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Patent filings, examinations, grants and disposals (number), 2010-2025

Patents filed: New applications submitted during the year.
Patents examined: Applications that underwent substantive examination during the year. These may have been filed years earlier.
Patents granted/disposed: Applications approved, rejected, withdrawn or otherwise closed during the year, after examination.
Source: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade