2014 Facts and Figures Sections a to D

Figure A1 Total applications, 2013

Source: WIPO statistics database, October 2014.

Year

2012 2013

Patent 2,356,500 2,567,900 9.0Utility Model 827,600 978,300 18.2Trademark* 6,619,322 7,045,140 6.4Industrial Design** 1,212,283 1,242,701 2.5

Note: Total applications worldwide are rounded WIPO estimates. *Refers to class counts, i.e., the number of goods and services classes specified in trademark applications.**Refers to design counts, i.e., the number of designs contained in industrial design applications.

Applications worldwide Growth (%)

2012-13

Figure A2 Resident and non-resident shares, 2013


Applications Resident Non-resident Total

Patent 1,708,200 859,700 2,567,900 66.5 33.5Trademark* 5,189,218 1,855,922 7,045,140 73.7 26.3Industrial Design** 1,061,699 181,002 1,242,701 85.4 14.6Utility Model 961,200 17,100 978,300 98.3 1.8

Note: Total applications worldwide are WIPO estimates. *Refers to class counts, i.e., the number of goods and services classes specified in trademark applications.**Refers to design counts, i.e., the number of designs contained in industrial design applications.

Resident share (%)

Non-resident share (%)

Figure A3 Shares by income group, 2013


Patent

Income group Applications

High 1,548,900 60.3Upper middle 933,900 36.4Lower middle 74,500 2.9Low 10,600 0.4

Trademark*


High 3,271,658 46.4Upper middle 3,024,565 42.9Lower middle 671,300 9.5Low 77,617 1.1

Share of total (%)

Share of total (%)

*Refers to class counts, i.e., the number of goods and services classes specified in trademark applications.

Utility Model


High 61,620 6.3Upper middle 904,209 92.4Lower middle 12,236 1.3Low 235 0.02

Industrial Design**


High 438,700 35.3Upper middle 755,000 60.8Lower middle 44,800 3.6Low 4,200 0.3

Share of total (%)

Share of total (%)

**Refers to design counts, i.e., the number of designs contained in industrial design applications.

Figure A4 Shares by region, 2013


Patent

Geographical region Applications

Africa 14,900 0.6Asia 1,500,400 58.4Europe 346,400 13.5Latin America & the Caribbean 63,300 2.5North America 606,300 23.6Oceania 36,600 1.4

Trademark*


Africa 171,972 2.4Asia 3,397,663 48.2Europe 2,062,804 29.3Latin America & the Caribbean 630,444 8.9North America 629,088 8.9Oceania 153,169 2.2

Note: The numbers of applications of each form of IP are estimated for the offices in each region for which data are missing and, when totaled, are represented as percentages of WIPO-estimated world totals. Regions are defined by the United Nations (UN), available at: unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm

Share of total (%)

Share of total (%)

*Refers to class counts, i.e., the number of goods and services classes specified in trademark applications.

Utility Model


Africa 160 0.02Asia 918,934 93.9Europe 52,935 5.4Latin America & the Caribbean 4,595 0.5Oceania 1,676 0.2

Industrial Design**


Africa 14,400 1.2Asia 862,200 69.4Europe 298,200 24.0Latin America & the Caribbean 16,600 1.3North America 41,400 3.3Oceania 9,900 0.8

Note: The numbers of applications of each form of IP are estimated for the offices in each region for which data are missing and, when totaled, are represented as percentages of WIPO-estimated world totals. Regions are defined by the United Nations (UN), available at: unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm

Share of total (%)

Share of total (%)

**Refers to design counts, i.e., the number of designs contained in industrial design applications.

Figure A5 IP rights in force, 2013


IP rights in forceYear

2012 2013

Patent 8,720,000 9,450,000 8.4Utility Model 1,866,634 2,294,623 22.9Trademark 24,239,961 26,303,657 8.5Industrial Design 2,829,900 2,975,500 5.1

Growth (%) 2012-13

Figure B1 Total patent applications and top 5 offices, 2013Note: Application numbers are a sum of direct filings and PCT national phase entries received by offices (where applicable).


