World Intellectual Property Indicators

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World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) is an annual statistical report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [1] The publication provides an overview of the activity in the areas of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection, geographical indications and the creative economy.

Contents

The WIPI draws on intellectual property (IP) statistics collected from the 193 member States of WIPO. It provides the latest trends for IP activity at world, geographical region, country and IP office levels. WIPO has published the report annually since 2009. [2]

Data sources

The IP statistics data presented in the WIPI are taken from the WIPO Statistics Database and based primarily on data collected from national and regional IP offices, other competent authorities and publishers’ associations from around the world, through annual surveys consisting of multiple questionnaires. Data are also compiled by WIPO in processing international applications through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the Madrid System for trademark protection and the Hague System for industrial design protection. [3]

Patent family and technology data are extracted from the WIPO Statistics Database and from the PATSTAT database of the European Patent Office (EPO). [4] Gross domestic product, income group classification and population data are from the World Development Indicators database of the World Bank. Geographical regions are those defined by the United Nations. [3]

Accessing the report and its data

The WIPI is available on WIPO website. Its underlying data can be extracted from the IP Statistics Data Center, which is WIPO’s online statistical database. [1] [2] [5]

The IP Facts and Figures report, drawn from the WIPI, serves as a quick reference guide for the most frequently used measure of IP activity. [6] An online statistical country profiles also provides a set of IP statistics at country level. [7]

More comprehensive data and analysis on the WIPO administrated Systems are available in a series of three publications: PCT Yearly Review, Madrid Yearly Review and Hague Yearly Review. [8] [9] [10]

IP Statistics by IP office or by country of origin

Applications received by offices from resident and non-resident applicants are referred to as office data, whereas applications filed by applicants at their national or regional office (resident applications) or at a foreign office (applications filed abroad) are referred to as origin data. [3] [11] For statistical purposes, WIPO defines the origin of an IP application to be the country or territory of residence of the first named applicant in the application. [3] [11]

Due to the nature of regional offices, the WIPI uses an equivalent application concept for reporting data by origin. [3] [11] Applications at regional offices are equivalent to multiple applications, one in each of the member states of those offices. For the EPO and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), the equivalent application is counted as one application abroad, if the applicant does not reside in a member state, or as one resident application and one application abroad, if the applicant resides in a member state. [3]

The patent, trademark and industrial design data presented in this table come from the WIPI and show the application filing activity trend by country of origin and by year of filing.

Trademark application data refer to class counts – that is, the number of classes specified in applications. This provides the best comparison of international trademark filing activity across origins, because some jurisdictions may allow multiple classes of goods and services to be specified in a single application, whereas others require a separate application for each class. For the same reason, industrial design data refer to design counts, that is, the number of designs contained in applications. [2] [11]

Patents, trademarks, and industrial design filing activity by country of origin [1] [12] [13] [14]
CodeCountry / RegionPatent applications

