Germany - Industrial design applications, resident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, resident, by count in Germany was 35,764 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 74,846 in 1998 and a minimum value of 35,764 in 2020.

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
1989 47,442
1990 44,615
1991 49,736
1992 51,961
1993 57,553
1994 62,736
1995 66,624
1996 72,274
1997 74,524
1998 74,846
1999 68,538
2000 62,169
2001 57,545
2002 53,173
2003 45,984
2004 40,530
2005 39,203
2006 40,314
2007 39,790
2008 37,453
2009 36,117
2010 40,396
2011 41,848
2012 43,323
2013 46,757
2014 47,189
2015 45,458
2016 46,216
2017 39,121
2018 38,815
2019 36,617
2020 35,764

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

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology