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'''World Intellectual Property Indicators''' ('''WIPI''') is an annual statistical report published by the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO).<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=37 |website=www.wipo.int}}</ref> The publication provides an overview of the activity in the areas of [[Patent|patents]], [[Utility model|utility models]], [[Trademark|trademarks]], [[Industrial design|industrial designs]], [[Budapest Treaty|microorganisms]], [[Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970|plant variety]] protection, [[Geographical indication|geographical indications]] and the [[Creative industries|creative economy]]. 

The WIPI draws on [[intellectual property]] (IP) statistics collected from the 193 member States of WIPO. It provides the latest trends for IP activity at world, geographical region, country and IP office levels. WIPO has published the report annually since 2009.<ref name="DataCenter">{{Cite web |title=WIPO IP Statistics Data Center |url=https://www3.wipo.int/ipstats/ |access-date=2021-08-27 |website=www3.wipo.int}}</ref>

== Data sources ==
The IP statistics data presented in the WIPI are taken from the WIPO Statistics Database and based primarily on data collected from national and regional IP offices, other competent authorities and publishers’ associations from around the world, through annual surveys consisting of multiple questionnaires. Data are also compiled by WIPO in processing international applications through the [[Patent Cooperation Treaty]] (PCT), the [[Madrid system|Madrid System]] for trademark protection and the [[Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs|Hague System]] for industrial design protection.<ref name="WIPO 2021">{{cite web |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2021 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2021.pdf |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization |access-date=28 April 2022}}  [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]]  Text was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref>

Patent family and technology data are extracted from the WIPO Statistics Database and from the PATSTAT database of the [[European Patent Office]] (EPO).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Office |first=European Patent |title=PATSTAT. Worldwide Patent Statistical Database |url=https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/business/patstat.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.epo.org |language=en}}</ref> Gross domestic product, income group classification and population data are from the [[World Development Indicators]] database of the [[World Bank]]. Geographical regions are those defined by the [[United Nations]].<ref name="WIPO 2021"/>

== Accessing the report and its data ==
The WIPI is available on WIPO website. Its underlying data can be extracted from the IP Statistics Data Center, which is WIPO’s online [[statistical database]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="DataCenter" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intellectual Property Statistics |url=https://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/index.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref> 

The IP Facts and Figures report, drawn from the WIPI, serves as a quick reference guide for the most frequently used measure of IP activity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications: WIPO IP Facts and Figures |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=36 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref> An online statistical country profiles also provides a set of IP statistics at country level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistical Country Profiles |url=https://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/country_profile/index.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref>

More comprehensive data and analysis on the WIPO administrated Systems are available in a series of three publications: PCT Yearly Review, Madrid Yearly Review and Hague Yearly Review.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications: PCT Yearly Review |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=35 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications: Madrid Yearly Review |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=34 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications: Hague Yearly Review |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=33 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref>

== IP Statistics by IP office or by country of origin ==
Applications received by offices from resident and non-resident applicants are referred to as office data, whereas applications filed by applicants at their national or regional office (resident applications) or at a foreign office (applications filed abroad) are referred to as origin data.<ref name="WIPO 2021"/><ref name="Help">{{Cite web |title=About WIPO's IP Statistics |url=https://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}  [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]]  Text was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref> For statistical purposes, WIPO defines the origin of an IP application to be the country or territory of residence of the first named applicant in the application.<ref name="WIPO 2021"/><ref name="Help" />

Due to the nature of regional offices, the WIPI uses an equivalent application concept for reporting data by origin.<ref name="WIPO 2021"/><ref name="Help" /> Applications at regional offices are equivalent to multiple applications, one in each of the member states of those offices. For the EPO and the [[African Regional Intellectual Property Organization]] (ARIPO), the equivalent application is counted as one application abroad, if the applicant does not reside in a member state, or as one resident application and one application abroad, if the applicant resides in a member state.<ref name="WIPO 2021"/>

== Latest filing trends by country of origin ==
The patent, trademark and industrial design data presented in this table come from the WIPI and show the application filing activity trend by country of origin and by year of filing.

