Trademark applications by residents in the United States in 2021 — 551,764 filings. Ranked 2 in the world out of 122. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 120.8%.
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 | 551,764 | +2,348 | +0.43% |
| 2020 | 549,416 | +89,211 | +19.39% |
| 2019 | 460,205 | +14,333 | +3.21% |
| 2018 | 445,872 | +17,648 | +4.12% |
| 2017 | 428,224 | +39,718 | +10.22% |
| 2016 | 388,506 | +370 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 388,136 | +26,589 | +7.35% |
| 2014 | 361,547 | +22,065 | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 339,482 | +9,450 | +2.86% |
| 2012 | 330,032 | +10,530 | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 319,502 | +24,312 | +8.24% |
| 2010 | 295,190 | +15,208 | +5.43% |
| 2009 | 279,982 | −28,855 | −9.34% |
| 2008 | 308,837 | −15,773 | −4.86% |
| 2007 | 324,610 | +34,153 | +11.76% |
| 2006 | 290,457 | +16,403 | +5.99% |
| 2005 | 274,054 | +24,205 | +9.69% |
| 2004 | 249,849 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
United States
551,764
Canada
66,458
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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