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