Trademark application data refer to class counts – that is, the number of classes specified in applications. This provides the best comparison of international trademark filing activity across origins, because some jurisdictions may allow multiple classes of goods and services to be specified in a single application, whereas others require a separate application for each class. For the same reason, industrial design data refer to design counts, that is, the number of designs contained in applications.<ref name="DataCenter" /><ref name="Help" />

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ <big>Patents, trademarks, and industrial design filing activity by country of origin</big><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite journal |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2021 |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4571&plang=EN |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int | doi=10.34667/tind.44461 |language=en | author1=World Intellectual Property Organization. }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite journal |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4526 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.wipo.int | doi=10.34667/tind.42184 |language=en | author1=World Intellectual Property Organization. }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite journal|title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019|url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4464|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.wipo.int| doi=10.34667/tind.40353 |language=en | author1=World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) }}</ref>
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|-
!Code
! data-sort-type=text|Country / Region
!Patent applications
in 2021
!Patent applications
in 2022
!Trademarks applications
in 2021
!Trademarks applications
in 2022
!Industrial design applications
in 2021
!Industrial design applications
in 2022
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AD
|style="text-align:left;"|{{AND}}
|27
|19
|7,588
|8,885
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARE}}
|655
|843
|45,891
|60,177
|1,265
|1,326
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ATG}}
|408
|153
|1,940
|1,555
|2
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AL
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALB}}
|39
|35
|2,766
|1,655
|58
|778
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARM}}
|106
|71
|5,651
|8,278
|81
|129
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{AGO}}
|0
|82
|0
|0
|0
|46
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
|717
|763
|82,468
|83,214
|1,624
|1,583
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{AUT}}
|13,472
|13,655
|412,197
|361,857
|82,185
|58,736
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AU
|style="text-align:left;"|{{AUS}}
|12,825
|11,707
|251,488
|224,153
|18,061
|15,867
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |AZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{AZE}}
|338
|531
|6,165
|8,602
|81
|96
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BIH}}
|64
|73
|1,879
|2,035
|671
|172
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BB
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BRB}}
|767
|0
|17,060
|2,646
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BD
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BGD}}
|91
|90
|11,010
|9,439
|1,393
|1,225
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BEL}}
|13,966
|14,290
|281,983
|250,062
|35,115
|34,668
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BF
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BFA}}
|85
|104
|6,148
|3,270
|206
|136
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BGR}}
|466
|548
|105,124
|131,517
|13,014
|28,711
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BH
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BHR}}
|17
|30
|1,326
|1,945
|15
|35
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BJ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BEN}}
|171
|71
|3,596
|2,677
|85
|51
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BRN}}
|5
|1
|737
|227
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BOL}}
|6
|14
|4,935
|4,910
|23
|31
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BRA}}
|6,909
|6,984
|370,158
|380,501
|7,920
|8,097
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BTN}}
|0
|1
|157
|93
|3
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BW
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BWA}}
|4
|17
|0
|0
|18
|5
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BY
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BLR}}
|1,118
|980
|12,272
|7,985
|462
|670
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |BZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BLZ}}
|21
|17
|0
|0
|59
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}}
|26,525
|25,562
|235,899
|202,119
|17,985
|15,352
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CF
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAF}}
|17
|0
|70
|97
|0
|17
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{COG}}
|71
|52
|707
|421
|17
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CH
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CHE}}
|48,336
|51,445
|567,109
|518,055
|117,813
|116,156
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CI
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CIV}}
|697
|562
|19,631
|14,692
|1,360
|3,074
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CL
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CHL}}
|930
|823
|66,205
|53,486
|189
|92
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CMR}}
|1,074
|803
|13,245
|11,159
|631
|426
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CHN}}
|1,538,604
|1,586,339
|11,170,624
|8,561,984
|1,512,861
|1,408,921
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{COL}}
|692
|1,317
|42,743
|61,046
|636
|783
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CRI}}
|130
|135
|10,914
|11,990
|13
|4
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CU
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CUB}}
|112
|0
|2,521
|4,161
|14
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CV
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CPV}}
|1
|2
|147
|110
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CW
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CUW}}
|0
|0
|2,403
|4,315
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CY
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CYP}}
|417
|295
|91,783
|81,971
|9,184
|4,604
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |CZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CZE}}
|1,922
|1,887
|199,534
|173,176
|24,605
|25,309
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |DE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{DEU}}
|165,826
|157,652
|2,947,580
|2,552,542
|540,700
|489,507
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |DJ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{DJI}}
|3
|1
|41
|52
|0
|9
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |DK
|style="text-align:left;"|{{DNK}}
|14,100
|14,525
|195,921
|171,314
|58,229
|44,638
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |DM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{DMA}}
|5
|1
|93
|19
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |DO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{DOM}}
|46
|51
|11,094
|12,135
|44
|64
