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Five-year review2015-02-04 16:33:502018-04-12
Five-year overview
European patent applications filed with the EPO1
| Direct European applications |
60 046 |
61 770 |
64 741 |
68 159 |
71 996 |
| PCT applications entering the regional phase |
92 657 |
98 234 |
94 346 |
98 435 |
102 321 |
| Total European patent applications filed with the EPO |
152 703 |
160 004 |
159 087 |
166 594 |
174 317 |
1 European patent applications include direct European applications and international (PCT) applications that entered the European
phase during the reporting period.
Searches completed2
| European searches |
102 088 |
128 547 |
133 544 |
137 348 |
122 403 |
| Other searches |
110 920 |
109 530 |
111 145 |
110 155 |
110 723 |
| |
For national offices |
26 663 |
24 391 |
27 564 |
26 403 |
26 499 |
| |
International |
84 257 |
85 139 |
83 581 |
83 752 |
84 224 |
| Total searches |
213 008 |
238 077 |
244 689 |
247 503 |
233 126 |
2 Searches completed by EPO examiners.
Examination and opposition
| International preliminary examinations3 |
7 853 |
9 363 |
9 180 |
8 836 |
7 867 |
| European examinations4 |
96 062 |
113 586 |
137 939 |
153 858 |
185 364 |
| European patents granted5 |
64 613 |
68 419 |
95 940 |
105 635 |
127 625 |
| Patents opposed |
3 063 |
2 898 |
2 938 |
3 647 |
3 412 |
| Decisions in opposition cases6 |
3 157 |
3 713 |
4 102 |
4 072 |
4 061 |
3 EPO acting as International Preliminary Examination Authority.
4 European examinations conducted under Article 94 of the European Patent Convention.
5 Published patents granted by the EPO.
6 Opposition decisions communicated by the EPO examiners. Oppositions must be filed at the EPO within nine months of the grant
of the respective European patent. www.epo.org/applying/european/oppositions.
Staff7
| Total staff |
6 892 |
6 815 |
6 801 |
6 850 |
6 696 |
| Examiners |
4 221 |
4 227 |
4 310 |
4 378 |
4 276 |
7 Headcounts as of 31 Dec of the same year.
Source: EPO.
Status: 21.1.2019.
Annual Report of the Boards of Appeal:
The Boards of Appeal will issue their own Annual Report containing their own statistics for 2018.
A link to this report will be provided on this page as soon as it is available.
