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Contents
Foreword 5
Acknowledgments 7
Further information 7
Key numbers 8
Patents 9
Highlights 10
Patent statistics 23
Patent applications and grants worldwide 25
A1. Trend in patent applications worldwide, 2008-2022 25
A2. Resident and non-resident patent applications worldwide, 2008-2022 25
A3. Trend in patent grants worldwide, 2008-2022 26
A4. Resident and non-resident patent grants worldwide, 2008-2022 26
Patent applications and grants by office 26
A5. Patent applications by region, 2012 and 2022 26
A6. Trend in patent applications for the top five offices, 1883-2022 27
A7. Patent applications at the top 20 offices, 2022 27
A8. Contribution of resident and non-resident applications to total growth for the top 20 offices, 2021-2022 27
A9. Patent applications at offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 28
A10. Contribution of resident and non-resident applications to total growth for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2021-2022 28
A11. Patent grants by region, 2012 and 2022 28
A12. Trend in patent grants for the top five offices, 1883-2022 29
A13. Patent grants for the top 20 offices, 2022 29
A14. Contribution of resident and non-resident grants to total growth for the top 20 offices, 2021-2022 29
A15. Patent grants for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 30
A16. Contribution of resident and non-resident grants to total growth for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2021-2022 30
Patent applications and grants by origin 31
A17. Patent applications for the top 20 origins, 2022 31
A18. Equivalent patent applications for the top 20 origins, 2022 31
A19. Patent applications for the top 20 offices and origins, 2022 32
A20. Flows of non-resident patent applications between the top five origins and the top 10 offices, 2022 33
A21. Patent grants for the top 20 origins, 2022 34
A22. Equivalent patent grants for the top 20 origins, 2022 34
Patent families 35
A23. Trend in patent families worldwide, 2006-2020 35
A24. Distribution of patent families by number of offices for the top origins, 2018-2020 35
A25. Trend in foreign-oriented patent families worldwide, 2006-2019 36
A26. Foreign-oriented patent families for the top 20 origins, 2018-2019 36
A27. Distribution of technology fields for selected applicants based on patent families, 2018-2020 37
A28. Distribution of technology fields for selected universities and PROs based on patent families, 2018-2020 38
Published patent applications by field of technology 39
A29. Published patent applications worldwide by field of technology, 2011, 2016 and 2021 39
A30. Distribution of published patent applications by technology field for the top 10 origins, 2019-2021 40
A31. Trend in patent applications in energy-related technologies, 2006-2021 41
A32. Share of patent applications in energy-related technologies for the top five origins, 2019-2021 42
Participation of women inventors in published PCT applications 43
A33. Share of women among listed inventors in PCT applications, 2008-2022 43
A34. Share of PCT applications with at least one woman as inventor and with at least one man as inventor, 2008-2022 43
A35. Share of women among listed inventors and share of PCT applications with at least one woman as inventor for the top 20 origins, 2022 44
A36. Share of PCT patent applications with women inventors by field of technology, 2022 44
Patent applications in relation to GDP and population 45
A37. Resident patent applications per USD 100 billion GDP for the top 20 origins, 2012 and 2022 45
A38. Resident patent applications per million population for the top 20 origins, 2012 and 2022 45
A39. Resident patent applications per capita and GDP per capita, 2018-2022 45
A40. Resident patent applications per capita and R&D expenditure per capita, 2018-2022 46
Patents in force 46
A41. Trend in patents in force worldwide, 2008-2022 46
A42. Patents in force at the top 20 offices, 2022 46
A43. Flow of patents in force between selected origins and offices, 2022 47
A44. Patents in force in 2022 as a percentage of total applications 48
A45. Average age of patents in force at selected offices, 2017 and 2022 48
Patent office procedural data 49
A46. Distribution of patent examination outcomes for selected offices, 2022 49
A47. Potentially pending applications at the top 20 offices, 2022 49
A48. Average pendency times for first office action and final decision at selected offices, 2022 50
A49. Number of patent examiners for selected offices, 2022 50
A50. Average years of experience of patent examiners for selected offices, 2022 50
Patent prosecution highway (PPH) 51
A51. PPH requests by office of first filing and offices of later examination, 2022 51
A52. Flows of PPH requests between offices of first filing and offices of later examination, 2022 52
Utility model applications 53
A53. Trend in utility model applications worldwide, 2008-2022 53
A54. Utility model applications for the top 20 offices, 2022 53
A55. Utility model applications for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 53
Microorganisms 54
A56. Trend in microorganism deposits worldwide, 2008-2022 54
A57. Deposits at the top international depositary authorities, 2022 54
Statistical tables 55
A58. Patent applications by office and origin, 2022 55
A59. Patent grants by office and origin, and patents in force, 2022 58
A60. Patent office procedural data, 2022 61
A61. Utility model applications and grants by office and origin, 2022 63
Trademarks 66
Highlights 67
Trademark statistics 77
Trademark applications and registrations worldwide 79