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |DZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{DZA}}
|281
|483
|11,857
|12,252
|900
|855
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |EC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ECU}}
|51
|45
|15,497
|15,367
|107
|89
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |EE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{EST}}
|350
|273
|74,596
|70,390
|5,773
|4,845
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |EG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{EGY}}
|997
|866
|46,684
|43,102
|2,276
|2,069
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ES
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|10,880
|10,518
|794,344
|789,031
|101,588
|118,365
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ET
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ETH}}
|0
|39
|1,443
|1,924
|0
|60
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |FI
|style="text-align:left;"|{{FIN}}
|12,826
|12,972
|174,836
|152,511
|25,455
|19,972
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |FR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}
|66,137
|66,446
|1,251,047
|1,194,182
|227,890
|217,619
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GAB}}
|359
|103
|1,228
|1,299
|204
|85
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GB
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR}}
|53,650
|54,620
|1,198,871
|1,093,675
|135,245
|131,371
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GD
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GRD}}
|1
|0
|26
|10
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GEO}}
|132
|97
|4,618
|3,750
|113
|247
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GH
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GHA}}
|0
|11
|0
|1,097
|0
|673
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GMB}}
|0
|0
|121
|405
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GIN}}
|52
|51
|5,045
|4,175
|1,003
|1,020
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GQ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GNQ}}
|0
|0
|187
|459
|1
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GRC}}
|1,387
|1,238
|0
|0
|11,758
|11,803
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GTM}}
|15
|12
|0
|0
|83
|19
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GW
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GNB}}
|0
|0
|426
|391
|51
|85
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |GY
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GUY}}
|40
|0
|0
|117
|1
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |HK
|style="text-align:left;"|{{HKG}}
|3,261
|2,459
|139,559
|112,271
|27,295
|25,074
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |HN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{HND}}
|2
|2
|2,950
|3,062
|0
|1
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |HR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{HRV}}
|304
|290
|30,779
|36,255
|5,867
|5,281
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |HU
|style="text-align:left;"|{{HUN}}
|1,466
|1,145
|69,947
|63,856
|5,132
|6,274
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ID
|style="text-align:left;"|{{IDN}}
|1,445
|1,607
|97,170
|113,162
|3,123
|3,708
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |IE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{IRL}}
|7,061
|7,464
|0
|0
|15,625
|9,799
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |IL
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ISR}}
|17,341
|17,327
|44,060
|48,990
|10,163
|10,107
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |IN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{IND}}
|43,163
|56,396
|477,121
|499,674
|19,774
|22,409
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |IQ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{IRQ}}
|0
|0
|2,756
|1,193
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |IR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{IRN}}
|10,350
|8,391
|511,868
|357,669
|13,937
|8,170
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |IS
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ISL}}
|371
|313
|6,133
|5,747
|38
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |IT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ITA}}
|34,206
|32,021
|1,238,081
|1,178,542
|350,437
|369,347
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |JM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{JAM}}
|23
|13
|2,936
|0
|94
|154
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |JO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{JOR}}
|53
|64
|6,321
|6,366
|322
|251
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |JP
|style="text-align:left;"|{{JPN}}
|412,885
|406,374
|555,273
|549,015
|94,374
|91,683
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{KEN}}
|199
|396
|0
|5,475
|126
|99
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{KGZ}}
|120
|132
|845
|981
|30
|20
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KH
|style="text-align:left;"|{{KHM}}
|0
|41
|0
|0
|0
|1
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{COM}}
|0
|0
|138
|36
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KP
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PRK}}
|0
|0
|0
|5,234
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{KOR}}
|267,527
|272,675
|471,725
|449,639
|116,693
|103,174
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KW
|style="text-align:left;"|{{KWT}}
|0
|0
|0
|7,801
|114
|17
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |KZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{KAZ}}
|0
|1,297
|17,109
|18,309
|283
|231
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |LA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{LAO}}
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |LI
|style="text-align:left;"|{{LIE}}
|1,482
|1,480
|15,328
|12,723
|3,215
|2,853
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |LK
|style="text-align:left;"|{{LKA}}
|329
|260
|7,725
|6,980
|227
|361
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |LT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{LTU}}
|477
|642
|62,935
|61,635
|5,327
|5,055
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |LU
|style="text-align:left;"|{{LUX}}
|2,725
|2,580
|98,061
|88,768
|8,992
|6,304
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |LV
|style="text-align:left;"|{{LVA}}
|281
|246
|27,774
|26,106
|2,504
|2,481
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MAR}}
|399
|363
|106,422
|52,405
|3,924
|5,082
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MCO}}
|137
|154
|15,384
|15,953
|431
|229
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MD
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MDA}}
|75
|54
|6,253
|5,257
|749
|528
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ME
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MNE}}
|0
|11
|0
|0
|0
|2
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MDG}}
|6
|9
|3,275
|3,441
|328
|338
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MK
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MKD}}
|73
|53
|4,585
|8,860
|172
|265
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ML
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MLI}}
|194
|55
|5,760
|3,514
|206
|121
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MNG}}
|113
|138
|19,487
|10,415
|1,391
|1,088
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MAC}}
|163
|27
|3,660
|3,108
|245
|14
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MRT}}
|36
|85
|2,466
|982
|0
|34
