World Intellectual Property Indicators
WIPO's World Intellectual Property Indicators is an annual report providing a wide range of indicators covering the areas of intellectual property. It draws on data from national and regional IP offices, WIPO, the World Bank and UNESCO.[1]
Patents
Patent applications for the top 10 offices, 2012
Rank |
Country |
Patent applications |
1 | China | 652,777 |
2 | United States | 542,815 |
3 | Japan | 342,796 |
4 | South Korea | 188,915 |
5 | European Patent Office | 148,560 |
6 | Germany | 61,340 |
7 | Russia | 44,211 |
8 | India | 43,955 |
9 | Canada | 35,242 |
10 | Brazil | 30,116 |
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Patent grants for the top 10 offices, 2012
Rank |
Country |
Patent grants |
1 | Japan | 274,791 |
2 | United States | 253,155 |
3 | China | 217,105 |
4 | South Korea | 113,467 |
5 | European Patent Office | 65,665 |
6 | Russia | 32,880 |
7 | Canada | 21,819 |
8 | Australia | 17,724 |
9 | France | 12,913 |
10 | Mexico | 12,358 |
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Patent applications per GDP for the top 10 origins, 2012
Rank |
Country |
Patent applications per GDP |
1 | South Korea | 10,584 |
2 | Japan | 7,160 |
3 | China | 4,980 |
4 | Germany | 2,596 |
5 | Switzerland | 2,575 |
6 | France | 2,090 |
7 | United States | 1,988 |
8 | Sweden | 1,722 |
9 | Denmark | 1,667 |
10 | Luxembourg | 1,414 |
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Patent applications per million population for the top 10 origins, 2012
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Industrial designs
Application design counts for the top 10 offices, 2012
Rank |
Country |
Application design count |
1 | China | 657,582 |
2 | European Union's OHIM | 97,681 |
3 | South Korea | 65,469 |
4 | Germany | 55,599 |
5 | Turkey | 46,330 |
6 | United States | 32,799 |
7 | Japan | 32,391 |
8 | Italy | 30,940 |
9 | Spain | 17,872 |
10 | France | 15,862 |
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Application design counts for the top 10 origins, 2012
Rank |
Country |
Application design count |
1 | China | 648,987 |
2 | Germany | 76,369 |
3 | South Korea | 68,737 |
4 | United States | 45,254 |
5 | Italy | 45,099 |
6 | Japan | 44,203 |
7 | Turkey | 41,240 |
8 | France | 31,658 |
9 | Switzerland | 26,124 |
10 | Spain | 22,760 |
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Application design counts per million population for the top 10 origins, 2012
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Industrial design registrations in force for the top 10 offices, 2012
Rank |
Country |
Registrations in force |
1 | China | 1,132,132 |
2 | United States | 269,501 |
3 | South Korea | 260,107 |
4 | Japan | 248,822 |
5 | European Union's OHIM | 167,145 |
6 | Turkey | 72,552 |
7 | Germany | 57,089 |
8 | Spain | 46,573 |
9 | Australia | 46,194 |
10 | United Kingdom | 43,072 |
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See also
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