Office

Patent applications

2013

China 825,136 32.1United States of America 571,612 22.3Japan 328,436 12.8Republic of Korea 204,589 8.0European Patent Office 147,987 5.8World total 2,567,900

Share of world total (%)

Note: Application numbers are a sum of direct filings and PCT national phase entries received by offices (where applicable).

Figure B2.a Patent applications for the top 10 offices, 2013Note: Application numbers are a sum of direct filings and PCT national phase entries received by offices (where applicable).


OfficePatent applications

2012 2013

China 652,777 825,136 26.4United States of America 542,815 571,612 5.3Japan 342,796 328,436 -4.2Republic of Korea 188,915 204,589 8.3European Patent Office 148,560 147,987 -0.4Germany 61,340 63,167 3.0Russian Federation 44,211 44,914 1.6India 43,955 43,031 -2.1Canada 35,242 34,741 -1.4Brazil 30,435 30,884 1.5

Growth (%) 2012-13


Figure B2.b Patent applications for selected offices of middle- and low-income countries, 2013Note: Application numbers are a sum of direct filings and PCT national phase entries received by offices (where applicable).


OfficePatent applications

2012 2013

South Africa 7,444 7,295 -2.0Malaysia 6,940 7,205 3.8Ukraine 4,955 5,412 9.2Argentina 4,813 4,772 -0.9Turkey 4,666 4,661 -0.1Philippines 2,994 3,285 9.7Egypt 2,211 2,057 -7.0Colombia 2,061 2,032 -1.4Peru 1,190 1,266 6.4Morocco 1,040 1,144 10.0

Growth (%) 2012-13


Figure B3 Resident patent applications per GDP for the top origins, 2013

Source: WIPO statistics database and World Bank, October 2014.

Country of origin2013

Republic of Korea 9,739 Japan 6,014 China 4,506 Germany 2,181 Switzerland 1,958 United States of America 1,770 Finland 1,719 Sweden 1,484 Denmark 1,405 Netherlands 1,155

Resident patent applications per 100 billion USD GDP

Figure B4 Top technology fields by office, 2010-12

Sources: WIPO statistics database and EPO PATSTAT database, October 2014.

Office Field of technology

China Computer technology 6.1Digital communication 6.7Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 7.6

European Patent Office Digital communication 5.8Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 6.6Medical technology 6.6

Japan Computer technology 6.3Optics 6.6Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 8.9

Republic of Korea Computer technology 6.2Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 7.2Semiconductors 7.9

United States of America Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 6.1Medical technology 6.2Computer technology 14.6

Note: The IPC-technology concordance table (available at: www.wipo.int/ipstats/en) was used to convert IPC symbols into 35 corresponding fields of technology. The data relate to published patent applications.

Share of total applications

published in 2010-12

Figure B5.a Trend in PCT international applicationsSource: WIPO statistics database, October 2014.

PCT applications

2004 122,631 6.42005 136,750 11.52006 149,643 9.42007 159,933 6.92008 163,241 2.12009 155,404 -4.82010 164,341 5.82011 182,437 11.02012 195,335 7.12013 205,268 5.1

Application year

Growth rate (%)

Figure B5.b PCT top applicants, 2013Source: WIPO statistics database, October 2014.

Rank Applicant

1 PANASONIC (Japan) 2,8392 ZTE (China) 2,3093 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES (China) 2,1104 QUALCOMM (US) 20505 INTEL (US) 1,8716 SHARP (Japan) 1,8397 ROBERT BOSCH (Germany) 1,8098 TOYOTA JIDOSHA (Japan) 1,6989 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET ERICSSON (Sweden) 1,468

10 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (Netherlands) 1,423

PCT applications published in 2013

Figure B6 Patent applications by filing route: Direct and PCT System, 2013Note: Non-resident applications and PCT National Phase Entries (NPEs) worldwide are WIPO estimates.


