Trademark applications by nonresidents in the United States in 2021 — 347,735 filings. Ranked 1 in the world out of 123. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 457.8%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 347,735 | +26,875 | +8.38% |
| 2020 | 320,860 | +108,421 | +51.04% |
| 2019 | 212,439 | +18,203 | +9.37% |
| 2018 | 194,236 | +8,558 | +4.61% |
| 2017 | 185,678 | +28,919 | +18.45% |
| 2016 | 156,759 | +27,790 | +21.55% |
| 2015 | 128,969 | +18,456 | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 110,513 | +8,936 | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 101,577 | +4,761 | +4.92% |
| 2012 | 96,816 | +5,503 | +6.03% |
| 2011 | 91,313 | +9,000 | +10.93% |
| 2010 | 82,313 | +5,870 | +7.68% |
| 2009 | 76,443 | −11,976 | −13.54% |
| 2008 | 88,419 | −461 | −0.52% |
| 2007 | 88,880 | +11,693 | +15.15% |
| 2006 | 77,187 | +8,968 | +13.15% |
| 2005 | 68,219 | +5,877 | +9.43% |
| 2004 | 62,342 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
United States
347,735
Canada
109,335
Applications to register a trademark filed in a country by nonresident applicants, counted by classes. As with patents, the indicator measures not the activity of the country itself but the appeal of its market: a mark is protected only where it is registered, so foreign companies register where they intend to sell. But the ratio to applications by residents works differently here than with patents: even countries that are not wealthy file many trademark applications of their own, because a small enterprise registers a brand too, while it has no inventions to patent.
Important: The classes of goods within applications are counted, not the applications themselves. The count includes marks received by an office through the Madrid System — the World Bank has no separate series for it.
Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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