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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[edit]
Countries[edit]
Patent applications for the top 20 offices[4][5][6][edit]
| Country | 2019 Rank | 2019 Patent applications | 2018 Rank [7] | 2018 Patent applications[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 China
|
1 | 1400661 | 1 | 1,542,002 |
 U.S.
|
2 | 621453 | 2 | 597,141 |
 Japan
|
3 | 307969 | 3 | 313,567 |
 South Korea
|
4 | 218975 | 4 | 209,992 |
| European Patent Office | 5 | 181479 | 5 | 174,397 |
 Germany
|
6 | 67434 | 6 | 67,898 |
 India
|
7 | 53627 | 7 | 50,055 |
 Russian Federation
|
9 | 35511 | 8 | 37,957 |
 Canada
|
8 | 36488 | 9 | 36,161 |
 Australia
|
10 | 29758 | 10 | 29,957 |
 Brazil
|
11 | 25396 | 11 | 24,857 |
 United Kingdom
|
12 | 19250 | 12 | 20,941 |
 Mexico
|
14 | 15941 | 13 | 16,424 |
 France
|
15 | 15869 | 14 | 16,222 1 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 13 | 16532 | 15 | 15,986 |
 Iran
|
17 | 12147 | 16 | 12,823 |
 Singapore
|
16 | 14136 | 17 | 11,845 |
 Italy
|
19 | 10127 | 18 | 9,821 |
 Indonesia
|
18 | 11481 | 19 | 9,754 |
 Thailand
|
20 | 8172 | 20 | 8,149 |
Patent grants for the top 20 offices[8][5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Patent grants 2019 | Rank 2018 | Patent grants 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 452804 | 1 | 432,147 |
| U.S.
|
2 | 354430 | 2 | 307,759 |
| Japan
|
3 | 179910 | 3 | 194,525 |
| European Patent Office | 4 | 137782 | 4 | 127,603 |
| South Korea
|
5 | 125661 | 5 | 119,012 |
| Russian Federation
|
6 | 34008 | 6 | 35,774 |
| Canada
|
8 | 22009 | 7 | 23,499 |
| Australia
|
10 | 17010 | 8 | 17,065 |
| Germany
|
9 | 18255 | 9 | 16,367 |
| India
|
7 | 23578 | 10 | 13,908 |
| France
|
11 | 13593 | 11 | 12249 |
| Brazil
|
12 | 10947 | 12 | 9966 |
| Indonesia
|
13 | 10514 | 16 | 6374 |
| Mexico
|
14 | 8702 | 14 | 8921 |
| Italy
|
15 | 8617 | 15 | 6424 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 16 | 6780 | 13 | 9651 |
 South Africa
|
17 | 6162 | 19 | 4746 |
| United Kingdom
|
18 | 5948 | 17 | 5982 |
 Israel
|
19 | 4197 | ||
| Singapore
|
20 | 4188 | 18 | 5172 |
Patent applications per GDP for the top 20 origins[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Patent applications per GDP 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Patent applications per GDP 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
1 | 7779 | 1 | 8,561 |
| China
|
2 | 5520 | 2 | 6,183 |
| Japan
|
3 | 4691 | 3 | 5,101 |
| Germany
|
4 | 1642 | 4 | 1,924 |
 Switzerland
|
5 | 1634 | 5 | 1,831 |
| U.S.
|
6 | 1389 | 6 | 1,565 |
 Finland
|
9 | 1127 | 7 | 1,346 |
 Denmark
|
8 | 1128 | 8 | 1,320 |
 Sweden
|
7 | 1130 | 9 | 1,225 |
 Netherlands
|
10 | 927 | 10 | 1,078 |
 Austria
|
11 | 881 | 12 | 1052 |
| France
|
12 | 786 | 13 | 934 |
 Luxembourg
|
13 | 765 | 11 | 1059 |
| Russian Federation
|
14 | 599 | 15 | 673 |
| United Kingdom
|
15 | 583 | 14 | 697 |
 Belgium
|
16 | 557 | 16 | 659 |
| Italy
|
17 | 535 | 17 | 617 |
 Norway
|
18 | 467 | ||
 Ukraine
|
19 | 389 | 18 | 607 |
| Israel
|
20 | 376 |
Patent in force for the top 20 offices[5][6][edit]
| Country office | Rank 2019 | 2019 Patents in force | Rank 2018 | 2019 Patent in force |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.
