Numbers of patent applications January to June 2013
Number of patents applied for by German companies first half of 2013, comparable figure for 2012 and comparison of each with UK companies.
Source · Transparency & FOI
GOV.UK Published FOI Responses
12,400 published responses
108 organisations
Q1 2026 latest stats period
85.5% avg on-time rate
Published Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses from central government. Each entry is a public question answered and published by a government body.
Published responses
Patent grant statistics
A record of the rate of patent grants, that is the number of granted patent applications per year in comparison to number of applications filed.
Patents by postcode
A list of all patents granted from 1970 to 2000 from applicants in a number of UK locations.
Patent search quality
Details of any benchmarking studies conducted as to the quality of UKIPO patent searches.
Recruitment agencies used by the IPO
Recruitment agencies used by the IPO for temporary and contractor staff and pay bands, all within the last year.
Relationship between IP infringement claims and UK recession
Any statistical data to support the view that intellectual property infringement claims rise during economic downturn.
Statistical patent information
Request for numbers of patent applications from individuals compared with corporate filings over last five years.
Support for UK SMEs
Royalties paid to UK companies, support for UK SMEs, UK government income from the granting of patents, etc.
Top 100 UK patent applicants
Top 100 UK patent applicants and top 100 Japanese applicants filing in the UK.
Trade mark applications and fees
The number of trade mark applications and the revenue they generated in either the calendar year of 2012, or tax year of 2012/ 2013.
Trade mark statistics
Numbers of registered trade marks, European Court of Justice trade mark cases and trade mark agents.
Ceased patents that may be restored
A list of patents that have ceased but can still be restored by payment of due fees.
Green Channel patent statistics
Request for information on accelerated patent examination for environmentally beneficial technologies.
Impact Assessment titled Codes of Conduct dated 21 May 2012
Request for information regarding a peer review process on changes to copyright.
Largest patent holders
Information about the largest patent holders: company names, quantity and subject area of each patent.
Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Terms and conditions of employment with respect to maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
Number of UK registered trade marks and patents
Information on the numbers of ‘live’ registered trade marks and patents in the UK.
Patent fees
Information on patent fees for the years 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2011.
Patent statistics
Statistics of new use patents in the UK between years 2005/2011.
Request for litigation information
Claims issues at the Patents County Court in 2011, 2010 and 2009 with a monthly breakdown.
Request for registered trade mark information
Request for registered trade mark information within the FMGC market.
Statistics of two categories of patent applications
Statistics relating to (1) the number of patents filed for new chemical entities and (2) the number of patents filed for second medical use.
Trade mark searching
Request for details of an application programming interface for trade mark searching.
Transfer of IP ownership
Ownership of patents transferred from one owner to another by year over the last 5 years.
IPO disclosure log: 2013 - 2014
Details of all FOI requests responded to between 1 April 2013 to 11 September 2014.
Responses by year
Read the chart values
| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Top publishers
FOI timeliness — Q1 2026
Best on-time rates
Debt Management Office
100.0%
Serious Fraud Office
100.0%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
99.0%
Wales Office
96.8%
Charity Commission
96.6%
Lowest on-time rates
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
50.0%
Health and Safety Executive
63.0%
Department for Business and Trade
67.0%
Cabinet Office
69.9%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
73.6%