Industrial design applications by residents — all countries

Industrial design applications by residents — OPEC

Industrial design applications by residents in OPEC in 2020 — 17,772 filings. Since 2016, the indicator has risen by 4.6%.

2020 17,772 filings −2.4% vs 2018
World rank
Period maximum 20,577 filings2017
Period minimum 16,994 filings2016

Trend over time

2016–2020 · applications, design count

Industrial design applications by residents — OPEC, 2016–202016,00017,00018,00019,00020,00021,000201620172018201920202016: 16,994 filings2017: 20,577 filings2018: 18,209 filings2020: 17,772 filings
Change over the period: +778 (+4.58%) Average annual rate: 1.13 %

Comparison, 2020

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

OPEC 17,772 filings
World 1.18M filings
Industrial design applications by residents — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 17,772
2018 18,209 −2,368 −11.51%
2017 20,577 +3,583 +21.08%
2016 16,994

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.