Trademark applications by residents in China in 2021 — 9,192,753 filings. Ranked 1 in the world out of 122. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 1,642.3%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.19M | +76,237 | +0.84% |
| 2020 | 9.12M | +1.53M | +20.23% |
| 2019 | 7.58M | +455,267 | +6.39% |
| 2018 | 7.13M | +1.59M | +28.67% |
| 2017 | 5.54M | +2.01M | +57.05% |
| 2016 | 3.53M | +827,702 | +30.66% |
| 2015 | 2.7M | +559,184 | +26.13% |
| 2014 | 2.14M | +406,610 | +23.46% |
| 2013 | 1.73M | +230,777 | +15.36% |
| 2012 | 1.5M | +228,779 | +17.96% |
| 2011 | 1.27M | +300,313 | +30.85% |
| 2010 | 973,588 | +231,777 | +31.24% |
| 2009 | 741,811 | +151,221 | +25.61% |
| 2008 | 590,590 | −14,423 | −2.38% |
| 2007 | 605,013 | −64,271 | −9.6% |
| 2006 | 669,284 | +75,877 | +12.79% |
| 2005 | 593,407 | +65,787 | +12.47% |
| 2004 | 527,620 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Applications to register a trademark filed by residents of a country with its intellectual property office, counted by classes of goods and services. A trademark is a sign that distinguishes the goods of one enterprise from those of others, and unlike a patent it speaks not of an invention but of the market entry of a new product or brand. The series therefore behaves differently from the patent one: it responds to business activity quickly, grows along with the number of small enterprises and falls noticeably in crisis years.
Important: What is counted is not applications but the classes of goods within them: one application covering five classes counts as five. The class count is needed for comparability — some offices accept an application for a single class, others for several at once. The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.
Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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