Industrial design applications, resident, by count - Country Ranking - Asia

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 Japan 22,392.00 2020
5 Iran 14,896.00 2020
6 India 8,962.00 2020
7 Russia 4,816.00 2020
8 Thailand 4,245.00 2020
9 Indonesia 2,300.00 2020
10 Vietnam 2,279.00 2020
11 Bangladesh 1,162.00 2020
12 Hong Kong SAR, China 1,088.00 2020
13 Israel 746.00 2020
14 Philippines 665.00 2020
15 Mongolia 617.00 2020
16 Malaysia 575.00 2020
17 Saudi Arabia 537.00 2020
18 Syrian Arab Republic 447.00 2020
19 Singapore 394.00 2020
20 Pakistan 366.00 2020
21 Sri Lanka 249.00 2020
22 Uzbekistan 149.00 2020
23 Georgia 145.00 2020
24 Kazakhstan 83.00 2018
25 Iraq 81.00 2018
26 Jordan 74.00 2020
27 Yemen 58.00 2020
28 United Arab Emirates 52.00 2020
29 Macao SAR, China 34.00 2020
30 Azerbaijan 32.00 2020
31 Armenia 30.00 2020
32 Oman 20.00 2020
33 Cambodia 19.00 2020
34 Kyrgyz Republic 18.00 2020
35 Nepal 15.00 2017
36 Bahrain 13.00 2020
37 Bhutan 9.00 2020
38 Brunei 1.00 2017
38 Tajikistan 1.00 2013

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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