Japan - Industrial design applications, resident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, resident, by count in Japan was 22,392 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58,319 in 1982 and a minimum value of 22,392 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
1980 54,574
1981 58,281
1982 58,319
1983 56,315
1984 53,272
1985 53,793
1986 51,241
1987 52,394
1988 50,141
1989 46,612
1990 42,328
1991 38,486
1992 37,678
1993 39,188
1994 38,719
1995 38,257
1996 38,456
1997 37,766
1998 37,340
1999 35,235
2000 36,070
2001 37,176
2002 34,881
2003 36,574
2004 37,565
2005 35,746
2006 33,094
2007 32,202
2008 29,621
2009 27,674
2010 28,083
2011 26,658
2012 27,933
2013 26,407
2014 24,868
2015 24,829
2016 24,552
2017 24,435
2018 23,460
2019 22,920
2020 22,392

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