Intellectual property statistical country profile 2022

Patent20Rankings are delineated on a scale of 0 to100, designating first place as 100, lastplace as 0, and 50 indicating the midpoint.

Brunei Darussalam

Total

15Abroad1050► WIPO IP Statistics Data Center
https://www3.wipo.int/ipstats/keyindex.htm?lang=en&tab=null► Find out more about the Global Innovation Index ranking
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_2000_2022/bn.pdf

DesignTrademark

PatentStatistics for applicants residing in this country
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l1.pdf
Patent applications; global rank

1

↓80%

Resident applications

0↓100%

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l2.pdf
Abroad applications; global rank

1

Patent applications

th156
0%

↓66.7%
Asia – 44

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l6.pdf
Regional rank and share162ndthSoutheast Asia – 8th

39

39

0%

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l3.pdf
Resident applications per million inhabitants; global rank

27

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l4.pdf
Resident applications per 100 billion USD GDP; global rank

21Utility model applications; global rank

23
19

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l5.pdf
PCT international applications; global rank
10

PCT applications per million inhabitants; global rank

5

PCT publications relating to renewable energy (2020-2022)
Share of university applications (2020-2022)

50%

Share of women inventors (2020-2022)

25%

512013

PCT national phase entries; global rank

201420152016

2017

2018

Resident

Share of abroad applications using the PCT System

2019202020212022

AbroadPCT top applicants (2020-2022)
Universiti Brunei Darussalam

1Top foreign destinations; share

Top technical fields; share

Malaysia

Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy

100%

100%

Statistics for the IP office155↑11.5%

Non-resident; share155↑13.1%

Patent Grants

60↑93.5%

Patents in force; global rank

962

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l7.pdf
Total applications; global rank

87th Country of origin of non-resident applications; share
United States of America

Resident; share

7548.4%

China

22

14.2%

Japan

15

9.7%

United Kingdom

74.5%

Canada

6

3.9%

100%
84

thNational IP office - applications per examiner
National IP office - grant delay in months

39.0

TrademarkStatistics for applicants residing in this country [1]https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l1.pdf
Trademark filings; global rank

227

↓69.2%

Resident filings

178

↑0.6%

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l2.pdf
Abroad filings; global rank

49

↓91.3%
Asia – 42

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l6.pdf
Regional rank and share

157

th

Trademark class count in applications

165th0%ndSoutheast Asia – 8th

0.1%

676

th929
737

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l3.pdf
Resident filings per million inhabitants; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l4.pdf
Resident filings per 100 billion USD GDP; global rank

104

432

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l5.pdf
Madrid international applications; global rank

395

Madrid applications per million inhabitants; global rank

316

260

Abroad filings via the Madrid System

111

Share of abroad filings using the Madrid System

284

227

174

Madrid top applicants (2020-2022)
Jph Sendirian Berhad

12013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Resident

29%

Services for providing food and drink

Advertising and business management

26.1%

34.8%

8%

2022

Japan
MexicoClothing, footwear, headwear.
6.3%

2021

Australia

Financial services

17.9%

2020

Top foreign destinations; share

Top Nice classes; share

35.7%

2019

Abroad13%

Non-medicated cosmetics (3.1%)

8.7%

Others

8.7% 8.7%Monaco
MoroccoOthersStatistics for the IP office [1]
4,015

↓7.8%

178

↑0.6%

112th Country of origin of non-resident filings; share
4.4%
China

700

18.3%

Non-resident; share

3,837

↓8.2%

95.6%

United States of America

599

15.6%

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

4,027

↑9.7%

United Kingdom

490

12.8%

Trademarks in force; global rank

22,016

France244

6.4%

Singapore

196

5.1%

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l7.pdf
Total filings; global rank
Resident; share

94th

National IP office - applications per examiner

1,003.8

National IP office - registration delay in days

105.0

Industrial design
Statistics for applicants residing in this country [2]https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l1.pdf
Designs in applications; global rank

0

Resident filings

0

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l2.pdf
Abroad filings; global rank

0

160th
146

Design count in applicationsthhttps://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l6.pdf
Regional rank and share30

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l3.pdf
Resident filings per million inhabitants; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l4.pdf
Resident filings per 100 billion USD GDP; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l5.pdf
Hague international filings; global rank
Abroad filings via the Hague System

7

Share of abroad filings using the Hague System
Hague top applicants (2020-2022)

1

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Resident

2019

2020

2021

2022

AbroadTop foreign destinations; shareTop Locarno classes; share

Statistics for the IP office [2]231↑220.8%

Non-resident; share

231↑220.8%

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

172

Industrial designs in force; global rank

447

Total filings; global rank
Resident; share

81st Country of origin of non-resident filings; share
Germany

80

43.3%

44

21.7%

Türkiye188.9%

Switzerland

146.9%

United States of America

115.4%

thNational IP office - applications per examiner
National IP office - registration delay in days

88

Italy

100%

91.0

Geographical indications
Geographical indications in force by product category

Geographical indications in force by legal means

Plant variety
Plant variety applications filed by applicants residing in this country

Plant variety in force

ResidentNational

AbroadRegional

Note(1) For trademarks, filings refer to the number of classes specified in applications.
(2) For industrial designs, filings refer to number of designs contained in applications.
(3) Statistics are produced regardless of whether the home office of the applicants supplied statistics or not. An asterisk symbol indicates that the home IP office did not supply statistics.
(4) Statistics relating to "technical fields" are extracted from the Patstat database and are based on the publication date.
(5) The indicator "resident applications per million population" is available for countries with a polulation greater than one million. The "indicator per GDP" is available for countries whose total GDP exceeds 10 billion US Dollar.
(6) Shares of the top foreign destinations are based on absolute count of applications, that is, one application filed at a regional office is counted as one application only.
(7) One application filed at the Eurasian Patent Organization, the African Intellectual Property Organization, the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property, the European Union Intellectual Property Office or the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf is multipliedby the corresponding number of member states. One application filed at the European Patent Office or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization is counted as one application abroad if the applicant does not reside in a respective member state, or as one resident applicationand one application abroad if the applicant resides in a respective member state.
(8) Percentage with a plus or minus symbol indicates the percentage change from the previous year.
(9) Both national and regional data are used to establish the list of countries relating to non-resident filings.

Source: WIPO statistics database; last updated: 12/2023