World Intellectual Property Indicators
World Intellectual Property Indicators is an annual report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), providing a wide range of indicators covering the areas of intellectual property.[1] It draws on data from national and regional IP offices, the WIPO, the World Bank, and UNESCO. The WIPO have published the reports annually since 2009.[2][3]
Patents[]
Countries[]
Patent applications for the top 20 offices[4][5][6][7][8][]
| Country | 2020 Rank | 2020 Patent applications | 2019 Rank | 2019 Patent applications | 2018 Rank | 2018 Patent applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China
|
1 | 1,497,159 | 1 | 1,400,661 | 1 | 1,542,002 |
 U.S.
|
2 | 597,172 | 2 | 621,453 | 2 | 597,141 |
 Japan
|
3 | 288,472 | 3 | 307,969 | 3 | 313,567 |
 South Korea
|
4 | 226,759 | 4 | 218,975 | 4 | 209,992 |
| European Patent Office | 5 | 180,346 | 5 | 181,479 | 5 | 174,397 |
 Germany
|
6 | 62,105 | 6 | 67,434 | 6 | 67,898 |
 India
|
7 | 56,771 | 7 | 53,627 | 7 | 50,055 |
 Russian Federation
|
8 | 34,984 | 9 | 35,511 | 8 | 37,957 |
 Canada
|
9 | 34,565 | 8 | 36,488 | 9 | 36,161 |
 Australia
|
10 | 29,294 | 10 | 29,758 | 10 | 29,957 |
 Brazil
|
11 | 24,338 | 11 | 25,396 | 11 | 24,857 |
 United Kingdom
|
13 | 20,649 | 12 | 19,250 | 12 | 20,941 |
 Mexico
|
15 | 14,312 | 14 | 15,941 | 13 | 16,424 |
 France
|
14 | 14,313 | 15 | 15,869 | 14 | 16,222 |
 Hong Kong SAR, China
|
12 | 21,556 | 13 | 16,532 | 15 | 15,986 |
 Iran
|
17 | 12,030 | 17 | 12,147 | 16 | 12,823 |
 Singapore
|
16 | 13,265 | 16 | 14,136 | 17 | 11,845 |
 Italy
|
18 | 11,008 | 19 | 10,127 | 18 | 9,821 |
 Indonesia
|
19 | 8,160 | 18 | 11,481 | 19 | 9,754 |
 Turkey
|
20 | 8,158 | 21 | 8,088 | ||
 Thailand
|
21 | 20 | 8,172 | 20 | 8,149 |
Patent grants for the top 20 offices[9][5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Patent grants 2020 | Rank 2019 | Patent grants 2019 | Rank 2018 | Patent grants 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 530127 | 1 | 452804 | 1 | 432,147 |
| U.S.
|
2 | 351993 | 2 | 354430 | 2 | 307,759 |
| Japan
|
3 | 179383 | 3 | 179910 | 3 | 194,525 |
| European Patent Office | 5 | 133706 | 4 | 137782 | 4 | 127,603 |
| South Korea
|
4 | 134766 | 5 | 125661 | 5 | 119,012 |
| Russian Federation
|
6 | 28788 | 6 | 34008 | 6 | 35,774 |
| Canada
|
8 | 21284 | 8 | 22009 | 7 | 23,499 |
| Australia
|
10 | 17778 | 10 | 17010 | 8 | 17,065 |
| Germany
|
11 | 17305 | 9 | 18255 | 9 | 16,367 |
| India
|
7 | 26361 | 7 | 23578 | 10 | 13,908 |
| France
|
12 | 12874 | 11 | 13593 | 11 | 12249 |
| Brazil
|
9 | 20407 | 12 | 10947 | 12 | 9966 |
| Indonesia
|
16 | 7981 | 13 | 10514 | 16 | 6374 |
| Mexico
|
17 | 7726 | 14 | 8702 | 14 | 8921 |
| Italy
|
14 | 9152 | 15 | 8617 | 15 | 6424 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China
|
18 | 7658 | 16 | 6780 | 13 | 9651 |
| United Kingdom
|
13 | 9772 | 18 | 5948 | 17 | 5982 |
 Israel
|
20 | 4668 | 19 | 4197 | ||
| Singapore
|
19 | 5386 | 20 | 4188 | 18 | 5172 |
 Malaysia
|
15 | 8206 | 21 | 4106 |
Resident patent applications per GDP for the top 20 origins[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Patent applications per GDP 2020 |
Rank 2019 | Patent applications per GDP 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Patent applications per GDP 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
1 | 8249 | 1 | 7779 | 1 | 8,561 |
| China
|
2 | 5845 | 2 | 5520 | 2 | 6,183 |
| Germany
|
3 | 1609 | 4 | 1642 | 4 | 1,924 |
 Switzerland
|
4 | 1607 | 5 | 1634 | 5 | 1,831 |
| U.S.
