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Current Statistical Data for Utility Models

At a glance

	2021	2022	Changes in %
Applications (utility model applications at the DPMA and PCT applications after entering the national phase)	10,575	9,469	- 10.5
Registration procedures concluded	11,336	9,848	- 13.1
- with registration	9,972	8,765	- 12.1
Utility models in force	72,738	70,253	- 3.4

Filings

Year	New applications	Applications from Germany	Remissions by the Federal Patent Court, allowed appeals, reinstatements	Total
2018	12,307	8,799	21	12,328
2019	11,667	8,435	14	11,681
2020	12,313	8,894	15	12,328
2021	10,575	7,028	15	10,590
2022	9,469	5,520	14	9,483

Procedures concluded

Year	by registration	without registration	Total
2018	11,295	1,619	12,914
2019	10,295	1,540	11,835
2020	10,736	1,496	12,232
2021	9,972	1,364	11,336
2022	8,765	1,083	9,848

Utility Models applications by German Länder 2022

Land	Applications	Percentage	Applications per 100,000 inhabitants
North Rhine-Westphalia	1,397	25.3	8
Bavaria	1,205	21.8	9
Baden-Württemberg	1,092	19.8	10
Lower Saxony	419	7.6	5
Hesse	330	6.0	5
Rhineland-Palatinate	208	3.8	5
Berlin	188	3.4	5
Saxony	149	2.7	4
Schleswig-Holstein	136	2.5	5
Hamburg	97	1.8	5
Thuringia	86	1.6	4
Brandenburg	62	1.1	2
Saxony-Anhalt	60	1.1	3
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	37	0.7	2
Bremen	28	0.5	4
Saarland	26	0.5	3
Germany	5,520	100	7

TOP 5 Fields of technology ^[1] with most applications in 2022

No.	Field of technology (area)	Applications in 2021	Applications in 2022	Changes in %
35	Civil engineering (other fields)	1,066	895	- 16.0
32	Transport (mechanical engineering)	1,061	892	- 15.9
33	Furniture, games (other fields)	1,002	857	- 14.5
1	Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (electrical engineering)	783	840	+ 7.3
29	Other special machines (mechanical engineering)	627	534	- 14.8
[1] According to the WIPO IPC-Technology Concordance Table.

Last updated: 9 March 2023