Korea: Filing and registration trends for the second quarter 2011

Compared to the same period in 2010, both applications and registrations for IP rights increased.  

Some of the most important trends compared to the first quarter in the previous year include:

• applications for all IP rights (patents, utility models, designs, trademarks) increased by 4.8%.
• applications for patents increased by 4.5% while utility model applications further decreased by 9.6%
• by nationality, patent applications from foreigners rose by 4.9%, filings from Koreans grew by 4.3%
• grants of all IP rights increased by 21.9%
• patent grants increased by 19.8% while grants of utility models grew by 36.2%.
• the number of requests for trial  dropped by 23.6%.

For further information, please refer to KIPO news of 3 August 2011.