Total Non-resident

384,200 475,500 859,700 44.7 55.3

Non-resident direct applications

Non-resident PCT National Phase Entries (NPEs)

Non-resident direct share (%)

Non-resident PCT NPE share (%)

Figure B7.a Utility model applications for the top 10 offices, 2013Note: Application numbers are a sum of direct filings and PCT national phase entries received by offices (where applicable).


OfficeUtility model applications

2012 2013

China 740,290 892,362 20.5Germany 15,497 15,470 -0.2Russian Federation 14,069 14,358 2.1Republic of Korea 12,424 10,968 -11.7Ukraine 10,217 10,181 -0.4Japan 8,112 7,622 -6.0Turkey 3,788 3,553 -6.2Brazil 2,997 3,032 1.2Italy 2,758 2,678 -2.9Spain 2,539 2,648 4.3

Growth (%) 2012-13


Figure B7.b Utility model applications for selected offices of low- and middle-income countries, 2013Note: Application numbers are a sum of direct filings and PCT national phase entries received by offices (where applicable).


OfficeUtility model applications

2012 2013

Thailand 1,486 1,609 8.3Belarus 1,188 1,146 -3.5Philippines 715 775 8.4Mexico 593 714 20.4Bulgaria 210 372 77.1Viet Nam 245 273 11.4Colombia 277 261 -5.8Hungary 261 253 -3.1Argentina 174 184 5.7Malaysia 87 145 66.7

Growth (%) 2012-13

Figure B7.b Utility model applications for selected offices of low- and middle-income countries, 2013Note: Application numbers are a sum of direct filings and PCT national phase entries received by offices (where applicable).

Figure C1 Filing activity in 2013 measured in application class counts and top 5 offices


OfficeNumber of classes specified in trademark applications

2013 Share of world total (%)

China 1,880,000 26.7United States of America 486,128 6.9OHIM (EU Office) 324,749 4.6France 299,973 4.3Russian Federation 237,055 3.4World total 7,045,140

Note: OHIM is the European Union’s Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. Application class counts consist of adding the number of classes specified in direct applications together with the number of classes specified in Madrid System designations received by offices (where applicable).

Figure C2.a Application class counts for the top 10 offices, 2013


OfficeApplication class counts

2012 2013

China 1,651,785 1,880,000 13.8United States of America 428,687 486,128 13.4OHIM 313,492 324,749 3.6France 272,047 299,973 10.3Russian Federation 226,086 237,055 4.9Turkey 229,500 223,816 -2.5Japan 218,698 207,065 -5.3Republic of Korea 184,991 203,916 10.2India 190,850 202,444 6.1Germany 192,728 193,867 0.6

Note: OHIM is the European Union’s Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. Application class counts consist of adding the number of classes specified in direct applications together with the number of classes specified in Madrid System designations received by offices (where applicable).

Growth (%) 2012-13

Figure C2.b Application class counts for selected offices of low- and middle-income countries, 2013


OfficeApplication class counts

2012 2013

Thailand 44,963 46,097 2.5South Africa 34,604 36,070 4.2Romania 27,378 29,484 7.7Kazakhstan 25,080 26,296 4.8Nigeria 17,182 19,332 12.5Republic of Moldova 13,684 13,581 -0.8Bangladesh 11,429 11,581 1.3Sri Lanka 9,116 8,825 -3.2Honduras 6,938 7,608 9.7Jordan 6,751 6,510 -3.6

Note: Application class counts consist of adding the number of classes specified in direct applications together with the number of classes specified in Madrid System designations received by offices (where applicable).

Growth (%) 2012-13

Figure C2.b Application class counts for selected offices of low- and middle-income countries, 2013

Figure C3 Resident trademark application class count per GDP for selected origins, 2013

Sources: WIPO statistics database and World Bank, October 2014.