B1. Trend in trademark applications worldwide, 2008-2022 79
B2. Trend in trademark application class counts worldwide, 2008-2022 79
B3. Resident and non-resident trademark application class counts worldwide, 2008-2022 79
B4. Trend in trademark registrations worldwide, 2008-2022 80
B5. Trend in trademark registration class counts worldwide, 2008-2022 80
B6. Resident and non-resident trademark registration class counts worldwide, 2008-2022 81
Trademark applications and registrations by office 81
B7. Trademark application class counts by region, 2012 and 2022 81
B8. Trend in trademark applications for the top five offices, 1883-2022 81
B9. Trademark application class counts for the top 20 offices, 2022 82
B10. Contribution of resident and non-resident application class counts to total growth for the top 20 offices, 2021-2022 82
B11. Trademark application class counts for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 82
B12. Contribution of resident and non-resident application class counts to total growth for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2021-2022 83
B13. Trademark registration class counts by region, 2012 and 2022 83
B14. Trend in trademark registrations for the top five offices, 1883-2022 83
B15. Trademark registration class counts for the top 20 offices, 2022 84
B16. Trademark registration class counts for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 84
Trademark applications by origin 85
B17. Trademark application class counts for the top 20 origins, 2022 85
B18. Trademark application class counts for selected low- and middle-income origins, 2022 85
B19. Trademark application class counts abroad for the top 20 origins, 2022 86
B20. Trademark application class counts for the top 20 offices and origins, 2022 86
B21. Flows of non-resident trademark application class counts between selected top origins and offices, 2022 88
B22. Distribution of trademark application class counts for the top 15 offices and selected non-resident origins, 2022 89
Trademark applications by Nice class and industry sector 89
B23. Distribution of non-resident trademark applications by top Nice classes, 2022 89
B24. Non-resident trademark applications by goods and services classes, 2022 90
B25. Non-resident trademark applications by industry sector, 2022 91
B26. Trademark applications by top three sectors at the top offices, 2022 92
B27. Distribution of trademark applications by goods and services at the top offices, 2022 92
B28. Trademark applications by top three sectors for the top origins, 2022 92
B29. Distribution of trademark applications by goods and services for the top origins, 2022 93
Trademark application class count in relation to GDP and population 93
B30. Resident trademark application class count per USD 100 billion GDP for selected origins, 2012 and 2022 93
B31. Resident trademark application class count per million population for selected origins, 2012 and 2022 94
Collective and certification trademark applications by office 94
B32. Collective trademark applications for the top 20 offices, 2022 94
B33. Certification trademark applications for the top 20 offices, 2022 95
Trademark registrations in force 95
B34. Trend in trademark registrations in force worldwide, 2010-2022 95
B35. Trademark registrations in force for the top 20 offices, 2022 95
B36. Trademark registrations in force in 2022 as a percentage of total registrations recorded between 1998 and 2022 96
B37. Average age of trademarks in force at selected offices, 2017 and 2022 96
Trademark office procedural data 97
B38. Distribution of trademark examination outcomes for selected offices, 2022 97
B39. Potentially pending trademark applications for selected offices, 2022 97
B40. Number of trademark examiners for selected offices, 2022 97
B41. Duration of trademark examination for selected offices, 2022 98
B42. Third-party oppositions for selected offices, 2022 98
B43. Appeals against decisions for selected offices, 2022 98
Statistical tables 99
B44. Trademark applications by office and origin, 2022 99
B45. Trademark registrations by office and origin, and trademarks in force, 2022 102
B46. Trademark office procedural data, 2022 106
Industrial designs 109
Highlights 110
Industrial design statistics 118
Industrial design applications and registrations worldwide 120
C1. Trend in industrial design applications worldwide, 2008-2022 120
C2. Trend in application design counts worldwide, 2008-2022 120
C3. Resident and non-resident application design counts worldwide, 2008-2022 121
C4. Trend in industrial design registrations worldwide, 2008-2022 121
C5. Trend in registration design counts worldwide, 2008-2022 121
C6. Resident and non-resident registration design counts worldwide, 2008-2022 122
Industrial design applications and registrations by office 122
C7. Application design counts by region, 2012 and 2022 122
C8. Trend in industrial design applications for the top five offices, 1883-2022 122
C9. Application design counts for the top 20 offices, 2022 123
C10. Contribution of resident and non-resident application design counts to total growth for the top 20 offices, 2021-2022 123
C11. Application design counts for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 123
C12. Contribution of resident and non-resident application design counts to total growth for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2021-2022 124
C13. Registration design counts for the top 20 offices, 2022 124
C14. Registration design counts for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 125
C15. Non-resident application design counts by filing route, 2008-2022 125
