Industrial design applications by residents — all countries

Industrial design applications by residents — Euro area

Industrial design applications by residents in the Euro area in 2021 — 105,420 filings. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 99.5%.

2021 105,420 filings −1.64% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 147,952 filings2016
Period minimum 52,843 filings2008

Trend over time

2008–2021 · applications, design count

Industrial design applications by residents — Euro area, 2008–202150,00075,000100,000125,000150,000200820102012201420162018202020212008: 52,843 filings2009: 81,777 filings2010: 92,425 filings2011: 93,243 filings2012: 96,614 filings2013: 101,432 filings2014: 101,698 filings2015: 67,830 filings2016: 147,952 filings2017: 138,779 filings2018: 136,967 filings2019: 123,397 filings2020: 107,180 filings2021: 105,420 filings
Change over the period: +52,577 (+99.5%) Average annual rate: 5.46 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 105,420 filings
World 1.24M filings
Industrial design applications by residents — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 105,420 −1,760 −1.64%
2020 107,180 −16,217 −13.14%
2019 123,397 −13,570 −9.91%
2018 136,967 −1,812 −1.31%
2017 138,779 −9,173 −6.2%
2016 147,952 +80,122 +118.12%
2015 67,830 −33,868 −33.3%
2014 101,698 +266 +0.26%
2013 101,432 +4,818 +4.99%
2012 96,614 +3,371 +3.62%
2011 93,243 +818 +0.89%
2010 92,425 +10,648 +13.02%
2009 81,777 +28,934 +54.75%
2008 52,843

About the indicator

Applications to register an industrial design filed by residents of a country, counted by the number of designs. An industrial design protects the appearance of a product — its shape, pattern and coloring — but not how it works: this is what distinguishes it from a patent, which protects a technical solution. The series characterizes the design component of industry and is high in countries with large production of consumer goods, furniture, clothing and packaging.

Important: The designs within applications are counted, not the applications: one application covering ten designs counts as ten. Coverage is narrower than for patents and trademarks — some offices do not report these statistics.

Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.