North America - Industrial design applications
Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count
The value for Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in North America was 35,849 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,849 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,229 in 1980.
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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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 3,229 |
| 1981 | 3,365 |
| 1982 | 3,505 |
| 1983 | 3,697 |
| 1984 | 4,475 |
| 1985 | 4,832 |
| 1986 | 4,915 |
| 1987 | 5,516 |
| 1988 | 5,626 |
| 1989 | 6,232 |
| 1990 | 5,205 |
| 1991 | 5,173 |
| 1992 | 5,571 |
| 1993 | 5,035 |
| 1994 | 5,827 |
| 1995 | 6,763 |
| 1996 | 6,646 |
| 1997 | 7,635 |
| 1998 | 7,705 |
| 1999 | 8,360 |
| 2000 | 9,422 |
| 2001 | 9,193 |
| 2002 | 10,544 |
| 2003 | 11,839 |
| 2004 | 13,556 |
| 2005 | 15,128 |
| 2006 | 15,473 |
| 2007 | 16,771 |
| 2008 | 16,937 |
| 2009 | 14,453 |
| 2010 | 16,644 |
| 2011 | 17,461 |
| 2012 | 18,502 |
| 2013 | 20,263 |
| 2014 | 19,966 |
| 2015 | 23,236 |
| 2016 | 26,269 |
| 2017 | 28,169 |
| 2018 | 30,417 |
| 2019 | 33,671 |
| 2020 | 35,849 |
Industrial design applications, resident, by count
The value for Industrial design applications, resident, by count in North America was 22,424 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,321 in 2016 and a minimum value of 5,834 in 1981.
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). Resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of the state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application has residence. 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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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 6,267 |
| 1981 | 5,834 |
| 1982 | 6,415 |
| 1983 | 6,243 |
| 1984 | 6,677 |
| 1985 | 7,176 |
| 1986 | 7,459 |
| 1987 | 8,326 |
| 1988 | 8,536 |
| 1989 | 9,466 |
| 1990 | 8,764 |
| 1991 | 10,247 |
| 1992 | 9,592 |
| 1993 | 10,615 |
| 1994 | 12,673 |
| 1995 | 11,682 |
| 1996 | 11,449 |
| 1997 | 12,134 |
| 1998 | 11,938 |
| 1999 | 12,041 |
| 2000 | 12,287 |
| 2001 | 11,785 |
| 2002 | 13,753 |
| 2003 | 14,462 |
| 2004 | 14,549 |
| 2005 | 15,107 |
| 2006 | 14,879 |
| 2007 | 16,050 |
| 2008 | 16,127 |
| 2009 | 15,622 |
| 2010 | 17,557 |
| 2011 | 18,233 |
| 2012 | 19,659 |
| 2013 | 21,117 |
| 2014 | 21,179 |
| 2015 | 23,582 |
| 2016 | 25,321 |
| 2017 | 24,433 |
| 2018 | 23,601 |
| 2019 | 23,722 |
| 2020 | 22,424 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
