World Intellectual Property Indicators
World Intellectual Property Indicators is an annual report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, providing a wide range of indicators covering the areas of intellectual property. It draws on data from national and regional IP offices, the WIPO, the World Bank, and UNESCO. The WIPO have published the reports annually since 2009.
Patents
Countries
Patent applications for the top 20 offices, 2018| Rank | Country | Patent applications |
| 1 | 1,542,002 | |
| 2 | 597,141 | |
| 3 | 313,567 | |
| 4 | 209,992 | |
| 5 | European Patent Office | 174,397 |
| 6 | 67,898 | |
| 7 | 50,055 | |
| 8 | 37,957 | |
| 9 | 36,161 | |
| 10 | 29,957 |
Patent applications for the top 20 offices, 2018
| Rank | Country | Patent applications |
| 11 | 24,857 | |
| 12 | 20,941 | |
| 13 | 16,424 | |
| 14 | 16,222 1 | |
| 15 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 15,986 |
| 16 | 12,823 | |
| 17 | 11,845 | |
| 18 | 9,821 | |
| 19 | 9,754 | |
| 20 | 8,149 |
Patent grants for the top 10 offices, 2018
| Rank | Country | Patent grants |
| 1 | 432,147 | |
| 2 | 307,759 | |
| 3 | 194,525 | |
| 4 | European Patent Office | 127,603 |
| 5 | 119,012 | |
| 6 | 35,774 | |
| 7 | 23,499 | |
| 8 | 17,065 | |
| 9 | 16,367 | |
| 10 | 13,908 |
Patent applications per GDP for the top 10 origins, 2018
| Rank | Country | Patent applications per GDP |
| 1 | 8,561 | |
| 2 | 6,183 | |
| 3 | 5,101 | |
| 4 | 1,924 | |
| 5 | 1,831 | |
| 6 | 1,565 | |
| 7 | 1,346 | |
| 8 | 1,320 | |
| 9 | 1,225 | |
| 10 | 1,078 |
Patent applications per million population for the top 10 origins, 2018
| Rank | Country | Patent applications per million population |
| 1 | 3,148 | |
| 2 | 2,005 | |
| 3 | 1,081 | |
| 4 | 1,001 | |
| 5 | 954 | |
| 6 | 884 | |
| 7 | 871 | |
| 8 | 629 | |
| 9 | 578 | |
| 10 | 564 |
Organizations
Top patent applicants worldwide, 20032012| Rank | Applicant | Country | Patent families |
| 1 | Panasonic | 111,653 | |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics | 95,852 | |
| 3 | Canon | 74,193 | |
| 4 | Toyota | 73,220 | |
| 5 | Toshiba | 65,151 | |
| 6 | LG Electronics | 64,593 | |
| 7 | Seiko Epson | 62,305 | |
| 8 | IBM | 45,473 | |
| 9 | Ricoh | 45,306 | |
| 10 | Sony | 44,261 |
Top patent applicants worldwide, 20132015
| Rank | Applicant | Country | Patent families |
| 1 | Canon | 24,006 | |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics | 21,836 | |
| 3 | State Grid Corporation of China | 21,635 | |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Electric | 15,277 | |
| 5 | IBM | 14,972 | |
| 6 | Toyota | 14,840 | |
| 7 | Huawei | 14,605 | |
| 7 | Toshiba | 14,567 | |
| 9 | LG Electronics | 14,561 | |
| 10 | Robert Bosch GmbH | 12,598 |
Top patent applicants worldwide, 2018-2019
| Rank | Applicant | Country | 2018 | 2019 |
| 1 | Huawei | 5,405 | 4,411 | |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Electric | 2,812 | 2,661 | |
| 3 | Samsung Electronics | 1,997 | 2,334 | |
| 4 | Qualcomm | 2,404 | 2,127 | |
| 5 | Oppo | 1,042 | 1,927 | |
| 6 | Boe Technology | 1,813 | 1,864 | |
| 7 | Ericsson | 1,645 | 1,698 | |
| 8 | 336 | 1,691 | ||
| 9 | Robert Bosch GmbH | 1,525 | 1,687 | |
| 10 | LG Electronics | 1,697 | 1,646 |
Industrial designs
Application design counts for the top 10 offices, 2018| Rank | Country | Application design count |
| 1 | 536,251 | |
| 2 | European Union's OHIM | 105,116 |
| 3 | 50,678 | |
| 4 | 48,360 | |
| 5 | 45,735 | |
| 6 | 37,674 | |
| 7 | 33,449 | |
| 8 | 27,967 | |
| 9 | 24,688 | |
| 10 | 18,606 |
Application design counts for the top 10 origins, 2018
| Rank | Country | Application design count |
| 1 | 957,241 | |
| 2 | 643,987 | |
| 3 | 390,996 | |
| 4 | 361,977 | |
| 5 | 221,478 | |
| 6 | 196,841 | |
| 7 | 153,532 | |
| 8 | 141,278 | |
| 9 | 124,407 | |
| 10 | 114,337 |
Application design counts per million population for the top 10 origins, 2018
| Rank | Country | Application design count per million population |
| 1 | 1,163 | |
| 2 | 764 | |
| 3 | 720 | |
| 4 | 495 | |
| 5 | 470 | |
| 6 | 435 | |
| 7 | 431 | |
| 8 | 405 | |
| 9 | 279 | |
| 10 | 233 |
Industrial design registrations in force for the top 10 offices, 2018
| Rank | Country | Registrations in force |
| 1 | 1,160,616 | |
| 2 | 344,560 | |
| 3 | 336,116 | |
| 4 | 275,157 | |
| 5 | European Union's OHIM | 223,492 |
| 6 | 127,197 | |
| 7 | 86,288 | |
| 8 | 75,476 | |
| 9 | 54,726 | |
| 10 | 50,069 |