|
5 | 1358 | 6 | 1389 | 6 | 1,565 |
 Finland
|
6 | 1333 | 9 | 1127 | 7 | 1,346 |
 Denmark
|
8 | 1123 | 8 | 1128 | 8 | 1,320 |
 Sweden
|
7 | 1178 | 7 | 1130 | 9 | 1,225 |
 Netherlands
|
11 | 907 | 10 | 935 | 10 | 1,078 |
 Austria
|
10 | 956 | 11 | 881 | 12 | 1052 |
| France
|
12 | 825 | 12 | 789 | 13 | 934 |
 Luxembourg
|
13 | 750 | 13 | 765 | 11 | 1059 |
| Russian Federation
|
16 | 625 | 14 | 599 | 15 | 673 |
| United Kingdom
|
14 | 633 | 15 | 583 | 14 | 697 |
 Belgium
|
17 | 584 | 16 | 557 | 16 | 659 |
| Italy
|
15 | 632 | 17 | 537 | 17 | 617 |
 Norway
|
19 | 446 | 18 | 467 | ||
| Israel
|
18 | 465 | 20 | 376 | ||
| Iran
|
9 | 1091 | 7 | 1126 | ||
 Poland
|
20 | 367 | 22 | 347 |
Resident patent applications per million population for the top 20 origins[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Patent applications per million population 2020 |
Rank 2019 | Patent applications per million population 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Patent applications per million population 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
1 | 3485 | 1 | 3319 | 1 | 3148 |
| Japan
|
2 | 1807 | 2 | 1943 | 2 | 2005 |
| Switzerland
|
3 | 1099 | 3 | 1122 | 3 | 1081 |
| China
|
4 | 959 | 4 | 890 | 4 | 1001 |
| Germany
|
5 | 819 | 5 | 884 | 5 | 884 |
| United States
|
6 | 818 | 6 | 869 | 6 | 871 |
| Denmark
|
8 | 628 | 7 | 645 | 7 | 629 |
| Sweden
|
9 | 597 | 8 | 601 | 8 | 578 |
| Finland
|
7 | 630 | 9 | 548 | 9 | 564 |
| Netherlands
|
11 | 492 | 10 | 530 | 10 | 537 |
| Austria
|
10 | 496 | 11 | 496 | 11 | 489 |
| France
|
12 | 347 | 12 | 363 | 12 | 369 |
| Singapore
|
13 | 313 | 13 | 303 | 16 | 279 |
| Norway
|
14 | 284 | 14 | 297 | 13 | 318 |
| Belgium
|
15 | 281 | 15 | 288 | 14 | 285 |
 North Korea
|
16 | 269 | 16 | 287 | ||
| United Kingdom
|
17 | 263 | 17 | 272 | 15 | 280 |
| Italy
|
18 | 246 | 18 | 229 | 17 | 220 |
| Russian Federation
|
20 | 168 | 19 | 165 | 18 | 175 |
| Israel
|
19 | 178 | 20 | 151 | 19 | 170 |
Patents in force for the top 20 offices[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Patents in force 2020 | Rank 2019 | Patents in force 2019 | Rank 2018 | 2018 Patent in force |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
1 | 3348531 | 1 | 3131427 | 1 | 3,063,494 |
| China
|
2 | 3057844 | 2 | 2670784 | 2 | 2,366,314 |
| Japan
|
3 | 2039040 | 3 | 2053879 | 3 | 2,054,276 |
| South Korea
|
4 | 1096721 | 4 | 1048079 | 4 | 1,001,163 |
| Germany
|
5 | 834734 | 5 | 772358 | 5 | 703,606 |
| United Kingdom
|
6 | 682245 | 6 | 641887 | 7 | 572,063 |
| France
|
7 | 674334 | 7 | 640883 | 6 | 602,084 |
| Italy
|
8 | 348888 | 8 | 339072 | 8 | 306,768 |
| Russian Federation
|
9 | 266189 | 9 | 263688 | 9 | 256,419 |
| Switzerland
|