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MLT}}
|407
|441
|78,933
|67,790
|13,822
|4,802
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MU
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MUS}}
|165
|401
|8,607
|5,798
|63
|115
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MX
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MEX}}
|1,994
|1,815
|165,547
|162,780
|1,756
|1,439
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MY
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MYS}}
|1,863
|1,760
|33,696
|27,650
|721
|990
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |MZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MOZ}}
|30
|25
|1,606
|788
|35
|52
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |NA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NAM}}
|0
|39
|0
|488
|0
|38
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |NE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NER}}
|68
|87
|815
|809
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |NL
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NLD}}
|32,779
|32,738
|609,122
|582,247
|97,770
|91,971
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |NO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}
|5,841
|5,974
|94,151
|78,970
|8,504
|6,936
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |NZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NZL}}
|2,682
|2,588
|55,614
|48,773
|5,992
|6,666
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |OM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{OMN}}
|100
|88
|6,819
|8,074
|17
|108
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PAN}}
|70
|0
|12,385
|0
|197
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PER}}
|160
|234
|32,316
|31,278
|98
|117
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PNG}}
|4
|4
|329
|112
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PH
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PHL}}
|695
|674
|37,610
|38,417
|720
|685
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PK
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PAK}}
|491
|416
|44,595
|39,967
|485
|467
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PL
|style="text-align:left;"|{{POL}}
|5,916
|6,073
|500,481
|477,735
|158,341
|155,846
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PRT}}
|1,986
|2,035
|168,643
|146,295
|24,697
|23,863
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |PY
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PRY}}
|14
|11
|17,189
|14,791
|9
|1
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |QA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{QAT}}
|121
|0
|10,722
|8,241
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |RO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ROU}}
|1,114
|1,140
|130,737
|162,185
|9,686
|14,391
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |RS
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SRB}}
|271
|230
|16,773
|14,102
|933
|685
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |RU
|style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
|25,904
|25,188
|417,882
|447,229
|11,773
|10,849
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |RW
|style="text-align:left;"|{{RWA}}
|16
|9
|721
|777
|10
|5
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SAU}}
|4,868
|5,019
|32,263
|39,991
|1,096
|968
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SYC}}
|51
|46
|5,540
|4,641
|27
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SWE}}
|27,802
|28,184
|400,733
|352,825
|48,800
|48,682
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SGP}}
|9,766
|8,599
|105,298
|109,348
|15,301
|6,519
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SI
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVN}}
|744
|811
|48,379
|53,579
|4,451
|7,638
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SK
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVK}}
|414
|557
|62,093
|53,820
|6,498
|3,808
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SL
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SLE}}
|0
|0
|0
|237
|4
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SMR}}
|58
|48
|0
|0
|486
|605
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SEN}}
|606
|583
|12,560
|9,702
|425
|493
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SOM}}
|0
|0
|15
|30
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SUR}}
|0
|0
|529
|116
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ST
|style="text-align:left;"|{{STP}}
|0
|0
|4
|48
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SV
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SLV}}
|2
|4
|5,611
|5,441
|16
|20
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |SY
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SYR}}
|106
|131
|0
|0
|485
|451
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TD
|style="text-align:left;"|{{TCD}}
|51
|119
|163
|129
|119
|51
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{TGO}}
|81
|85
|6,982
|3,390
|85
|34
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TH
|style="text-align:left;"|{{THA}}
|1,548
|1,416
|43,547
|39,009
|4,764
|4,149
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TJ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{TJK}}
|97
|33
|0
|0
|1
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{TUN}}
|0
|225
|0
|5,760
|0
|547
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TO
|style="text-align:left;"|{{TON}}
|0
|0
|7
|5
|0
|4
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TR
|style="text-align:left;"|{{TUR}}
|10,869
|11,114
|503,741
|579,543
|78,829
|94,792
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |TT
|style="text-align:left;"|{{TTO}}
|15
|7
|956
|1,443
|60
|12
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |UA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{UKR}}
|1,706
|1,080
|64,201
|46,691
|6,149
|3,000
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |UG
|style="text-align:left;"|{{UGA}}
|20
|16
|2,233
|2,186
|91
|56
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |US
|style="text-align:left;"|{{USA}}
|509,962
|515,281
|2,169,465
|2,009,487
|392,258
|366,686
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |UY
|style="text-align:left;"|{{URY}}
|0
|0
|9,057
|8,386
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |UZ
|style="text-align:left;"|{{UZB}}
|428
|475
|10,955
|13,879
|240
|236
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |VC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{VCT}}
|0
|2
|386
|601
|0
|0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |VE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{VEN}}
|0
|29
|0
|8,329
|0
|19
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |VN
|style="text-align:left;"|{{VNM}}
|1,205
|1,057
|86,109
|92,118
|2,561
|2,755
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |VU
|style="text-align:left;"|{{VUT}}
|0
|0
|196
|362
|4
|6
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |WS
|style="text-align:left;"|{{WSM}}
|17
|0
|865
|880
|0
|9
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |YE
|style="text-align:left;"|{{YEM}}
|22
|13
|5,709
|3,702
|80
|56
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ZA
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ZAF}}
|2,751
|2,619
|36,851
|32,164
|1,614
|1,714
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ZM
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ZMB}}
|15
|14
|1,284
|1,264
|46
|81
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |ZW
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ZWE}}
|0
|41
|0
|1,341
|19
|38
|}