|
1 | 3131427 | 1 | 3063494 |
| China
|
2 | 2670784 | 2 | 2366314 |
| Japan
|
3 | 2053879 | 3 | 2054276 |
| South Korea
|
4 | 1048079 | 4 | 1001163 |
| Germany
|
5 | 772358 | 5 | 703606 |
| United Kingdom
|
6 | 641887 | 7 | 572063 |
| France
|
7 | 640883 | 6 | 602084 |
| Italy
|
8 | 339072 | 8 | 306768 |
| Russian Federation
|
9 | 263688 | 9 | 256419 |
| Switzerland
|
10 | 246124 | 10 | 244581 |
 Spain
|
11 | 222666 | ||
 Ireland
|
12 | 221884 | 11 | 196707 |
| Belgium
|
13 | 208313 | ||
| Netherlands
|
14 | 205675 | 12 | 194393 |
| Canada
|
15 | 187928 | 13 | 184559 |
| Austria
|
16 | 171654 | 14 | 167594 |
| Australia
|
17 | 159244 | 15 | 156244 |
| Luxembourg
|
18 | 145728 | 19 | 98245 |
| Mexico
|
19 | 113449 | 17 | 113286 |
 Monaco
|
20 | 112286 | 16 | 115893 |
Patent applications per million population for the top 20 origins[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Patent applications per million population 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Patent applications per million population 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
1 | 3319 | 1 | 3148 |
| Japan
|
2 | 1943 | 2 | 2005 |
| Switzerland
|
3 | 1122 | 3 | 1081 |
| China
|
4 | 890 | 4 | 1001 |
| Germany
|
5 | 884 | 5 | 884 |
| United States
|
6 | 869 | 6 | 871 |
| Denmark
|
7 | 645 | 7 | 629 |
| Sweden
|
8 | 601 | 8 | 578 |
| Finland
|
9 | 548 | 9 | 564 |
| Netherlands
|
10 | 530 | 10 | 537 |
| Austria
|
11 | 496 | 11 | 489 |
| France
|
12 | 363 | 12 | 369 |
| Singapore
|
13 | 303 | 16 | 279 |
| Norway
|
14 | 297 | 13 | 318 |
| Belgium
|
15 | 288 | 14 | 285 |
| United Kingdom
|
16 | 272 | 15 | 280 |
| Italy
|
17 | 227 | 17 | 220 |
| Russian Federation
|
18 | 165 | 18 | 175 |
| Israel
|
19 | 151 | 19 | 170 |
| Iran
|
20 | 140 | 20 | 146 |
Organizations[edit]
Top patent applicants worldwide 2003–2012[9][5][6][edit]
| 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 [10][11][5][6][edit]
| 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[5][6][edit]
| 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[edit]
Trademarks in force[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Marks in force 2019 | Rank 2018 | Marks in force 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 25218516 | ||
| U.S.
|
2 | 2779113 | ||
| India
|
3 | 2038798 | ||
| Japan
|
4 | 1918489 | ||
| France
|
5 | 1527702 | ||
| European Patent Office | 6 | 1413406 | ||
| Brazil
|
7 | 1315878 | ||
| South Korea
|
8 | 1305260 | ||
| Mexico
|
9 | 1217805 | ||
 Turkey
|
10 | 1125914 | ||
| Germany
|
11 | 953153 | ||
 Argentina
|
12 | 857813 | ||
| United Kingdom
|
13 | 782602 | ||
| Spain
|
14 | 767923 | ||
| Russian Federation
|
15 | 664335 | ||
| Benelux Office for Intellectual Property | 16 | 643832 | ||
| Australia
|
17 | 621231 | ||
| Canada
|
18 | 617968 | ||
| Switzerland
|
19 | 514825 | ||
| Italy
|
20 | 505684 |
Trademark applications top 20 offices[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Total 2019 | Rank 2018 | Total 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 7833081 | ||
| U.S.
