Trends in Intellectual Property Statistics for March 2020

The number of intellectual property applications in Korea in March 2020 was 43,910, and the cumulative number of applications totaled 123,013 in 2020, up 4.7 percent as compared to the same period in the previous year including 4.1 percent decrease in patents, 7.7 percent in trademarks, and 2.0 percent in designs.
The number of intellectual property registrations in Korea in March 2020 was 28,204, and the cumulative number of registrations totaled 79,827 in 2020, up 7.6 percent as compared to the same period in the previous year including 14.9 percent increase in patents, 1.3 percent in trademarks, and 6.7 percent in designs.
The number of requests for examination filed in March 2020 was 18,205, and the cumulative number of requests totaled 48,943 in 2020, up 14.8 percent compared with the same period in the previous year, and in the case of request for trial, 739 cases were requested in March 2020, and the cumulative number of requests totaled 2,142 in 2020 showing 4.2% decrease compared with the same period in the previous year.