Industrial design applications by residents in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 — 4,192 filings.
1980–2020 · applications, design count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4,192 | −70 | −1.64% |
| 2019 | 4,262 | −548 | −11.39% |
| 2018 | 4,810 | +918 | +23.59% |
| 2017 | 3,892 | +656 | +20.27% |
| 2016 | 3,236 | +1,629 | +101.37% |
| 2015 | 1,607 | −451 | −21.91% |
| 2014 | 2,058 | −451 | −17.98% |
| 2013 | 2,509 | +67 | +2.74% |
| 2012 | 2,442 | +136 | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 2,306 | +1,947 | +542.34% |
| 2010 | 359 | −1,235 | −77.48% |
| 2009 | 1,594 | +250 | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 1,344 | −551 | −29.08% |
| 2007 | 1,895 | +68 | +3.72% |
| 2006 | 1,827 | +163 | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 1,664 | +305 | +22.44% |
| 2004 | 1,359 | +332 | +32.33% |
| 2003 | 1,027 | −36 | −3.39% |
| 2002 | 1,063 | +201 | +23.32% |
| 2001 | 862 | −8 | −0.92% |
| 2000 | 870 | −199 | −18.62% |
| 1999 | 1,069 | +72 | +7.22% |
| 1998 | 997 | +612 | +158.96% |
| 1997 | 385 | −595 | −60.71% |
| 1996 | 980 | +173 | +21.44% |
| 1995 | 807 | +278 | +52.55% |
| 1994 | 529 | +46 | +9.52% |
| 1993 | 483 | −501 | −50.91% |
| 1992 | 984 | +247 | +33.51% |
| 1991 | 737 | −136 | −15.58% |
| 1990 | 873 | +831 | +1,978.57% |
| 1989 | 42 | −1,970 | −97.91% |
| 1988 | 2,012 | +1,149 | +133.14% |
| 1987 | 863 | +40 | +4.86% |
| 1986 | 823 | +773 | +1,546% |
| 1985 | 50 | −826 | −94.29% |
| 1984 | 876 | +4 | +0.46% |
| 1983 | 872 | −85 | −8.88% |
| 1982 | 957 | +937 | +4,685% |
| 1981 | 20 | +20 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — | — |
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.
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