Application design counts by origin 126
C16. Application design counts for the top 20 origins, 2022 126
C17. Equivalent application design counts for the top 20 origins, 2022 126
C18. Application design counts for selected low- and middle-income origins, 2022 127
C19. Equivalent application design counts for selected low- and middle-income origins, 2022 127
C20. Flows of non-resident application design counts for the top five origins and the top 10 offices of high-income economies, 2022 128
C21. Flows of non-resident application design counts for the top five origins and the top 10 offices of low- and middle-income economies, 2022 129
Application design counts by Locarno class and industry sector 130
C22. Application design counts for the top 10 Locarno classes, 2022 130
C23. Application design counts by industry sector, 2022 130
C24. Distribution of application design counts by the top three sectors for the top 10 offices, 2022 130
C25. Distribution of application design counts by the top three sectors for the top 10 origins, 2022 131
Application design count in relation to GDP and population 131
C26. Resident application design count per USD 100 billion of GDP for the top 20 origins, 2012 and 2022 131
C27. Resident application design count per million population for the top 20 origins, 2012 and 2022 132
C28. Resident application design count per capita and GDP per capita for selected origins, 2018-2022 132
Industrial design registrations in force 132
C29. Trend in industrial design registrations in force worldwide, 2012-2022 132
C30. Industrial design registrations in force for the top 20 offices, 2022 133
C31. Industrial design registrations in force in 2022 as a percentage of total registrations 133
C32. Average age of industrial design registrations in force at selected offices, 2017 and 2022 133
Industrial design office procedural data 134
C33. Distribution of industrial design examination outcomes for selected offices, 2022 134
C34. Potentially pending applications for selected offices, 2022 134
C35. Average pendency times from filing date to first office action and to final decision at selected offices, 2022 135
C36. Number of industrial design examiners for selected offices, 2022 135
Statistical tables 136
C37. Industrial design applications by office and origin, 2022 136
C38. Industrial design registrations by office and origin, and registrations in force, 2022 139
C39. Industrial design office procedural data, 2022 142
Plant varieties 145
Highlights 146
Plant variety statistics 150
Plant variety applications and titles issued worldwide 151
D1. Trend in plant variety applications worldwide, 2008-2022 151
D2. Trend in plant variety titles issued worldwide, 2008-2022 151
Plant variety applications and titles issued by office 151
D3. Plant variety applications by region, 2012 and 2022 151
D4. Trend in plant variety applications for the top five offices, 2000-2022 152
D5. Plant variety applications for the top 20 offices, 2022 152
D6. Contribution of resident and non-resident applications to total growth for the top 20 offices, 2021-2022 152
D7. Plant variety applications for offices of selected low- and middle-income countries, 2022 153
D8. Flow of non-resident applications for the top offices, 2022 154
D9. Plant variety titles issued by the top 20 offices, 2022 155
D10. Trend in plant variety titles issued for the top five offices, 2000-2022 155
Plant variety applications and titles issued by origin 155
D11. Plant variety applications for the top 20 origins, 2022 155
D12. Plant variety equivalent applications for the top 20 origins, 2022 156
D13. Plant variety applications abroad for the top 20 origins, 2022 156
D14. Plant variety titles issued for the top 20 origins, 2022 156
D15. Plant variety titles issued abroad for the top 20 origins, 2022 157
Plant varieties in force 157
D16. Trend in plant varieties in force worldwide, 2008-2022 157
D17. Plant varieties in force at selected offices, 2022 157
Statistical table 158
D18. Plant variety applications and titles issued by office and origin, and plant variety titles in force by office, 2022 158
Geographical indications 160
Highlights 161
Creative economy 168
Highlights 169
Creative economy statistics 174
Publishing industry sales revenue 175
F1. Publishing industry revenue, 2022 175
F2. Distribution of publishing industry revenue by format, 2022 175
F3. Distribution of publishing industry revenue by destination, 2022 176
F4. Distribution of publishing industry revenue by sales channel, 2022 176
F5. Children's books revenue, 2022 177
F6. Share of children's books within trade sector revenue, 2022 177
Titles published 178
F7. Number of titles published by the trade and educational sectors, 2022 178
F8. Distribution of titles published by the trade and educational sectors by format, 2022 178
F9. Number of children's books titles published by the trade sector, 2022 178
F10. Share of children's books in the number of titles published by the trade sector, 2022 179
Legal deposits in recognized repositories 179
F11. Number of books deposited at the top 20 legal repositories, 2022 179
F12. Distribution of books deposited at selected legal repositories by format, 2022 180
Statistical tables 181
F13. Total publishing industry revenue by sector, 2022 181
F14. Total number of titles published by sector, 2022 181
F15. Total number of books deposited at recognized repositories, 2022 182
F16. Total number of ISBN registrations, 2022 183
Additional information 185
Data description 186
IP systems at a glance 189
Glossary 194
Abbreviations 202
Annexes 203