10 | 250143 | 10 | 246124 | 10 | 244,581 |
 Spain
|
11 | 224455 | 11 | 222666 | ||
 Ireland
|
12 | 217386 | 12 | 221884 | 11 | 196,707 |
| Netherlands
|
13 | 212855 | 14 | 205675 | ||
| Belgium
|
14 | 209751 | 13 | 208313 | 12 | 194,393 |
| Canada
|
15 | 192668 | 15 | 187928 | 13 | 184,559 |
| Luxembourg
|
16 | 165249 | 18 | 145728 | 14 | 167,594 |
| Austria
|
17 | 159581 | 16 | 171654 | 15 | 156,244 |
| Australia
|
18 | 159304 | 17 | 159244 | 19 | 98,245 |
| Mexico
|
19 | 113330 | 19 | 113449 | 17 | 113,286 |
| Sweden
|
20 | 111789 | 21 | 107032 | 16 | 115,893 |
Organizations[]
Top patent applicants worldwide 2003–2012[10][5][6][7][]
| Rank | Applicant | Country | Patent families |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panasonic | Japan |
111,653 |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics | South Korea |
95,852 |
| 3 | Canon | Japan |
74,193 |
| 4 | Toyota | Japan |
73,220 |
| 5 | Toshiba | Japan |
65,151 |
| 6 | LG Electronics | South Korea |
64,593 |
| 7 | Seiko Epson | Japan |
62,305 |
| 8 | IBM | United States |
45,473 |
| 9 | Ricoh | Japan |
45,306 |
| 10 | Sony | Japan |
44,261 |
Top patent applicants worldwide 2013 - 2018 [11][12][5][6][7][]
| 2019 | Rank 2018 | Top applicants 2018 | Top applicants 2018 country | 2018 | Rank 2018 | Top applicants 2013 -2015 | Applicant country | Patent families 2013 -2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,411 | 1 | Huawei | China
|
5,405 | 1 | Canon | Japan
|
24,006 |
| 2,661 | 2 | Mitsubishi Electric | Japan
|
2,812 | 2 | Samsung Electronics | South Korea
|
21,836 |
| 2,334 | 3 | Samsung Electronics | South Korea
|
1,997 | 3 | State Grid Corporation of China | China
|
21,635 |
| 2,127 | 4 | Qualcomm | United States
|
2,404 | 4 | Mitsubishi Electric | Japan
|
15,277 |
| 1,927 | 5 | Oppo | China
|
1,042 | 5 | IBM | United States
|
14,972 |
| 1,864 | 6 | Boe Technology | China
|
1,813 | 6 | Toyota | Japan
|
14,840 |
| 1,698 | 7 | Ericsson | Sweden
|
1,645 | 7 | Huawei | China
|
14,605 |
| 1,691 | 8 | Ping An Technology | China
|
336 | 7 | Toshiba | Japan
|
14,567 |
| 1,687 | 9 | Robert Bosch GmbH | Germany
|
1,525 | 9 | LG Electronics | South Korea
|
14,561 |
| 1,646 | 10 | LG Electronics | South Korea
|
1,697 | 10 | Robert Bosch GmbH | Germany
|
12,598 |
Top PCT patent applicants 2019 and 2020 [5][6][7][]
| Top PCT patent applicants 2019 | Country | 2020 Rank | 2020 PCT applications | 2019 Rank | 2019 PCT applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei | China
|
1 | 5464 | 1 | 4411 |
| Samsung Electronics | South Korea
|
2 | 3093 | 3 | 2334 |
| Mitsubishi Electric | Japan
|
3 | 2810 | 2 | 2661 |
| LG Electronics | South Korea
|
4 | 2759 | 10 | 1646 |
| Qualcomm | U.S.