in 2021

Patent applications

in 2022

Trademarks applications

in 2021

Trademarks applications

in 2022

Industrial design applications

in 2021

Industrial design applications

in 2022

ADFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 27197,5888,88500
AEFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 65584345,89160,1771,2651,326
AGFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 4081531,9401,55520
ALFlag of Albania.svg  Albania 39352,7661,65558778
AMFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 106715,6518,27881129
AOFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 08200046
ARFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 71776382,46883,2141,6241,583
ATFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 13,47213,655412,197361,85782,18558,736
AUFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12,82511,707251,488224,15318,06115,867
AZFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 3385316,1658,6028196
BAFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 64731,8792,035671172
BBFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 767017,0602,64600
BDFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 919011,0109,4391,3931,225
BEFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13,96614,290281,983250,06235,11534,668
BFFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 851046,1483,270206136
BGFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 466548105,124131,51713,01428,711
BHFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 17301,3261,9451535
BJFlag of Benin.svg  Benin 171713,5962,6778551
BNFlag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 5173722700
BOBandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 6144,9354,9102331
BRFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6,9096,984370,158380,5017,9208,097
BTFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 011579330
BWFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 41700185
BYFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1,11898012,2727,985462670
BZFlag of Belize.svg  Belize 211700590
CAFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26,52525,562235,899202,11917,98515,352
CFFlag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 1707097017
CGFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 7152707421170
CHFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 48,33651,445567,109518,055117,813116,156
CIFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 69756219,63114,6921,3603,074
CLFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 93082366,20553,48618992
CMFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1,07480313,24511,159631426
CNFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1,538,6041,586,33911,170,6248,561,9841,512,8611,408,921
COFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6921,31742,74361,046636783
CRFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 13013510,91411,990134
CUFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 11202,5214,161140
CVFlag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 1214711000
CWFlag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 002,4034,31500
CYFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 41729591,78381,9719,1844,604
CZFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1,9221,887199,534173,17624,60525,309
DEFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 165,826157,6522,947,5802,552,542540,700489,507
DJFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 31415209
DKFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14,10014,525195,921171,31458,22944,638
DMFlag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 51931900
DOFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 465111,09412,1354464
DZFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 28148311,85712,252900855
ECFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 514515,49715,36710789
EEFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 35027374,59670,3905,7734,845
EGFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 99786646,68443,1022,2762,069
ESFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 10,88010,518794,344789,031101,588118,365
ETFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 0391,4431,924060
FIFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 12,82612,972174,836152,51125,45519,972
FRFlag of France.svg  France 66,13766,4461,251,0471,194,182227,890217,619
GAFlag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 3591031,2281,29920485
GBFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 53,65054,6201,198,8711,093,675135,245131,371
GDFlag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 10261000
GEFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 132974,6183,750113247
GHFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 01101,0970673
GMFlag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 0012140500
GNFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 52515,0454,1751,0031,020
GQFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 0018745910
GRFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 1,3871,2380011,75811,803
GTFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1512008319
GWFlag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 004263915185
GYFlag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 400011710
HKFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3,2612,459139,559112,27127,29525,074
HNFlag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 222,9503,06201
HRFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 30429030,77936,2555,8675,281
HUFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1,4661,14569,94763,8565,1326,274
IDFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1,4451,60797,170113,1623,1233,708
IEFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7,0617,4640015,6259,799
ILFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 17,34117,32744,06048,99010,16310,107
INFlag of India.svg  India 43,16356,396477,121499,67419,77422,409
IQFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 002,7561,19300
IRFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 10,3508,391511,868357,66913,9378,170
ISFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3713136,1335,747380
ITFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 34,20632,0211,238,0811,178,542350,437369,347
JMFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23132,936094154
JOFlag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 53646,3216,366322251
JPFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 412,885406,374555,273549,01594,37491,683
KEFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 19939605,47512699
KGFlag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1201328459813020
KHFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 0410001
KMFlag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 001383600
KPFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0005,23400
KRFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 267,527272,675471,725449,639116,693103,174
KWFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0007,80111417
KZFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 01,29717,10918,309283231
LAFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 000001
LIFlag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1,4821,48015,32812,7233,2152,853
LKFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3292607,7256,980227361
LTFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 47764262,93561,6355,3275,055
LUFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2,7252,58098,06188,7688,9926,304
LVFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 28124627,77426,1062,5042,481
MAFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 399363106,42252,4053,9245,082
MCFlag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 13715415,38415,953431229
MDFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 75546,2535,257749528
MEFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 0110002
MGFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 693,2753,441328338
MKFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 73534,5858,860172265
MLFlag of Mali.svg  Mali 194555,7603,514206121
MNFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 11313819,48710,4151,3911,088
MOFlag of Macau.svg  Macau 163273,6603,10824514
MRFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 36852,466982034
MTFlag of Malta.svg  Malta 40744178,93367,79013,8224,802
MUFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1654018,6075,79863115
MXFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1,9941,815165,547162,7801,7561,439
MYFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1,8631,76033,69627,650721990
MZFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 30251,6067883552
NAFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0390488038
NEFlag of Niger.svg  Niger 688781580900
NLFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 32,77932,738609,122582,24797,77091,971
NOFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 5,8415,97494,15178,9708,5046,936
NZFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2,6822,58855,61448,7735,9926,666
OMFlag of Oman.svg  Oman 100886,8198,07417108
PAFlag of Panama.svg  Panama 70012,38501970
PEFlag of Peru.svg  Peru 16023432,31631,27898117
PGFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4432911200
PHFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 69567437,61038,417720685
PKFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 49141644,59539,967485467
PLFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 5,9166,073500,481477,735158,341155,846
PTFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1,9862,035168,643146,29524,69723,863
PYFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 141117,18914,79191
QAFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 121010,7228,24100
ROFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 1,1141,140130,737162,1859,68614,391
RSFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 27123016,77314,102933685
RUFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 25,90425,188417,882447,22911,77310,849
RWFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 169721777105
SAFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4,8685,01932,26339,9911,096968
SCFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 51465,5404,641270
SEFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 27,80228,184400,733352,82548,80048,682
SGFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 9,7668,599105,298109,34815,3016,519
SIFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 74481148,37953,5794,4517,638
SKFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 41455762,09353,8206,4983,808
SLFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 00023740
SMFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 584800486605
SNFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 60658312,5609,702425493
SOFlag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 00153000
SRFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 0052911600
STFlag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 0044800
SVFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 245,6115,4411620
SYFlag of Syria.svg  Syria 10613100485451
TDFlag of Chad.svg  Chad 5111916312911951
TGFlag of Togo.svg  Togo 81856,9823,3908534
THFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1,5481,41643,54739,0094,7644,149
TJFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 97330010
TNFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 022505,7600547
TOFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 007504
TRFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 10,86911,114503,741579,54378,82994,792
TTFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1579561,4436012
UAFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1,7061,08064,20146,6916,1493,000
UGFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 20162,2332,1869156
USFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 509,962515,2812,169,4652,009,487392,258366,686
UYFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 009,0578,38600
UZFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 42847510,95513,879240236
VCFlag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0238660100
VEFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 02908,329019
VNFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1,2051,05786,10992,1182,5612,755
VUFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0019636246
WSFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 17086588009
YEFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 22135,7093,7028056
ZAFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2,7512,61936,85132,1641,6141,714
ZMFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 15141,2841,2644681
ZWFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 04101,3411938

