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1094 patent cases, filed via the national route, were concluded in 2016, and this number is similar to that of last year’s. Due to the efforts of HIPO, the stock of pending patent cases was further reduced: at the end of 2016 16% fewer patent cases, filed via the national route, were pending than a year earlier. The small number of granted patents (271) can be explained by the successful reduction of pending cases and by the unfavourable number of applications filed in previous years. From among all applications filed via the national route a quarter (25%) ended with the granting of patent protection.
Patent applications filed via the national route and official proceedings
| 2015 | 2016 |
Applications | 633 | 665 |
Concluded proceedings | 1078 | 1094 |
Granted patents | 365 | 271 |
Pending cases | 1760 | 1478 |
The number of utility model applications exceeded the previous year’s number by 22%.
Utility model applications and proceedings for granting protection
| 2015 | 2016 |
Applications | 249 | 304 |
Concluded proceedings | 155 | 179 |
Granted protections | 92 | 108 |
Pending cases | 308 | 404 |
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