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Rapport annuel 2017

Five-year overview

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Five-year overview


 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
European patent filings1
Direct European applications 60 650 60 046 61 770 64 741 68 081
PCT international patent applications 205 268 214 321 217 232 232 915 242 703
Total European patent filings 265 918 274 367 279 002 297 656 310 784
1 European patent filings include direct European filings under the European Patent Convention (EPC) and international (PCT) filings.

European patent applications filed with the EPO2

Direct European applications 60 650 60 046 61 770 64 741 68 081
PCT applications entering the regional phase 87 377 92 657 98 234 94 575 97 509
Total European patent applications filed with the EPO 148 027 152 703 160 004 159 316 165 590
2 European patent applications include direct European applications and international (PCT) applications that entered the European phase during the reporting period.

Searches completed3

European searches 96 217 102 088 128 547 133 544 137 348
Other searches 107 176 110 920 109 530 111 145 110 155
  For national offices 25 526 26 663 24 391 27 564 26 403
  International 81 650 84 257 85 139 83 581 83 752
Total searches 203 393 213 008 238 077 244 689 247 503
3 Searches completed by EPO examiners.

Examination and opposition

International preliminary examinations4 7 871 7 853 9 363 9 180 8 836
European examinations5 101 147 96 062 113 586 137 939 153 858
European patents granted6 66 712 64 613 68 419 95 940 105 635
Patents opposed 2 963 3 063 2 898 2 938 3 647
Decisions in opposition cases7 3 167 3 157 3 713 4 102 4 072
4 EPO acting as International Preliminary Examination Authority.
5 European examinations conducted under Article 94 of the European Patent Convention.
6 Published patents granted by the EPO.
7 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.

Staff8

Total staff 6 814 6 892 6 815 6 801 6 850
Examiners 4 112 4 221 4 227 4 310 4 378
8 Headcounts as of 31 Dec of the same year.
Source: EPO (for direct European filings); WIPO (for PCT filings1).
Status: 22.1.2018; PCT filings for 2017 are estimates.
Annual report of the Boards of Appeal:
Following a reform in 2016, the Boards of Appeal have now issued their own Annual report containing their own statistics for 2017.

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