Industrial design applications, resident, 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). 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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Rank Country Value Year
1 China 752,339.00 2020
2 Korea 64,005.00 2020
3 Turkey 42,073.00 2020
4 Germany 35,764.00 2020
5 France 29,572.00 2020
6 Italy 25,058.00 2020
7 Japan 22,392.00 2020
8 United States 21,686.00 2020
9 United Kingdom 21,361.00 2020
10 Iran 14,896.00 2020
11 Spain 12,071.00 2020
12 India 8,962.00 2020
13 Russia 4,816.00 2020
14 Brazil 4,258.00 2020
15 Thailand 4,245.00 2020
16 Ukraine 3,228.00 2020
17 Switzerland 2,915.00 2020
18 Morocco 2,863.00 2020
19 Australia 2,664.00 2020
20 Indonesia 2,300.00 2020
21 Vietnam 2,279.00 2020
22 Poland 1,939.00 2020
23 Portugal 1,720.00 2020
23 Egypt 1,720.00 2019
25 Argentina 1,238.00 2020
26 Algeria 1,207.00 2020
27 Bangladesh 1,162.00 2020
28 Hong Kong SAR, China 1,088.00 2020
29 Mexico 1,050.00 2020
30 Nigeria 1,016.00 2020
31 South Africa 970.00 2020
32 Ghana 924.00 2020
33 Greece 801.00 2020
34 Israel 746.00 2020
35 Canada 738.00 2020
36 Philippines 665.00 2020
37 Mongolia 617.00 2020
38 Czech Republic 612.00 2020
39 Malaysia 575.00 2020
40 Romania 543.00 2020
41 Saudi Arabia 537.00 2020
42 Bulgaria 534.00 2020
43 Hungary 515.00 2020
44 Norway 480.00 2020
45 Syrian Arab Republic 447.00 2020
46 Singapore 394.00 2020
47 Pakistan 366.00 2020
48 Colombia 365.00 2020
49 New Zealand 352.00 2020
50 Austria 318.00 2020
51 Sweden 287.00 2020
52 Slovak Republic 280.00 2020
53 Moldova 272.00 2020
54 Croatia 250.00 2020
55 Sri Lanka 249.00 2020
56 Sudan 243.00 2020
57 Ireland 234.00 2020
58 Tunisia 222.00 2019
59 Kenya 220.00 2020
59 Ethiopia 220.00 2007
61 Jamaica 211.00 2020
62 Madagascar 207.00 2020
63 Serbia 163.00 2020
64 Belarus 153.00 2020
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 149.00 2020
65 Uzbekistan 149.00 2020
67 Georgia 145.00 2020
68 Denmark 142.00 2020
69 Finland 141.00 2020
69 Latvia 141.00 2020
71 Zambia 124.00 2020
72 Mauritania 115.00 2019
73 Lithuania 106.00 2020
74 Peru 93.00 2020
75 Mauritius 84.00 2020
76 Kazakhstan 83.00 2018
77 Cyprus 82.00 2020
78 Iraq 81.00 2018
79 Chile 77.00 2020
80 Jordan 74.00 2020
81 Liechtenstein 62.00 2020
82 Yemen 58.00 2020
83 Uruguay 53.00 2017
83 Ecuador 53.00 2020
85 United Arab Emirates 52.00 2020
86 Uganda 44.00 2020
87 Mozambique 40.00 2019
87 North Macedonia 40.00 2020
87 Estonia 40.00 2020
87 Slovenia 40.00 2018
91 Albania 38.00 2020
92 Malta 35.00 2020
93 Macao SAR, China 34.00 2020
94 Namibia 33.00 2020
95 Azerbaijan 32.00 2020
96 Armenia 30.00 2020
96 Paraguay 30.00 2020
98 Venezuela 26.00 2020
99 The Bahamas 23.00 2014
100 Oman 20.00 2020
101 Samoa 19.00 2020
101 Cambodia 19.00 2020
101 Cuba 19.00 2020
104 Kyrgyz Republic 18.00 2020
105 Bolivia 16.00 2017
106 Trinidad and Tobago 15.00 2020
106 Nepal 15.00 2017
108 Bahrain 13.00 2020
109 Botswana 12.00 2014
110 Kiribati 10.00 2013
111 Costa Rica 9.00 2020
111 Guinea-Bissau 9.00 2013
111 Bhutan 9.00 2020
111 El Salvador 9.00 2020
115 Iceland 8.00 2020
116 Monaco 7.00 2020
117 Guatemala 6.00 2020
117 Rwanda 6.00 2020
119 Sierra Leone 5.00 2018
119 Belize 5.00 2020
121 Burkina Faso 4.00 2010
121 Cabo Verde 4.00 2020
121 Dominican Republic 4.00 2020
121 Honduras 4.00 2018
125 Panama 3.00 2017
125 San Marino 3.00 2020
125 Papua New Guinea 3.00 2020
128 Djibouti 2.00 2013
128 Burundi 2.00 2017
130 Antigua and Barbuda 1.00 2012
130 Barbados 1.00 2017
130 Tajikistan 1.00 2013
130 Nicaragua 1.00 2013
130 Brunei 1.00 2017
130 St. Lucia 1.00 2013
130 Montenegro 1.00 2020

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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