Table 1: Statistics on AEP Requests Filed from January to June 2025
 
Statistics on AEP Requests by Month:
   
Statistics on AEP Requests by Nationality:
  *Note: Includes six ineligible applications: two under Condition 1, three under Condition 3, and one under Condition 4.
 
Table 2: Average Pendency to First Office Action or Disposal for AEP Applications
  Note: The statistics represent the average time from the date on which all required documents were fully submitted to the issuance of the first response.
 
Table 3: Statistics on Corresponding Foreign Applications by Country as of June 2025
  Note: Four of the AEP requests involved multiple corresponding foreign applications.
 
(Giant Group note: Condition 1 applies when the corresponding foreign application has been granted following substantive examination by a foreign patent authority; Condition 2 applies when the EPO, JPO, or USPTO has issued an office action and a search report during substantive examination, but has not yet allowed the corresponding foreign application; Condition 3 applies when the invention patent application is essential for commercial exploitation; and Condition 4 applies when the invention relates to green technologies.)
 
(The above statistics were compiled from information published in the AEP section of the “Patent Topics” page on the TIPO website. The URL is as follows: https://www.tipo.gov.tw/tw/patents/483.html.)