Statistics on the Patent Prosecution Highway Program in Taiwan (Last Updated: March 2025)
Table 1.1: Statistics on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Applications between Taiwan and the United States (from September 2011 to March 2025)
| Nationalities of Applicants | ||||
| Date of requesting PPH | Domestic | United States | Others | Total |
| 2011 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 39 |
| 2012 | 16 | 202 | 34 | 252 |
| 2013 | 16 | 207 | 48 | 271 |
| 2014 | 15 | 262 | 44 | 321 |
| 2015 | 8 | 244 | 75 | 327 |
| 2016 | 15 | 249 | 79 | 343 |
| 2017 | 19 | 446 | 77 | 542 |
| 2018 | 17 | 355 | 85 | 457 |
| 2019 | 34 | 331 | 90 | 455 |
| 2020 | 43 | 443 | 116 | 602 |
| 2021 | 44 | 374 | 107 | 525 |
| 2022 | 45 | 295 | 118 | 458 |
| 2023 | 33 | 248 | 121 | 402 |
| 2024 | 23 | 304 | 139 | 466 |
| Jan 2025 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| Feb 2025 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 28 |
| Mar 2025 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 |
| Total | 338 | 4025 | 1156 | 5519 |
Nationalities of the remaining applicants: Republic of Korea (169), Japan (159), Netherlands (148), Singapore (128), Israel (108), Great Britain (82), Germany (63), Ireland (52), Sweden (47), Canada (35), Hong Kong (32), People’s Republic of China (29), Switzerland (22), Cayman Islands (20), Finland (13), France (7), Saudi Arabia (4), Italy (4), Luxembourg (4), Malaysia (3), Belgium (3), Denmark (3), Norway (2), Australia (2), United Arab Emirates (2), India (2), Czech Republic (1), Turkey (1), Philippines (1), Thailand (1), Croatia (1), Gibraltar (1), Mexico (1), Samoa (1), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Guernsey (1), British Virgin Islands (1), and Republic of Namibia (1).
Table 1.2: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and Japan (from May 2012 to March 2025)
| Nationalities of Applicants | ||||
| Date of requesting PPH | Domestic | Japan | Others | Total |
| 2012 | 1 | 207 | 0 | 208 |
| 2013 | 5 | 488 | 0 | 493 |
| 2014 | 0 | 512 | 3 | 515 |
| 2015 | 3 | 511 | 9 | 523 |
| 2016 | 0 | 445 | 10 | 455 |
| 2017 | 1 | 450 | 20 | 471 |
| 2018 | 0 | 419 | 18 | 437 |
| 2019 | 0 | 404 | 23 | 427 |
| 2020 | 1 | 475 | 7 | 483 |
| 2021 | 1 | 367 | 21 | 389 |
| 2022 | 1 | 372 | 11 | 384 |
| 2023 | 0 | 423 | 7 | 430 |
| 2024 | 0 | 434 | 19 | 453 |
| Jan 2025 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Feb 2025 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 32 |
| Total | 13 | 5550 | 176 | 5739 |
Nationalities of the remaining applicants: Sweden (80), People’s Republic of China (26), United States (23), Germany (16), France (10), Republic of Korea (9), Singapore (4), Netherlands (3), Belgium (1) Spain (1), British Virgin Islands (1), Great Britain (1), and Israel (1).
Table 1.3: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and Spain (from October 2013 to March 2025)
| Nationalities of Applicants | ||||
| Date of requesting PPH | Domestic | Spain | Others | Total |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Nationality of the remaining applicant: Great Britain (1).
Table 1.4: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (from July 2015 to March 2025)
| Nationalities of Applicants | ||||
| Date of requesting PPH | Domestic | Republic of Korea | Others | Total |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2017 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2019 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 37 |
| 2020 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 2021 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2022 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 37 |
| 2023 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 34 |
| 2024 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Jan 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Feb 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 155 | 78 | 233 |
Table 1.5: Statistics on PPH Applications between Taiwan and Canada (from February 2018 to March 2025)
| Nationalities of Applicants | ||||
| Date of requesting PPH | Domestic | Canada | Others | Total |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Note 1: The nationalities of applicants are determined based on their nationality at the time of compiling the statistics. In cases of assignment, the nationality of the assignee is included.
Note 2: Two additional applications requested PPH before July 2015. However, they were excluded from the statistics because the corresponding cases were Korean applications, which were not eligible for PPH requests at the time.
Note 3: As of now, there have been no PPH applications between Taiwan and Poland.
Table 2: Average First OA and Disposal Pendency for PPH Applications.
| Statistical period | Average first OA pendency (days) | Average disposal pendency (days) |
| Jan 2023 to the end of Mar 2025 | 40.4 | 142.8 |
Notes:
(1) The average first OA pendency is defined as the average duration between the submission of all PPH documents and the issuance of the first OA.
(2) The average disposal pendency is defined as the average duration between the submission of all PPH documents and the issuance of a decision.
(The above statistics were compiled from information published in the PPH section of the “Patent Topics” page on the TIPO website. The URL is as follows: https://www.tipo.gov.tw/patents-tw/lp-728-101.html.)
