Table 1: Statistics on AEP Requests Filed from January to December 2025
 
Statistics on AEP Requests by Month:
 

	Residents				Residents Total	Non-residents				Non-residents Total	Total
Date of requesting AEP	Condition 1	Condition 2	Condition 3	Condition 4		Condition 1	Condition 2	Condition 3	Condition 4
January 2025	0	0	9	6	15	3	0	0	0	3	18
February 2025	1	0	10	4	15	12	1	1	6	20	35
March 2025	2	0	12	7	21	10	2	0	0	12	33
April 2025	1	0	13	3	17	15	1	2	0	18	35
May 2025	0	0	2	4	6	15	0	0	2	17	23
June 2025	0	0	12	4	16	22	0	0	1	23	39
July 2025	0	0	11	9	20	17	1	3	2	23	43
August 2025	1	0	6	4	11	13	3	1	4	21	32
September 2025	3	0	1	3	7	13	0	0	0	13	20
October 2025	1	0	8	9	18	18	1	1	0	20	38
November 2025	1	0	8	3	12	11	0	1	0	12	24
December 2025	0	0	15	9	24	18	0	7	0	25	49
Total	10	0	107	65	182	167	9	16	15	207	389*

Statistics on AEP Requests by Nationality:
 

Nationalities of Applicants	Condition 1	Condition 2	Condition 3	Condition 4	Total
Taiwan	10	0	107	65	182
United States of America	39	4	3	2	48
People’s Republic of China	26	0	8	6	40
Republic of Korea	4	1	2	6	13
Japan	33	0	2	0	35
Germany	10	2	0	0	12
Australia	1	0	0	0	1
Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3
Sweden	16	0	0	0	16
Italy	3	0	0	0	3
Denmark	2	0	0	0	2
Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	2
Netherlands	20	0	0	0	20
Israel	1	1	0	0	2
Great Britain	3	1	0	1	5
Malaysia	2	0	0	0	2
Norway	1	0	0	0	1
Finland	2	0	0	0	2
Total	177	9	123	80	389*

*Note: Includes 13 ineligible applications: four under Condition 1, one under Condition 2, seven under Condition 3, and one under Condition 4.

Table 2: Average Pendency to First Office Action or Disposal for AEP Applications
 

Grounds for requesting AEP	Response period for AEP requests	Average pendency to first office action or disposal (days)
Condition 1	January to December 2025	43.3
Condition 2	January to December 2025	72.1
Condition 3	January to December 2025	61.9
Condition 4	January to December 2025	59.3

Note: The statistics reflect the average processing 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 December 2025
 

Country/Organization	Condition 1	Condition 2	Total	Percentage
United States of America	50	3	53	28.3%
People’s Republic of China	28	0	28	15.0%
European Patent Office	60	5	65	34.8%
Japan	26	0	26	14.0%
Republic of Korea	6	0	6	3.2%
Australia	1	0	1	0.5%
Israel	1	0	1	0.5%
Germany	1	0	1	0.5%
Great Britain	3	0	3	1.6%
Malaysia	1	0	1	0.5%
Finland	2	0	2	1.1%
Total	179	8	187	100%

Note: Five 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 commercially exploited; and Condition 4 applies when the invention relates to green energy 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/483-23825.html.)