China 11,081 New Zealand 9,852 Republic of Korea 9,622 Switzerland 8,341 Germany 7,058 Australia 6,995 Finland 6,902 Spain 6,022 United Kingdom 5,477 Poland 5,257

Resident trademark application class count per 100 billion USD GDP

Figure C4 Distribution of application class counts in the top three sectors for the top five offices, 2013


Office Industry sector

China Research & Technology 10.3Clothing 19.2Agriculture 21.2

France Business 14.3Leisure & Education 17.4Research & Technology 18.4

OHIM Clothing 12.1Leisure & Education 12.4Research & Technology 19.7

Russian Federation Research & Technology 12.5Clothing 13.1Agriculture 15.8

United States of America Business 13.5Leisure & Education 15.3Research & Technology 20.4

Note: Class groups were defined by Edital®.

Agriculture = Agricultural products and services: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 43Construction = Construction, Infrastructure: 6, 17, 19, 37, 40Household equipment: 8, 11, 20, 21Leisure & Education = Leisure, Education, Training: 13, 15, 16, 28, 41Business = Management, Communications, Real estate and Financial services: 35, 36Pharmaceuticals = Pharmaceuticals, Health, Cosmetics: 3, 5, 10, 44Research & Technology = Scientific research, Information and Communication technology: 9, 38, 42, 45Clothing = Textiles - Clothing and Accessories: 14, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34Transportation = Transportation and Logistics: 7, 12, 39

Share of total classes specified in

applications and Madrid designations

in 2013

For a complete list of the 45 class definitions, refer to the International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement:

Figure C4 Distribution of application class counts in the top three sectors for the top five offices, 2013

Research & Technology = Scientific research, Information and Communication technology: 9, 38, 42, 45

For a complete list of the 45 class definitions, refer to the International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement: www.wipo.int/classifications/nivilo/

Figure C5.a Trend in Madrid international applicationsSource: WIPO statistics database, October 2014.

Madrid applications

2004 29,476 23.42005 33,593 14.02006 36,499 8.72007 39,966 9.52008 42,074 5.32009 35,194 -16.42010 39,687 12.82011 42,270 6.52012 44,018 4.12013 46,829 6.4

Application year

Growth rate (%)

Figure C5.b Madrid System top applicants, 2013Source: WIPO statistics database, October 2014.

Rank Applicant

1 NOVARTIS (Switzerland) 2282 ZENTIVA GROUP (Czech Republic) 1143 EGIS GYÓGYSZERGYÁR (Hungary) 1114 L'ORÉAL (France) 1095 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM (Germany) 1076 BOQUOI HANDELS (Germany) 987 NESTLÉ (Switzerland) 918 ACTAVIS GROUP (Iceland) 909 PHILIPS (Netherlands) 86

10 HENKEL (Germany) 79

Madrid international applications filed in 2013

Figure C6 Application class counts by filing route: Direct and Madrid System, 2013Note: Non-resident direct application class counts for Madrid System member countries are WIPO estimates.


Total Non-resident

582,307 852,672 1,434,979 40.6

Non-resident direct application class counts

at Madrid System member IP offices

Non-resident Madrid

designations


Note: Non-resident direct application class counts for Madrid System member countries are WIPO estimates.

59.4

Non-resident Madrid share (%)

Figure D1 Filing activity in 2013 measured in application design counts and top 5 offices


OfficeNumber of designs contained in applications

2013 Share of world total (%)

China 659,563 53.1OHIM (EU Office) 97,013 7.8Republic of Korea 70,054 5.6Germany 57,251 4.6Turkey 51,097 4.1World total 1,242,701

Note: OHIM is the European Union’s Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. Application design counts consist of adding the number of designs contained in direct applications together with the number of designs contained in Hague System designations received by offices (where applicable).

