Industrial design applications by residents in Western Europe in 2021 — 67,228 filings. Since 2016, the indicator has fallen by 34.6%.
2016–2021 · applications, design count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67,228 | −1,403 | −2.04% |
| 2020 | 68,631 | −7,568 | −9.93% |
| 2019 | 76,199 | −7,808 | −9.29% |
| 2018 | 84,007 | −3,993 | −4.54% |
| 2017 | 88,000 | −14,727 | −14.34% |
| 2016 | 102,727 | — | — |
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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