|
5 | 2173 | 4 | 2127 |
| Ericsson | Sweden
|
6 | 1989 | 7 | 1698 |
| BOE Technology | China
|
7 | 1892 | 6 | 1864 |
| Oppo | China
|
8 | 1801 | 5 | 1927 |
| Sony | Japan
|
9 | 1793 | 13 | 1566 |
| Panasonic | Japan
|
10 | 1611 | 12 | 1567 |
Trademarks[]
Trademark applications (class count) for the top 20 offices[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Total 2020 | Rank 2019 | Total 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 9345757 | 1 | 7833010 |
| U.S.
|
2 | 870306 | 2 | 672644 |
| Japan
|
6 | 421166 | 3 | 546224 |
| Iran
|
3 | 541750 | 4 | 454925 |
| European Patent Office | 4 | 438511 | 5 | 407675 |
| India
|
5 | 424583 | 6 | 367768 |
| France
|
11 | 290194 | 7 | 311647 |
| Russian Federation
|
7 | 398240 | 8 | 306982 |
| South Korea
|
9 | 319945 | 9 | 284090 |
| Turkey
|
8 | 363708 | 10 | 282449 |
| Brazil
|
10 | 297933 | 11 | 246244 |
| Germany
|
13 | 264669 | 12 | 235937 |
| United Kingdom
|
12 | 278699 | 13 | 220369 |
| Canada
|
16 | 147267 | 14 | 174287 |
| Mexico
|
14 | 162541 | 15 | 160185 |
| Australia
|
15 | 149540 | 16 | 140086 |
 Vietnam
|
18 | 108641 | 17 | 112381 |
| Italy
|
20 | 100872 | 18 | 97096 |
| Switzerland
|
19 | 101121 | 19 | 96326 |
| Indonesia
|
17 | 123787 | 20 | 85807 |
Resident trademark applications per GDP for the top origins [6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Trademark applications per GDP 2020 | Rank 2019 | Trademark applications per GDP 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran
|
1 | 50406 | 1 | 42605 |
| China
|
2 | 39620 | 2 | 33711 |
 Mongolia
|
3 | 35656 | 3 | 27241 |
 Paraguay
|
4 | 13933 | 4 | 12493 |
| Turkey
|
5 | 13846 | 5 | 10573 |
| South Korea
|
6 | 12310 | 7 | 10345 |
 Republic of Moldova
|
7 | 12119 | 14 | 9123 |
 Jamaica
|
8 | 11756 | 8 | 10175 |
 Cyprus
|
9 | 10859 | 13 | 9203 |
| France
|
10 | 10545 | 6 | 10415 |
 New Zealand
|
11 | 10494 | 18 | 8469 |
 Chile
|
12 | 10478 | 24 | 6956 |
 Portugal
|
13 | 10243 | 12 | 9522 |
 Estonia
|
14 | 9769 | 20 | 8429 |
| Vietnam
|
15 | 9626 | 11 | 9607 |
 Armenia
|
16 | 9297 | 10 | 9687 |
| Japan *
|
15 | 9029 | ||
| Russian Federation
|
18 | 8809 | 31 | 6178 |
| Brazil
|
19 | 8723 | 22 | 7021 |
 Bulgaria
|
20 | 8572 | 16 | 8836 |
Resident trademark applications per million population for the top 20 origins [5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Trademark Application per million 2020 | Rank 2019 | Trademark Application per million 2019 |
