Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count - Country Ranking

Definition: Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Hague System. Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of industrial products and handicrafts. They refer to the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of a useful article, including compositions of lines or colors or any three-dimensional forms that give a special appearance to a product or handicraft. The holder of a registered industrial design has exclusive rights against unauthorized copying or imitation of the design by third parties. Industrial design registrations are valid for a limited period. The term of protection is usually 15 years for most jurisdictions. However, differences in legislation do exist, notably in China (which provides for a 10-year term from the application date). Non-resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of a state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application is not domiciled. Design count is used to render application data for industrial applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while other have a multiple class/design filing system.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Statistics Database at www.wipo.int/ipstats/. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 United States 29,057.00 2020
2 China 18,023.00 2020
3 United Kingdom 11,370.00 2020
4 Japan 9,258.00 2020
5 Switzerland 7,245.00 2020
6 Korea 6,816.00 2020
7 Canada 6,792.00 2020
8 Russia 5,773.00 2020
9 Turkey 5,580.00 2020
10 Germany 4,874.00 2020
11 Australia 4,695.00 2020
12 India 3,831.00 2020
13 Singapore 3,172.00 2020
14 Mexico 2,842.00 2020
15 Norway 2,834.00 2020
16 Hong Kong SAR, China 2,790.00 2020
17 Ukraine 2,391.00 2020
18 Vietnam 2,098.00 2020
19 Brazil 2,005.00 2020
20 France 1,624.00 2020
21 Thailand 1,573.00 2020
22 Indonesia 1,220.00 2020
23 Malaysia 1,126.00 2020
24 Morocco 1,045.00 2020
25 Israel 1,016.00 2020
26 New Zealand 1,015.00 2020
27 Egypt 1,009.00 2019
28 Tunisia 961.00 2019
29 Serbia 902.00 2020
30 Argentina 861.00 2020
31 Montenegro 852.00 2020
32 Liechtenstein 809.00 2020
33 South Africa 738.00 2020
34 Monaco 723.00 2020
35 Croatia 698.00 2020
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 694.00 2020
37 United Arab Emirates 634.00 2020
38 Philippines 628.00 2020
39 North Macedonia 625.00 2020
40 Moldova 593.00 2020
41 Azerbaijan 551.00 2020
42 Albania 510.00 2020
43 Lithuania 504.00 2020
44 Slovenia 492.00 2018
45 Oman 472.00 2020
46 Georgia 457.00 2020
47 Colombia 427.00 2020
48 Saudi Arabia 411.00 2020
49 Iceland 406.00 2020
50 Mongolia 400.00 2020
51 Chile 382.00 2020
52 Armenia 377.00 2020
53 Romania 369.00 2020
54 Kyrgyz Republic 324.00 2020
55 Italy 306.00 2020
56 Spain 305.00 2020
57 Denmark 289.00 2020
58 Greece 274.00 2020
59 Cambodia 269.00 2020
60 Algeria 265.00 2020
60 Belize 265.00 2020
62 Belarus 256.00 2020
63 Bulgaria 248.00 2020
64 Nigeria 200.00 2020
65 Peru 183.00 2020
66 Macao SAR, China 173.00 2020
67 Brunei 172.00 2020
68 Kazakhstan 170.00 2018
69 Tajikistan 163.00 2015
70 Poland 141.00 2020
71 San Marino 136.00 2020
72 Guatemala 131.00 2020
73 Ghana 128.00 2020
74 Syrian Arab Republic 127.00 2020
75 Estonia 100.00 2020
76 Finland 98.00 2020
76 Pakistan 98.00 2020
78 Namibia 92.00 2020
78 Botswana 92.00 2014
80 Hungary 89.00 2020
81 Iran 88.00 2020
81 Slovak Republic 88.00 2020
83 Paraguay 83.00 2020
84 Rwanda 81.00 2020
85 Bangladesh 79.00 2020
86 Latvia 71.00 2020
87 Costa Rica 69.00 2020
87 São Tomé and Principe 69.00 2015
89 Czech Republic 64.00 2020
90 Ecuador 63.00 2020
91 Uruguay 62.00 2017
92 Samoa 61.00 2020
93 Bahrain 60.00 2020
94 Austria 55.00 2020
95 Portugal 44.00 2020
96 Bolivia 43.00 2017
97 Panama 42.00 2020
98 Mozambique 37.00 2019
99 Lao PDR 36.00 2020
100 Sri Lanka 32.00 2020
101 Uzbekistan 31.00 2020
102 Ethiopia 26.00 2007
103 Nepal 25.00 2017
103 El Salvador 25.00 2020
103 Honduras 25.00 2018
106 Kenya 19.00 2020
107 Jordan 15.00 2020
108 Ireland 14.00 2020
109 Madagascar 13.00 2020
110 Dominican Republic 12.00 2020
111 Mauritania 11.00 2019
112 Sweden 10.00 2020
112 Cyprus 10.00 2008
114 Guyana 9.00 2018
114 Nicaragua 9.00 2014
116 Seychelles 8.00 2020
116 Iraq 8.00 2018
116 Bhutan 8.00 2019
116 Antigua and Barbuda 8.00 2011
120 Cabo Verde 7.00 2018
120 Sudan 7.00 2020
122 Yemen 6.00 2020
122 Jamaica 6.00 2020
124 Sierra Leone 5.00 2019
125 Trinidad and Tobago 4.00 2020
125 Cuba 4.00 2020
127 St. Lucia 3.00 1990
128 Djibouti 2.00 2014
128 Dominica 2.00 2016
128 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.00 2014
128 Burundi 2.00 2019
128 Papua New Guinea 2.00 2020
128 Mauritius 2.00 2020
134 Malta 1.00 2020
134 Uganda 1.00 2020
134 The Gambia 1.00 2020
134 Zambia 1.00 2016
134 The Bahamas 1.00 2014
134 Barbados 1.00 2016

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Limitations and Exceptions: An industrial design right protects only the appearance or aesthetic features of a product, whereas a patent protects an invention that offers a new technical solution to a problem. In principle, an industrial design right does not protect the technical or functional features of a product. Industrial design registrations are valid for a limited period. The term of protection is usually 15 years for most jurisdictions. However, differences in legislation do exist, notably in China (which provides for a 10-year term from the application date). Data are based on information supplied to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by IP offices in annual surveys, supplemented by data in national IP office reports. Data may be missing for some offices or periods.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual