EPO Publishes Annual Review for 2025 | Oxon IP

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The EPO has now released its Annual Review for 2025.

Annexed to the Annual Review is the Quality Report 2025, which includes the following information on Opposition rates, outcomes and timeliness between 2018 and 2025:

oxonip_31-08_2026_FIgure_3 — Number of granted patents (fig 35) and Opposition rates (fig 36) Timeliness

oxonip_31-08_2026_FIgure_4 — Opposition Outcomes

oxonip_31-08_2026_FIgure_5 — Outcomes of the inter partes cases

oxonip_31-08_2026_FIgure_6 — Opposition Timeliness - Excluding cases with (a) more than one opponent, (b) a request to reschedule oral proceedings, or more than one oral proceeding, (c) a division that includes a legal member.

The EPO press release can be viewed here.

The full Annual Review can be viewed here.

The full Quality Report can be viewed here.