== [[Patent]]s, [[trademark]]s, and [[industrial design]] (PCT) applications by Organizations ==

=== Top PCT patent applicants 2019 and 2020 ===
The [[Patent Cooperation Treaty]] ('''PCT''') is an international patent law [[treaty]], concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing [[patent application]]s to protect [[invention]]s in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an '''international application''', or '''PCT application'''.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+Top PCT patent applicants 2019 and 2020<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2019.pdf |website=WIPO |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization}}</ref>
!Appplicants
!Country
!2020 Rank
!2020 PCT applications
!2019 Rank
!2019 PCT applications
|-
|[[Huawei]]
|{{flag|China}}
|1
|5464
|1
|4411
|-
|[[Samsung Electronics]]
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|2
|3093
|3
|2334
|-
|[[Mitsubishi Electric]]
|{{flag|Japan}}
|3
|2810
|2
|2661
|-
|[[LG Electronics]]
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|4
|2759
|10
|1646
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]
|{{flag|U.S.}}
|5
|2173
|4
|2127
|-
|[[Ericsson]]
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|6
|1989
|7
|1698
|-
|[[BOE Technology]]
|{{flag|China}}
|7
|1892
|6
|1864
|-
|[[Oppo]]
|{{flag|China}}
|8
|1801
|5
|1927
|-
|[[Sony]]
|{{flag|Japan}}
|9
|1793
|13
|1566
|-
|[[Panasonic]]
|{{flag|Japan}}
|10
|1611
|12
|1567
|}