Patents, trademarks, and industrial design (PCT) applications by Organizations

Top PCT patent applicants 2019 and 2020

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application.

Top PCT patent applicants 2019 and 2020 [13] [14] [15]
AppplicantsCountry2020 Rank2020 PCT applications2019 Rank2019 PCT applications
Huawei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1546414411
Samsung Electronics Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2309332334
Mitsubishi Electric Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3281022661
LG Electronics Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 42759101646
Qualcomm Flag of the United States.svg  U.S. 5217342127
Ericsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6198971698
BOE Technology Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7189261864
Oppo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8180151927
Sony Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 91793131566
Panasonic Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 101611121567

Top Madrid trademark applicants (2020 and 2019)

The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks is a protocol to protect trademarks worldwide, in over 120 countries. [16] [17] The Madrid System has a centralized trademark registration system through a single application, in one language and with one set of fees (in one currency, the Swiss franc), protection can be obtained in member states and intergovernmental organizations. [18] [19] International registrations can then be modified, renewed or expanded, centrally through WIPO (rather than through each separate IP Office). [20] The Madrid System can only be used by a natural person or a legal entity, which is a national, is domiciled or has a company in the territory of a member of the Madrid System.

Top Madrid trademark applicants (2020 and 2019) [21] [14] [15]
ApplicantRank 2020Madrid applications in 2020Rank 2019Madrid applications in 2019
Novartis 12333129
Huawei 21972164
Shiseido 3130970
Adp Gauselmann 41231939
L'Oreal 51151193
Nintendo 6902632
Euro Games Technology 7841448
Apple 8804104
Syngenta 9782730
RIGO Trading SA 10705102

Hague top applicants in 2020 and 2019

The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs [22] provides an international mechanism that secures protection of up to 100 designs [22] [23] in multiple countries or regions, through a single international application. International design applications are filed directly through WIPO. [24] The domestic legal framework of each designated contracting party governs the design protection provided by the resulting international registrations. [25] The Hague System does not require the applicant to file a national or regional design application. [24]

Hague top applicants in 2020 and 2019 [15]
ApplicantRank 2020Hague applications 2020Rank 2019Hague applications 2019
LG Electronics 14461449
Xiaomi 22163111
Samsung 31702166
Hyundai 4141757
Philips 595485
Volkswagen 684573
Hermès 7681527
Daimler 8651042
Proctor & Gamble 957665
Kärcher 10471235

Controversies

Taiwanese patents

Since Taiwan (ROC) is not a member of the United Nations, the number of patents filed in Taiwan is not reported. The number of patent applications filed with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) in 2018 was 73,431, [26] which would place it in 6th place worldwide for that year, or 2nd place per capita. In 2014, Bloomberg ranked Taiwan #1 in Patent Activity, using UN data. [27] [28] The last WIPO Indicators report to mention the name Taiwan was in 2017, noting the large number of patents by Foxconn. [29] [30] [31] [32]

China has been criticized for its efforts in the UN to reduce the visibility of Taiwan, [33] [34] including via WIPO; in 2020 Beijing reportedly retaliated to the failed election of a Chinese director-general of the organization by preventing the Wikimedia Foundation from gaining observer status at the WIPO, on the grounds that Wikimedia has a Taiwan subsidiary. [35] [36] [37]

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