| China
|
1 | 6502 | 1 | 5425 |
| Iran
|
2 | 6267 | 2 | 5278 |
| France
|
6 | 4432 | 3 | 4774 |
| Switzerland
|
3 | 5214 | 4 | 4748 |
| South Korea
|
4 | 5201 | 5 | 4419 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China
|
7 | 3964 | 6 | 3887 |
| Japan
|
15 | 2725 | 7 | 3736 |
| Germany
|
9 | 3835 | 8 | 3399 |
| Portugal
|
11 | 3296 | 9 | 3321 |
| Austria
|
13 | 3150 | 10 | 3154 |
| Australia
|
10 | 3503 | 11 | 3087 |
| Turkey
|
8 | 3930 | 12 | 2982 |
| United Kingdom
|
12 | 3257 | 13 | 2619 |
| Netherlands
|
14 | 2890 | 14 | 2533 |
| Sweden
|
16 | 2577 | 16 | 2438 |
 Czech Republic
|
18 | 2413 | 17 | 2286 |
| Singapore
|
20 | 2252 | 23 | 1950 |
| Chile
|
17 | 2444 | 28 | 1737 |
| Russian Federation
|
19 | 2369 | 29 | 1709 |
| New Zealand
|
5 | 4450 | 94 | 0 |
Trademarks in force for the top 20 offices[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Marks in force 2020 | Rank 2019 | Marks in force 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 30173085 | 1 | 25218516 |
| U.S.
|
2 | 2605916 | 2 | 2779113 |
| India
|
3 | 2409005 | 3 | 2038798 |
| Japan
|
4 | 1973640 | 4 | 1918489 |
| France
|
5 | 1572726 | 5 | 1527702 |
| European Patent Office | 6 | 1523465 | 6 | 1413406 |
| Brazil
|
7 | 1459790 | 7 | 1315878 |
| South Korea
|
8 | 1380625 | 8 | 1305260 |
| Mexico
|
9 | 1292538 | 9 | 1217805 |
| Turkey
|
10 | 1220050 | 10 | 1125914 |
| Germany
|
11 | 968844 | 11 | 953153 |
 Argentina
|
12 | 878713 | 12 | 857813 |
| United Kingdom
|
13 | 828929 | 13 | 782602 |
| Spain
|
14 | 793934 | 14 | 767923 |
| Russian Federation
|
15 | 713833 | 15 | 664335 |
| Benelux Office for Intellectual Property | 16 | 657764 | 16 | 643832 |
| Australia
|
17 | 655595 | 17 | 621231 |
| Canada
|
18 | 620860 | 18 | 617968 |
| Switzerland
|
19 | 523700 | 19 | 514825 |
| Italy
|
20 | 513086 | 20 | 505684 |
Top Madrid trademark applicants (2020 and 2019)[6][7][]
The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks is a protocol to protect trademarks worldwide, in over 120 countries.[13][14] 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.[15][16] International registrations can then be modified, renewed or expanded, centrally through WIPO (rather than through each separate IP Office).[17] 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.