|
2 | 672681 | ||
| Japan
|
3 | 546244 | ||
| Iran
|
4 | 454925 | ||
| European Patent Office | 5 | 407712 | ||
| India
|
6 | 367764 | ||
| France
|
7 | 311634 | ||
| Russian Federation
|
8 | 306976 | ||
| South Korea
|
9 | 284072 | ||
| Turkey
|
10 | 282448 | ||
| Brazil
|
11 | 250022 | ||
| Germany
|
12 | 235928 | ||
| United Kingdom
|
13 | 220371 | ||
| Canada
|
14 | 193670 | ||
| Mexico
|
15 | 160194 | ||
| Australia
|
16 | 140098 | ||
 Vietnam
|
17 | 112388 | ||
| Italy
|
18 | 97077 | ||
| Switzerland
|
19 | 96343 | ||
| Indonesia
|
20 | 85837 |
Industrial designs[edit]
Application design counts for the top 10 offices[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Application design count 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Application design count 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 711617 | 1 | 536,251 |
| EUIPO | 2 | 113319 | 2 | 105,116 |
| South Korea
|
3 | 69360 | 3 | 50,678 |
| Germany
|
6 | 44097 | 4 | 48,360 |
| Turkey
|
5 | 46202 | 5 | 45,735 |
| Italy
|
9 | 31111 | 6 | 37,674 |
| United States
|
4 | 49848 | 7 | 33,449 |
| Japan
|
8 | 32176 | 8 | 27,967 |
| United Kingdom
|
10 | 29896 | 9 | 24,688 |
| Spain
|
12 | 16175 | 10 | 18853 |
| France
|
7 | 37404 | 13 | 12495 |
| Iran
|
11 | 17622 | 11 | 14774 |
| India
|
13 | 13723 | 12 | 12632 |
| Switzerland
|
14 | 12621 | 14 | 11640 |
| Russian Federation
|
15 | 10928 | 15 | 8943 |
| Australia
|
16 | 8857 | 17 | 8029 |
| Ukraine
|
17 | 7624 | 16 | 8166 |
| Canada
|
18 | 7538 | 18 | 6818 |
| Brazil
|
19 | 6432 | 19 | 6111 |
| Thailand
|
20 | 5293 |
Application design counts for the top 20 origins[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Application design count 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Application design count 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 723327 | 1 | 957,241 |
| Germany
|
2 | 76458 | 2 | 643,987 |
| United States
|
4 | 61601 | 3 | 390,996 |
| Italy
|
5 | 59185 | 4 | 361,977 |
| France
|
6 | 54344 | 5 | 221,478 |
| United Kingdom
|
9 | 32885 | 6 | 196,841 |
| Switzerland
|
10 | 21966 | 7 | 153,532 |
| Japan
|
8 | 39936 | 8 | 141,278 |
| Spain
|
11 | 21291 | 9 | 124,407 |
| South Korea
|
3 | 74736 | 10 | 114,337 |
| Turkey
|
7 | 41368 | ||
| Iran
|
12 | 17495 | ||
| India
|
13 | 10016 | ||
| Netherlands
|
14 | 9424 | ||
| Sweden
|
15 | 6400 | ||
| Australia
|
16 | 5587 | ||
| Russia
|
17 | 5493 | ||
| Ukraine
|
18 | 5386 | ||
| Brazil
|
19 | 4602 | ||
| Denmark
|
20 | 4235 |
Application design counts per million population for the top 10 origins[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Application design count per million population 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Application design count per million population 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
1 | 1187 | 1 | 1163 |
| Italy
|
2 | 699 | 2 | 764 |
| Germany
|
3 | 676 | 3 | 720 |
| France
|
4 | 625 | 9 | 279 |
| China
|
5 | 495 | 4 | 495 |
| Turkey
|
6 | 470 | 7 | 431 |
| UK
|
7 | 414 | 6 | 435 |
| Spain
|
8 | 408 | 5 | 470 |
| Switzerland
|
9 | 389 | 8 | 405 |
| Netherlands
|
10 | 284 | 10 | 233 |