=== Top Madrid trademark applicants (2020 and 2019) ===
The [[Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks|Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks]] is a protocol to protect [[trademark]]s worldwide, in over 120 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Madrid System|url=https://www.inta.org/topics/madrid-system/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=International Trademark Association|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WIPO {{!}} Madrid – The International Trademark System|url=https://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/index.html|access-date=2021-09-15|website=www.wipo.int|language=en}}</ref> The Madrid System has a centralized trademark registration system through a single application, in one language and with one set of fees (in one currency, the [[Swiss franc]]), protection can be obtained in member states and intergovernmental organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International trademarks: Is the Madrid System right for you? {{!}} Novagraaf|url=https://www.novagraaf.com/en/insights/international-trademarks-madrid-system-right-you|access-date=2021-09-15|website=www.novagraaf.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Australia|first=I. P.|date=2016-03-18|title=Getting an international trade mark|url=https://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/trade-marks/managing-your-trade-mark/international-trade-marks|access-date=2021-09-15|website=www.ipaustralia.gov.au|language=en}}</ref> International registrations can then be modified, renewed or expanded, centrally through WIPO (rather than through each separate IP Office).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://internationalipcooperation.eu/sites/default/files/arise-docs/2019/ARISEplusIPR_The-Madrid-Protocol_Indonesia_English.pdf|title=The Madrid Protocol|publisher=ARISE+ ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights}}</ref> The Madrid System can only be used by a [[natural person]] or a [[Legal person|legal entity]], which is a national, is domiciled or has a company in the territory of a member of the Madrid System.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Top Madrid trademark applicants (2020 and 2019)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |author1=World Intellectual Property Organization |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4526 |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 |website=www.wipo.int |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |year=2020 |isbn=9789280532012 |series=World IP Indicators (WIPI) |language=en |doi=10.34667/tind.42184 |access-date=2021-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
!Applicant
!Rank 2020
!Madrid applications in 2020
!Rank 2019
!Madrid applications in 2019
|-
|[[Novartis]]
|1
|233
|3
|129
|-
|[[Huawei]]
|2
|197
|2
|164
|-
|[[Shiseido]]
|3
|130
|9
|70
|-
|[[Gauselmann|Adp Gauselmann]]
|4
|123
|19
|39
|-
|[[L'Oréal|L'Oreal]]
|5
|115
|1
|193
|-
|[[Nintendo]]
|6
|90
|26
|32
|-
|[[Euro Games Technology]]
|7
|84
|14
|48
|-
|[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
|8
|80
|4
|104
|-
|[[Syngenta]]
|9
|78
|27
|30
|-
|[[RIGO Trading SA]]
|10
|70
|5
|102
|}

=== Hague top applicants in 2020 and 2019 ===
The [[Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs|Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs]]<ref name="wipo.int">{{Cite web|title=Hague – The International Design System|url=https://www.wipo.int/hague/en/index.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.wipo.int|language=en}}</ref> provides an international mechanism that secures protection of up to 100 [[Industrial design|designs]]<ref name="wipo.int"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781781955871/9781781955871.xml|title=Research Handbook on Design Law|date=2021-05-18|isbn=978-1-78195-588-8|language=en |last1=Hartwig |first1=Henning |publisher=Edward Elgar }}</ref> in multiple countries or regions, through a single international application. International design applications are filed directly through [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=WIPO Lex|url=https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/treaties/textdetails/1252|access-date=2021-12-30|website=wipolex.wipo.int}}</ref> The domestic legal framework of each designated contracting party governs the design protection provided by the resulting international registrations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hague System Member Profiles|url=https://www.wipo.int/hague/memberprofiles/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.wipo.int}}</ref> The Hague System does not require the applicant to file a national or regional design application.<ref name=":5" />

