Industrial design applications by residents in upper-middle-income countries in 2021 — 864,668 filings. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 22.5%.
2013–2021 · applications, design count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 864,668 | +51,959 | +6.39% |
| 2020 | 812,709 | +63,678 | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 749,031 | +6,203 | +0.84% |
| 2018 | 742,828 | — | — |
| 2013 | 705,687 | — | — |
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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