7 2.4 3.2 3.6 3.1 4.European P atent Office 54.3 54.4 56.3 57.0 54.0 54.3 54.6 56.1 56.9 57.8 59.1 56.1 57.7 55.0 56.1 53.4 53.3 53.0 54.3Finland 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.

J apan 13.1 11.7 14.1 15.3 17.9 17.6 13.3 14.6 14.3 14.3 13.4 14.9 15.0 17.8 15.4 16.7 18.0 21.5 17.6Nordic Patent Institute 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.Republic of Korea 2.6 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.Russian Federation 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.7Spain 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.Sweden 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.5 2.5 2.7 3.2 2.8 2.8 3.5 2.9 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.1 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.United S tates of America 15.4 16.2 12.3 10.4 10.2 9.6 14.8 12.3 11.3 10.7 10.5 11.1 10.6 9.4 11.6 11.7 9.6 7.8 9.6

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Source: WIPO Statistics Database, J uly 2012Note: 2012 data are provisional and incomplete. Counts are based on the date of filing of the Chapter II demand.

Number of Supplementary International Search Request Number of SIS by ISA

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Total 24 41 41 21 6 3 10 5 10 13 8 10 9 7 8 17 2Austria 1 1 1 1European Patent Office 3 7 12 1 2 1 3 3 1Finland 1 1Nordic Patent Institute 1 2 1 2Russian Federation 22 35 31 5 6 3 8 5 9 11 7 8 7 4 6 14Sweden 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

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IPEA: Austr alia2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 1,016 826 725 851 702 220 192 187 188 158 209 222 226 194 183 153 198 168 22026 Months 569 510 377 427 358 104 94 106 102 75 92 121 119 95 91 74 102 91 10427 Months 63 40 50 61 58 11 13 13 15 9 14 12 19 16 17 14 19 8 1128 Months 210 168 136 203 156 14 41 27 33 35 45 43 61 54 47 41 47 21 129 Months 132 80 127 131 114 85 33 32 31 31 48 42 22 19 22 23 25 44 8530 Months 13 13 16 12 8 4 6 3 4 3 7 2 2 1 2 5 1 431 Months 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 232 Months 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1>32 Months 25 10 13 13 5 5 4 1 3 2 2 9 2 1 2

IPEA: Austri a2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 131 100 113 61 27 5 33 37 28 15 15 16 6 24 10 6 4 7 526 Months 14 10 6 9 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 127 Months 10 6 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 128 Months 4 12 19 8 3 1 5 6 6 2 4 3 1 2 1 129 Months 20 10 18 8 5 1 3 7 2 6 3 5 5 130 Months 22 14 17 6 3 10 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 131 Months 10 10 11 8 1 1 4 4 2 1 4 1 2 132 Months 5 10 6 5 2 1 1 1 3 5 1 1>32 Months 46 28 31 16 10 2 10 13 8 3 3 2 8 2 2 1 5 2

IPEA: Brazil2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 15 11 3 3 4 5 1126 Months 5 5 1 1 3 527 Months 2 228 Months 1 1 1 129 Months 3 1 1 2 130 Months 3 1 1 232 Months 2 2>32 Months 1 1 1 1




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Timeliness of International Preliminary Examining Authorit ies (IPEAs) to transmit InternationalPreliminary Examination Reports (IPERs) to the International Bureau

IPEA: Canada2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 462 419 427 258 184 34 117 125 91 94 73 52 56 77 75 66 42 1 3426 Months 34 36 56 33 28 5 12 17 14 13 7 6 7 13 10 11 6 1 527 Months 39 48 48 38 31 10 12 10 16 10 9 7 9 13 12 9 10 1028 Months 146 150 158 107 77 11 41 48 30 39 36 21 25 25 37 25 15 1129 Months 224 162 125 59 41 5 36 33 29 27 15 14 11 19 14 18 9 5

30 Months 11 15 30 8 3 1 16 8 2 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 131 Months 3 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 132 Months 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1>32 Months 3 3 7 9 2 6 1 2 2 5 1 1

IPEA: China2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 363 396 425 394 340 106 138 108 99 80 148 67 79 100 99 72 84 85 10626 Months 70 53 33 50 58 17 10 9 10 4 23 5 10 12 10 15 24 9 1727 Months 16 25 22 84 85 11 9 3 9 1 28 24 13 19 27 13 30 15 1128 Months 44 68 88 196 173 55 27 23 22 16 47 37 53 59 56 40 29 48 5529 Months 189 219 260 53 7 12 82 67 57 54 47 1 2 3 4 3 1230 Months 39 22 12 5 1 1 5 2 5 1 1 3 1 131 Months 2 5 3 1 1 2 3 1 132 Months 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 6>32 Months 3 4 5 5 13 2 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 11 2

IPEA: Europ ean Patent Office2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012- - - - - to date 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

Total 11,245 10,855 9,586 8,266 7,176 1,817 2,822 2,352 2,262 2,150 2,136 2,134 2,062 1,934 2,016 1,821 1,935 1,404 1,81726 Months 3,603 2,903 2

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