Taiwan’s Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has released IP registration figures and trends for the first quarter of 2015.

A total of 17,221 new patent applications were made, an increase over the first quarter of 2014 of 11.88%. There were a total of 3,967 invention patent applications originating in Taiwan and 6,558 originating abroad, a decrease of 12% year on year. The top foreign patent applicants were Intel (173 applications), Toshiba (158) and Tokyo Electron Taiwan (120). The TIPO also notes that while overall applications by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (the single largest patent applicant in the country) have decreased, Hon Hai’s applications for Internet of Things and cloud technologies have increased.

In addition, the TIPO received 17,379 trademark applications, and while applications originating in Taiwan decreased by 3.23%, foreign applications increased by 6.62% over the same period last year. The largest number of foreign applications came from the United States (888), China (847) and Japan (801). Applications from China increased 50.71% over the same period last year, a trend the TIPO notes has continued for the last four quarters.

The full report is available on the TIPO’s website in Chinese here.