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Current Statistical Data for Utility Models

At a glance

	2022	2023	Changes in %
Applications (utility model applications at the DPMA and PCT applications after entering the national phase)	9,470	9,709	+ 2.5
Registration procedures concluded	9,848	9,321	- 5.4
- with registration	8,765	8,325	- 5.0
Utility models in force	70,254	67,016	- 4.6

Filings

Year	New applications	Applications from Germany	Remissions by the Federal Patent Court, allowed appeals, reinstatements	Total
2019	11,667	8,435	14	11,681
2020	12,313	8,894	15	12,328
2021	10,575	7,028	16	10,591
2022	9,470	5,524	14	9,484
2023	9,709	5,509	9	9,718

Procedures concluded

Year	by registration	without registration	Total
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
2023	8,325	996	9,321

Utility Models applications by German Länder 2023

GermanLänder	Applications	Percentage	Applications per 100,000 inhabitants
North Rhine-Westphalia	1,468	26.6	8
Bavaria	1,254	22.8	9
Baden-Württemberg	1,003	18.2	9
Hesse	376	6.8	6
Lower Saxony	344	6.2	4
Berlin	199	3.6	5
Rhineland-Palatinate	198	3.6	5
Saxony	155	2.8	4
Schleswig-Holstein	106	1.9	4
Hamburg	90	1.6	5
Thuringia	74	1.3	3
Brandenburg	69	1.3	3
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	61	1.1	4
Saxony-Anhalt	59	1.1	3
Saarland	29	0.5	3
Bremen	24	0.4	4
Germany	5,509	100	7

TOP 5 Fields of technology ^[1] with most applications in 2023

No.	Field of technology (sector)	Applications in 2022	Applications in 2023	Changes in %
1	Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (electrical engineering)	846	1,056	+ 24.8
32	Transport (mechanical engineering)	902	906	+ 0.4
35	Civil engineering (other fields)	897	868	- 3.2
33	Furniture, games (other fields)	860	819	- 4.8
13	Medical technology (instruments)	526	593	+ 12.7
[1] According to the WIPO IPC-Technology Concordance Table.

Last updated: 1 March 2024