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Contents
Acknowledgements 5
Further information 5
Key numbers for 2021 6
Special theme: Decision outcomes for international registrations of industrial designs and their evolution over the past decade 7
Statistics on the Hague International Registration of Industrial Designs 17
Highlights 17
Hague international applications 23
1. International applications, 2007-2021 23
2. Number of designs contained in international applications, 2007-2021 23
3. Average number of designs per international application, 2007-2021 24
4. Top Hague applicants, 2019-2021 24
5. Share of the top three applicants for the top 10 origins, 2021 25
6. Designs contained in international applications by income group, 2011 and 2021 26
7. Designs contained in international applications by region, 2011 and 2021 26
8. International applications for the top 20 origins, 2021 27
9. Designs contained in international applications for the top 20 origins, 2021 27
10. Average number of designs per international application for the top 20 origins, 2021 28
11. Distribution of designs per application for the top 20 origins, 2021 29
12. Distribution of international applications by medium of filing, 2007-2021 30
13. Distribution of international applications by language of filing, 2007-2021 30
14. International applications with priority claims, 2007-2021 31
15. Share of international applications with priority claims for the top 20 origins, 2021 31
Geographical coverage of Hague international applications 33
16. Designations in international applications, 2007-2021 33
17. Number of designs contained in designations in international applications, 2007-2021 33
18. Distribution of designations per international application, 2021 34
19. Designations in international applications for the top 20 designated Hague members, 2021 34
20. Designs contained in designations in international applications for the top 20 designated Hague members, 2021 35
21. Average number of designs per designation for the top 20 designated Hague members, 2021 35
22. Distribution of designs per application for the top 20 designated Hague members, 2021 36
23. Designs contained in applications for the top 15 origins and the top 15 designated Hague members, 2021 37
Non-resident applications by filing route 39
24. Non-resident application design counts by filing route (direct and Hague), 2007-2020 39
25. Non-resident application design counts by filing route for selected Hague members, 2020 39
Hague international applications by class and by industry sector 41
26. Designs contained in international applications by class, 2018-2021 41
27. Designs contained in international applications by class for the top 10 origins, 2021 42
28. Distribution of designs contained in applications by the top three sectors for the top 10 origins, 2021 43
29. Designs contained in international applications by class and designated Hague member, 2021 44
Hague international registrations, refusals and grants of protection 46
30. International registrations, 2007-2021 46
31. Number of designs contained in international registrations, 2007-2021 46
32. International registrations and registration design counts for the top 20 origins, 2019-2021 47
33. Publication of international registrations, 2007-2021 48
34. Refusal of international registration, 2007-2021 48
35. Refusal of international registration by designated Hague member, 2016 and 2021 49
36. Statement of grant of protection, 2012-2021 49
37. Grant of protection by designated Hague member, 2021 50
Renewals of international registrations and registrations in force 52
38. Renewals of international registrations, 2007-2021 52
39. Renewals of designs contained in international registrations, 2007-2021 52
40. Designations in renewals of international registrations, 2007-2021 53
41. Renewals of international registrations for the top five origins, 2021 53
42. Top designated Hague members in renewals of registrations, 2011, 2016 and 2021 54
43. International registrations in force, 2007-2021 54
44. Designs contained in international registrations in force, 2007-2021 55
45. Designations contained in international registrations in force, 2007-2021 55
46. Share of international registrations in force for the top six origins, 2016 and 2021 56
47. Share of designs contained in international registrations in force for the top six origins, 2016 and 2021 56
48. Distribution of international registrations in force by right holder portfolio size, 2021 56
Fees collected and distributed by the International Bureau 58
49. Fees collected by the IB, 2007-2021 58
50. Fees distributed to designated members by the IB, 2020-2021 58
51. Registration fees, 2011-2021 60
Statistical tables 62
52. International applications via the Hague System, 2021 62
53. International registrations via the Hague System, 2021 64
54. Renewals of international registrations via the Hague System, 2021 66
A brief presentation of the Hague System 68
Data description 71
Acronyms 72
Glossary 73
Locarno classes and industry sectors 76
Hague members 77