| Sweden
|
11 | 238 | 11 | 211 |
| Iran
|
12 | 211 | 13 | 179 |
| Japan
|
13 | 182 | 12 | 185 |
| Australia
|
14 | 124 | 14 | 124 |
| Ukraine
|
15 | 105 | 15 | 118 |
| United States
|
16 | 70 | 16 | 70 |
| Thailand
|
17 | 51 | 17 | 58 |
| Russian Federation
|
18 | 31 | 18 | 26 |
| Brazil
|
19 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| India
|
20 | 7 | 20 | 7 |
Industrial design registrations in force for the top 10 offices[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Registrations in force 2019 |
Rank 2018 | Registrations in force 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 1789671 | 1 | 1610616 |
| South Korea
|
2 | 358803 | 2 | 344560 |
| United States
|
3 | 357959 | 3 | 336116 |
| Japan
|
4 | 261669 | 4 | 257157 |
| EUIPO | 5 | 236935 | 5 | 223492 |
| Turkey
|
6 | 135803 | 6 | 127197 |
| UK
|
7 | 99592 | 8 | 75476 |
| India
|
8 | 86923 | 7 | 86288 |
| France
|
9 | 83707 | ||
| Germany
|
10 | 53958 | 9 | 54726 |
| Australia
|
11 | 50528 | 10 | 50069 |
| Brazil
|
12 | 49542 | 11 | 46910 |
| Canada
|
13 | 41952 | 12 | 42277 |
| Russian Federation
|
14 | 38550 | 13 | 35898 |
| Iran
|
15 | 37391 | 14 | 28999 |
| Spain
|
16 | 29975 | 15 | 27305 |
| Mexico | 17 | 28059 | 16 | 26866 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 27613 | ||
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 19 | 21858 | 17 | 21707 |
| South Africa | 20 | 18166 | 18 | 17407 |
Industrial designs per GDP top 20[5][6][edit]
| Country | Rank 2019 | Industrial designs 2019 | Rank 2018 | Industrial designs 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
1 | 3071 | 2 | 3057 |
| South Korea
|
2 | 2782 | 1 | 3164 |
| Turkey
|
3 | 1670 | 4 | 1704 |
| Italy
|
4 | 1648 | 3 | 2137 |
| France
|
5 | 1354 | 10 | 705 |
 Morocco
|
6 | 1300 | 7 | 1389 |
| Germany
|
7 | 1255 | 5 | 1566 |
| Spain
|
8 | 999 | 8 | 1340 |
| UK
|
9 | 886 | 9 | 1083 |
| Ukraine
|
10 | 866 | 6 | 1516 |
| Switzerland
|
11 | 567 | 11 | 686 |
| Netherlands
|
12 | 497 | 13 | 468 |
| Sweden
|
13 | 447 | 14 | 447 |
| Japan
|
14 | 438 | 12 | 472 |
| Thailand
|
15 | 275 | 15 | 345 |
| Australia
|
16 | 249 | 16 | 273 |
| Brazil
|
17 | 137 | 18 | 124 |
| United States
|
18 | 112 | 17 | 125 |
| Russian Federation
|
19 | 111 | 19 | 102 |
| India
|
20 | 102 | 20 | 96 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Launch of World Intellectual Property Indicators – 2015 Edition". www.wipo.int.
- ^ "World Intellectual Property Indicators". World Intellectual Property Organization. 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "WIPO IP Statistics Data Center". www3.wipo.int. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Publications: World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI)". www.wipo.int. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
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- ^ "Data" (PDF). www.wipo.int. 2019.
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- ^ "World Intellectual Property Indicators" (PDF). World Intellectual Property Indicators. World Intellectual Property Organization. 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.