UK Intellectual Property Office: Standards
(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average length of time was for an application for a patent submitted to the Intellectual Property Office to be (a) granted and (b) dismissed in each year since 2010.
(a) For patents granted in the years 2010-2018, the average time from filing of the patent application to grant was:-
Grant Year | Days to Grant | Approx Months to Grant |
2010 | 1071 | 35 |
2011 | 1077 | 35 |
2012 | 1015 | 33 |
2013 | 923 | 30 |
2014 | 954 | 31 |
2015 | 1038 | 34 |
2016 | 1120 | 37 |
2017 | 1186 | 39 |
2018 | 1241 | 41 |
(b) Few unsuccessful patent applications are formally dismissed, with most simply expiring through failure to comply with the Patents Act within a prescribed period. Measurement of this time period does not, therefore provide a meaningful metric.