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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
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