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Hague top applicants in 2020 and 2019<ref name=":3" />
!Applicant
!Rank 2020
!Hague applications 2020
!Rank 2019
!Hague applications 2019
|-
|[[LG Electronics]]
|1
|446
|1
|449
|-
| [[Xiaomi]] 
|2
|216
| 3||111
|-
| [[Samsung]] 
|3
|170
| 2||166
|-
| [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] 
|4
|141
| 7||57
|-
| [[Philips]] 
|5
|95
| 4||85
|-
| [[Volkswagen]]
|6
|84
| 5||73
|-
| [[Hermès]]
|7
|68
| 15||27
|-
|[[Daimler AG|Daimler]]
|8
|65
|10
|42
|-
|[[Procter & Gamble|Proctor & Gamble]]
|9
|57
|6
|65
|-
|[[Kärcher]]
|10
|47
|12
|35
|}

==Controversies==

===Taiwanese patents===

Since [[Taiwan|Taiwan (ROC)]] is not a member of the United Nations, the number of patents filed in Taiwan is not reported. The number of patent applications filed with the [[Taiwan Intellectual Property Office|Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO)]] in 2018 was 73,431,<ref>{{cite web |title=TIPO Statistics Report: Patent and Trademark Applications in 2018 |url=https://www.tipo.gov.tw/en/cp-282-699109-b7d57-2.html |website=Taiwan Intellectual Property Office |date=18 March 2019 |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref> which would place it in 6th place worldwide for that year, or 2nd place per capita. In 2014, Bloomberg ranked Taiwan #1 in Patent Activity, using UN data.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lu |first1=Wei |last2=Chan |first2=Marcus |title=In Global Innovation Race, Taiwan Is Tops in Patents, Israel Leads in R&D - Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-22/in-global-innovation-race-taiwan-is-tops-in-patents-israel-leads-in-r-d.html |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=18 September 2021 |date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806221948/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-22/in-global-innovation-race-taiwan-is-tops-in-patents-israel-leads-in-r-d.html |archive-date=2017-08-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MOST INNOVATIVE IN THE WORLD 2014: COUNTRIES |url=http://images.businessweek.com/bloomberg/pdfs/most_innovative_countries_2014_011714.pdf |publisher=Bloomberg |date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313221529/http://images.businessweek.com/bloomberg/pdfs/most_innovative_countries_2014_011714.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-13 }}</ref> The last WIPO Indicators report to mention the name Taiwan was in 2017, noting the large number of patents by [[Foxconn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2017 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2017.pdf |website=WIPO |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2018.pdf |website=WIPO |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2019.pdf |website=WIPO |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2020.pdf |website=WIPO |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization}}</ref>

China has been criticized for its efforts in the UN to reduce the visibility of Taiwan,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Horton |first1=Chris |title=Blocked by China, Taiwan Presses to Join U.N. Agency's Meeting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/world/asia/taiwan-world-health-china-.html |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Kristine |title=It's Not Just the WHO: How China Is Moving on the Whole U.N. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/15/its-not-just-the-who-how-china-is-moving-on-the-whole-un-189029 |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> including via WIPO; in 2020 Beijing reportedly retaliated to the failed election of a Chinese director-general of the organization by preventing the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] from gaining observer status at the WIPO, on the grounds that Wikimedia has a Taiwan subsidiary.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glosserman |first1=Brad |title=China loses a skirmish in fight for global influence |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/03/09/commentary/world-commentary/china-loses-skirmish-fight-global-influence/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=The Japan Times |date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hui |first1=Mary |title=Beijing blocked Wikimedia from a UN agency because of "Taiwan-related issues" |url=https://qz.com/1908836/china-blocks-wikimedia-from-un-agency-wipo-over-taiwan-dispute/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=Quartz |language=en |date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Magnier |first1=Mark |title=Beijing blocks Wikipedia from UN agency to resist 'Western values': analysts |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3103583/beijing-blocking-wikipedia-united-nations-intellectual-property-agency |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=South China Morning Post |date=30 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://wipo.org/ World Intellectual Property Organization]
* [https://www3.wipo.int/ipstats/ WIPO IP Statistics Data Center]

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