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Statistics

The statistics below are provided from IP Australia's databases. We take all necessary care to ensure the statistics are as accurate as possible, however their use is subject to our disclaimer relating to the data sets.

*Please note that the alpha-numeric codes shown at the beginning of many of the links are for ease of identification. They also indicate when that link was last updated

Printed copies are also available from IP Australia offices. If you require a spreadsheet in a version other than Excel, please e-mail assist@ipaustralia.gov.au.

Patent examination

Patent Demand statistics PDFPDF file

Directions Strategy WordWord filePDFPDF file

Directions Issued WordWord filePDFPDF file

Current response times HTMLhtml

IPC - Patent Examination Section allocations PDFPDF file

Basic patent statistics

P10(Sept07) Some basic patent statistics ExcelExcel file PDFPDF file

Patent applicants and patentees

P20(Mar08) Top standard patent applicants ExcelExcel file PDFPDF file

P21(Mar08) Top Innovation Patent Applicants and patentees ExcelExcel file PDFPDF file

Patent applications and grants by country

P30(Feb08)Countries of Origin of Standard, Petty and Innovation Apps ExcelExcel file

P31(Feb08) Countries of Origin of Granted and Certified Patents ExcelExcel file

Patent applications and grants by Australians by location

P40(Oct07) Patent activity by Australian states ExcelExcel file

P41(Jul07) Applications by Postcode and Technology ExcelExcel file

P42(Oct07) Grants by Postcode & Technology ExcelExcel file

P43(Jul07) Applications by State & Technology ExcelExcel file

P44(Jul07) Grants by State & Technology ExcelExcel file

Life of a patent

P50(Feb08) Lifetimes for Australian patents ExcelExcel file

Patent applications and grants by subject matter

P60 Technology Groups - Technologies have been classified using the UK's DTI/OST scheme using the attached mapping with IPC subclasses WordWord filePDFPDF file

P61(Oct07) Standard Applications by Technology - Real standard patent applications ExcelExcel file

P62(Oct07) Standard Applications by Australian residents by Technology ExcelExcel file

*Real applications include non-PCT applications filed directly at IP Australia plus PCT applications entering national phase but exclude those PCT designations not entering national phase in Australia.

Country codes for Patents

IP Australia follows the WIPO ST.3 (PDF) recommended standard on 2-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations for all patent data and the ISO 3166-1 standard on country names and codes for address and applicant/inventor details, (except for HK which follows the WIPO ST.3 standard in this instance too), with the following exceptions due to Australian Government policy: MO represents the country name Macau, TL represents East Timor and TW represents Taiwan.

Trade Marks

T10(Jul08) Some basic trade mark statistics ExcelExcel file

T20(Feb08) Top Trade Mark Applicants ExcelExcel file

T30(Feb08) Applications and Registrations by Country ExcelExcel file

T60(Feb08) Subject matter of Trade Mark Applications ExcelExcel file

Designs

D10(Feb08) Some basic designs statistics ExcelExcel file

D20(Mar08) Top Design applicants ExcelExcel file

D30(Feb08) Applications and Registrations by Country ExcelExcel file

D40(Feb08) Applications and Registrations by State ExcelExcel file

D60(Feb08) Subject matter of Designs registrations ExcelExcel file

Plant Breeder's Rights

PB10(Feb08) Plant breeder's rights - Applications & Grants by year, country and Australian State ExcelExcel file

PB20 (Feb08) Plant Breeder's Rights - Top applicants ExcelExcel file

WIPO IP Statistics

WIPO collects and publishes Annual statistics on industrial property, by country in accordance with the relevant international industrial property classification systems administered by WIPO as well as Annual Technical Reports (ATRs) submitted to WIPO on the activities of IP Offices. For further information on International IP Offices please refer to their specific web sites.

Other data

A previous series of data published by Australia can be found below but these will no longer be upgraded due to changes in databases in IP Australia:

Industrial Property Statistics for 1999-2000 PDFPDF file

Industrial Property Statistics for 1998-99 PDFPDF file

Industrial Property Statistics for 1997-98 PDFPDF file

Industrial Property Statistics for 1996-97 PDFPDF file

Industrial Property Statistics for 1995-96 PDFPDF file

Industrial Property Statistics for 1994-95 PDFPDF file

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