| Applicant | Rank 2020 | Madrid aplications in 2020 | Rank 2019 | Madrid applications in 2019 |
| Novartis | 1 | 233 | 3 | 129 |
| Huawei | 2 | 197 | 2 | 164 |
| Shiseido | 3 | 130 | 9 | 70 |
| Adp Gauselmann | 4 | 123 | 19 | 39 |
| L'Oreal | 5 | 115 | 1 | 193 |
| Nintendo | 6 | 90 | 26 | 32 |
| 7 | 84 | 14 | 48 | |
| Apple | 8 | 80 | 4 | 104 |
| Syngenta | 9 | 78 | 27 | 30 |
| 10 | 70 | 5 | 102 |
Industrial designs[]
Application design counts for the top 10 offices[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Application design count 2020 |
Rank 2019 | Application design count 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Application design count 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 770362 | 1 | 711617 | 1 | 536,251 |
| EUIPO | 2 | 113196 | 2 | 113319 | 2 | 105,116 |
| South Korea
|
3 | 70821 | 3 | 69360 | 3 | 50,678 |
| Germany
|
6 | 40638 | 6 | 44097 | 4 | 48,360 |
| Turkey
|
5 | 47653 | 5 | 46202 | 5 | 45,735 |
| Italy
|
10 | 25364 | 9 | 31111 | 6 | 37,674 |
| United States
|
4 | 50743 | 4 | 49848 | 7 | 33,449 |
| Japan
|
8 | 31650 | 8 | 32176 | 8 | 27,967 |
| United Kingdom
|
7 | 32731 | 10 | 29896 | 9 | 24,688 |
| Spain
|
13 | 12376 | 12 | 16175 | 10 | 18853 |
| France
|
9 | 31196 | 7 | 37404 | 13 | 12495 |
| Iran
|
11 | 14984 | 11 | 17622 | 11 | 14774 |
| India
|
12 | 12793 | 13 | 13723 | 12 | 12632 |
| Switzerland
|
15 | 10160 | 14 | 12621 | 14 | 11640 |
| Russian Federation
|
14 | 10589 | 15 | 10928 | 15 | 8943 |
| Australia
|
17 | 7359 | 16 | 8857 | 17 | 8029 |
 Ukraine
|
20 | 5619 | 17 | 7624 | 16 | 8166 |
| Canada
|
16 | 7530 | 18 | 7538 | 18 | 6818 |
| Brazil
|
18 | 6263 | 19 | 6432 | 19 | 6111 |
| Thailand
|
19 | 5818 | 20 | 5293 |
Resident application design counts per GDP for the top 20 origins [5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Designs applications per GDP 2020 | Rank 2019 | Designs applications per GDP 2019 |
| China
|
1 | 3270 | 1 | 3076 |
| South Korea
|
2 | 2926 | 2 | 2778 |
| Mongolia
|
4 | 1641 | 3 | 2152 |
| Iran
|
6 | 1426 | 4 | 1703 |
| Turkey
|
3 | 1757 | 5 | 1668 |
| Italy
|
5 | 1515 | 6 | 1654 |
| Cyprus
|
16 | 665 | 7 | 1573 |
| France
|
8 | 1243 | 8 | 1360 |
| Republic of Moldova
|
12 | 843 | 9 | 1300 |
 Morocco
|
9 | 1104 | 10 | 1296 |
| Germany
|
7 | 1289 | 11 | 1260 |
| Spain
|
11 | 904 | 12 | 1000 |
| U.K.
|
10 | 978 | 13 | 891 |
| Bulgaria
|
20 | 580 | 14 | 887 |
| Ukraine
|
18 | 625 | 15 | 866 |
| Portugal
|
14 | 739 | 16 | 757 |
| Luxembourg
|
17 | 656 | 17 | 726 |
| Jamaica
|
13 | 815 | 19 | 708 |
| Denmark
|
15 | 682 | 20 | 703 |
| Austria
|
19 | 594 | 22 | 537 |
Resident application design counts per million population for the top 20 origins[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Application design count per million population 2020 |
Rank 2019 | Application design count per million population 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Application design count per million population 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
1 | 1236 | 1 | 1187 | 1 | 1163 |
| Italy
|
3 | 591 | 2 | 699 | 2 | 764 |
| Germany
|
2 | 656 | 3 | 676 | 3 | 720 |
| France
|
5 | 523 | 4 | 625 | 9 | 279 |
| China
|
4 | 537 | 5 | 495 | 4 | 495 |
| Turkey
|
6 | 499 | 6 | 470 | 7 | 431 |
| UK
|
7 | 407 | 7 | 414 | 6 | 435 |
| Spain
|
10 | 327 | 8 | 408 | 5 | 470 |
| Switzerland
|
9 | 338 | 10 | 389 | 8 | 405 |
| Netherlands
|
12 | 239 | 12 | 284 | 10 | 233 |
| Sweden
|