Figure D2.a Application design counts for the top 10 offices, 2013


Office

Application design counts

2012 2013

China 657,582 659,563 0.3OHIM 92,099 97,013 5.3Republic of Korea 65,469 70,054 7.0Germany 55,599 57,251 3.0Turkey 46,330 51,097 10.3United States of America 32,799 36,034 9.9Italy 30,940 31,545 2.0Japan 32,391 31,125 -3.9Spain 17,872 18,445 3.2France 15,862 14,417 -9.1

OHIM is the European Union’s Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market.

Note: Application design counts consist of adding the number of designs contained in direct applications together with the number of designs contained in Hague System designations received by offices (where applicable).

Growth (%) 2012-13

Figure D2.b Application design counts for selected offices of low- and middle-income countries, 2013


OfficeApplication design counts

2012 2013

India 8,545 8,497 -0.6Brazil 6,563 6,847 4.3Morocco 4,596 5,061 10.1Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,759 4,842 28.8Mexico 4,137 4,011 -3.0Thailand 3,481 3,802 9.2Republic of Moldova 2,193 2,565 17.0Viet Nam 2,107 2,429 15.3South Africa 2,361 2,237 -5.3Malaysia 2,082 2,053 -1.4

Note: Application design counts consist of adding the number of designs contained in direct applications together with the number of designs contained in Hague System designations received by offices (where applicable).

Growth (%) 2012-13

Figure D2.b Application design counts for selected offices of low- and middle-income countries, 2013

Figure D3 Resident application design count per GDP for the top origins, 2013

Sources: WIPO statistics database and World Bank, October 2014.


China 4,119 Republic of Korea 3,987 Turkey 3,123 Ukraine 2,090 Italy 1,999 Germany 1,964 Luxembourg 1,636 Bulgaria 1,497 Spain 1,490 Morocco 1,280

Resident application design count per 100 billion USD GDP

Figure D4 Distribution of application design counts in the top three sectors for selected offices, 2013Note: OHIM is the European Union’s Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market.


Office Industry sector

Australia Tools and machines 13.1Furniture and household goods 14.2Textiles and accessories 15.2

Germany Advertising 7.8Furniture and household goods 20.5Textiles and accessories 37.3

India Transport 12.6Textiles and accessories 13.1Tools and machines 17.0

OHIM ICT and audiovisual 11.2Furniture and household goods 15.6Textiles and accessories 16.8

Turkey Textiles and accessories 10.5Advertising 19.4Furniture and household goods 27.0

Share of total designs contained in

applications and Hague designations in

2013

Figure D4 Distribution of application design counts in the top three sectors for selected offices, 2013

Figure D5.a Trend in Hague international applicationsSource: WIPO statistics database, October 2014.

Hague applications

2004 1,382 -34.92005 1,194 -13.62006 1,113 -6.82007 1,171 5.22008 1,716 46.52009 1,798 4.82010 2,385 32.62011 2,521 5.72012 2,604 3.32013 2,990 14.8

Application year

Growth rate (%)

Figure D5.b Hague System top applicants, 2013Source: WIPO statistics database, October 2014.

Rank Applicant

1 SWATCH (Switzerland) 1132 PHILIPS (Netherlands) 823 PROCTER & GAMBLE (US) 764 DAIMLER (Germany) 525 VOLKSWAGEN (Germany) 516 KÄRCHER (Germany) 387 GILLETTE (US) 388 NESTLÉ (Switzerland) 309 LIDL (Germany) 299 OMEGA (Switzerland) 27

Hague international

applications in 2013

Figure D6 Application design counts by filing route: Direct and Hague System, 2013Note: Non-resident direct application design counts for Hague System member countries are WIPO estimates.


Total Non-resident

42,017 55,935 97,952 42.9 57.1

Non-resident direct application design

counts at Hague System member IP

offices

Non-resident Hague

designations


Non-resident Hague share (%)

Note: Non-resident direct application design counts for Hague System member countries are WIPO estimates.

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