Annual Report 2016

Highlights of 2016

Last year we achieved record levels of production and productivity, improved timeliness, and maintained our focus on quality. Meanwhile we continued to work with patent offices around the world to improve services and make life easier for our users.

Boosting performance and quality

Boosting performance and quality

Our efforts to increase efficiency and quality

Improving timeliness

Improving timeliness

Speeding up the patent process

International cooperation

International co-operation

Making life easier for applicants

Boards of appeal reform

Boards of appeal reform

Greater independence and improved efficiency for the boards

Measuring the economic impact of IP

Measuring the economic impact of IP

Second joint study with EUIPO shows patents are good for the economy

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