Rapport annuel 2014

Five-year review

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Five-year overview


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
European patent filings
Direct European applications 71 391 62 558 63 166 60 650 59 974
PCT international patent applications 164 340 182 437 195 334 205 268 214 200
Total European patent filings 235 731 244 995 258 500 265 918 274 174

European patent applications filed with the EPO

Direct European applications 71 391 62 558 63 166 60 650 59 974
PCT applications entering the regional phase 79 624 80 264 85 396 87 377 92 007
Total European patent applications filed with the EPO 151 015 142 822 148 562 148 027 151 981

Searches carried out

European searches 100 010 104 638 103 601 105 432 111 852
Other searches 101 504 101 501 100 724 107 844 111 451
  For national offices and third parties 27 818 26 227 23 899 25 624 26 755
  International 73 686 75 274 76 825 82 220 84 696
Total searches 201 514 206 139 204 325 213 276 223 303

Examinations and oppositions

International preliminary examinations 7 128 7 529 7 995 7 863 7 987
European examinations 114 991 110 331 111 860 116 820 115 595
European patents granted 58 108 62 112 65 657 66 712 64 613
Patents opposed 2 766 2 963 2 994 2 963 3 063
Decisions in opposition cases 2 309 2 234 2 021 2 176 2 143

Appeals

Received
  Technical Boards of Appeal 2 545 2 657 2 602 2 515 2 354
Settled
  Enlarged Board of Appeal
  - Petitions for review 21 21 15 17 17
  - Referrals 7 1 1 0 4
  Technical Boards of Appeal 1 962 1 875 2 029 2 137 2 300
  Legal Board of Appeal 23 15 19 25 22
  Disciplinary Board of Appeal 16 12 7 8 17

Staff

Total staff 6 848 6 790 6 766 6 814 6 892
Examiners 3 967 3 961 3 994 4 112 4 221
Figures are based on data from the EPO and WIPO (for PCT filings) as available on 27/01/2015. PCT filings for 2014 are therefore estimates.

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