World Intellectual Property Indicators

WIPO's World Intellectual Property Indicators is an annual report providing a wide range of indicators covering the areas of intellectual property. It draws on data from national and regional IP offices, WIPO, the World Bank and UNESCO.[1]

Patents

Patent applications for the top 10 offices, 2013[2]

Rank Country Patent applications
1  China 734,147
2  United States 501,903
3  Japan 473,259
4  South Korea 223,530
5 European Patent Office NA
6  Germany 184,843
7  France 71,285
8  United Kingdom 51,424
9   Switzerland 45,171
10  Russia 34,420

Patent grants for the top 10 offices, 2013[3]

Rank Country Patent grants
1  Japan 340,364
2  United States 244,228
3  China 154,505
4  South Korea 123,817
5 European Patent Office NA
6  Germany 81,788
7  France 43,163
8  Russia 23,507
9  United Kingdom 21,017
10   Switzerland 20,166

Patent applications per GDP for the top 10 origins, 2012

Rank Country Patent applications
per GDP
1  South Korea 10,584
2  Japan 7,160
3  China 4,980
4  Germany 2,596
5   Switzerland 2,575
6  France 2,090
7  United States 1,988
8  Sweden 1,722
9  Denmark 1,667
10  Luxembourg 1,414

Patent applications per million population for the top 10 origins, 2012

Rank Country Patent applications
per million population
1  South Korea 2,962
2  Japan 2,250
3   Switzerland 1,013
4  Germany 902
5  United States 856
6  Finland 665
7  Denmark 539
8  Austria 489
9  Netherlands 444
10  China 396

Industrial designs

Application design counts for the top 10 offices, 2012

Rank Country Application
design count
1  China 657,582
2 European Union's OHIM 97,681
3  South Korea 65,469
4  Germany 55,599
5  Turkey 46,330
6  United States 32,799
7  Japan 32,391
8  Italy 30,940
9  Spain 17,872
10  France 15,862

Application design counts for the top 10 origins, 2012

Rank Country Application
design count
1  China 648,987
2  Germany 76,369
3  South Korea 68,737
4  United States 45,254
5  Italy 45,099
6  Japan 44,203
7  Turkey 41,240
8  France 31,658
9   Switzerland 26,124
10  Spain 22,760

Application design counts per million population for the top 10 origins, 2012

Rank Country Application design count
per million population
1  South Korea 1,217
2  Germany 797
3  Turkey 540
4   Switzerland 507
5  China 476
6  Spain 470
7  Austria 447
8  France 348
9  Denmark 333
10  Portugal 295

Industrial design registrations in force for the top 10 offices, 2012

Rank Country Registrations
in force
1  China 1,132,132
2  United States 269,501
3  South Korea 260,107
4  Japan 248,822
5 European Union's OHIM 167,145
6  Turkey 72,552
7  Germany 57,089
8  Spain 46,573
9  Australia 46,194
10  United Kingdom 43,072

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/wipi/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2014.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2014.pdf

External links

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