15 | 204 | 14 | 238 | 11 | 211 |
| Iran
|
17 | 177 | 15 | 211 | 13 | 179 |
| Japan
|
16 | 178 | 17 | 182 | 12 | 185 |
| Denmark
|
8 | 382 | 9 | 406 | ||
| Austria
|
11 | 309 | 11 | 300 | ||
| Portugal
|
13 | 238 | 13 | 264 | ||
| Hong Kong, China
|
19 | 145 | 16 | 197 | ||
| Finland
|
14 | 218 | 18 | 171 | ||
| Poland
|
18 | 177 | 19 | 150 | ||
| Czech Republic
|
20 | 138 | 20 | 142 |
Industrial design registrations in force for the top 10 offices[5][6][7][]
| Country | Rank 2020 | Registrations in force 2020 |
Rank 2019 | Registrations in force 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Registrations in force 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 2187356 | 1 | 1789671 | 1 | 1610616 |
| South Korea
|
3 | 369526 | 2 | 358803 | 2 | 344560 |
| United States
|
2 | 371870 | 3 | 357959 | 3 | 336116 |
| Japan
|
4 | 263307 | 4 | 261669 | 4 | 257157 |
| EUIPO | 5 | 251692 | 5 | 236935 | 5 | 223492 |
| Israel
|
6 | 219148 | 125 | |||
| Turkey
|
7 | 145656 | 6 | 135803 | 6 | 127197 |
| UK
|
8 | 120778 | 7 | 99592 | 8 | 75476 |
| India
|
9 | 89397 | 8 | 86923 | 7 | 86288 |
| France
|
10 | 76203 | 9 | 83707 | ||
| Germany
|
11 | 52413 | 10 | 53958 | 9 | 54726 |
| Australia
|
12 | 50559 | 11 | 50528 | 10 | 50069 |
| Brazil
|
13 | 46972 | 12 | 49542 | 11 | 46910 |
| Canada
|
14 | 42906 | 13 | 41952 | 12 | 42277 |
| Russian Federation
|
16 | 41161 | 14 | 38550 | 13 | 35898 |
| Iran
|
15 | 41509 | 15 | 37391 | 14 | 28999 |
| Spain
|
17 | 30697 | 16 | 29975 | 15 | 27305 |
| Mexico
|
18 | 27778 | 17 | 28059 | 16 | 26866 |
| Indonesia
|
19 | 24573 | 18 | 27613 | ||
| Hong Kong SAR, China
|
20 | 22569 | 19 | 21858 | 17 | 21707 |
Hague top applicants in 2020 and 2019[7][]
The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs[18] provides an international mechanism that secures protection of up to 100 designs[18][19] in multiple countries or regions, through a single international application. International design applications are filed directly through WIPO.[20] The domestic legal framework of each designated contracting party governs the design protection provided by the resulting international registrations.[21] The Hague System does not require the applicant to file a national or regional design application.[22]
| Applicant | Rank 2020 | Hague applications 2020 | Rank 2019 | Hague applications 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG Electronics | 1 | 446 | 1 | 449 |
| Xiaomi | 2 | 216 | 3 | 111 |
| Samsung | 3 | 170 | 2 | 166 |
| Hyundai | 4 | 141 | 7 | 57 |
| Philips | 5 | 95 | 4 | 85 |
| Volkswagen | 6 | 84 | 5 | 73 |
| Hermès | 7 | 68 | 15 | 27 |
| Daimler | 8 | 65 | 10 | 42 |
| Proctor & Gamble | 9 | 57 | 6 | 65 |
| Kärcher | 10 | 47 | 12 | 35 |
Controversies[]
Taiwanese patents[]
Since Taiwan (ROC) is not a member of the United Nations, the number of patents filed in Taiwan is not reported separately from China in the Indicators. The number of patent applications filed with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) in 2018 was 73,431,[23] 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.[24][25] The last WIPO Indicators report to mention the name Taiwan was in 2017, noting the large number of patents by Foxconn.[26][27][28][29]
China has been criticized for its efforts in the UN to reduce the visibility of Taiwan,[30][31] 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.[32][33][34]
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