China vs Japan: Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

China
19,853
in 2021
Japan
10,696
in 2021
China rank
3rd
Japan rank
4th

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count over time

  • China
  • Japan
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k198020002021

How they compare

China currently reports 19,853 against 10,696 in Japan, a difference of 9,157.

That makes China's figure about 1.9 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, China ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 4th of 119 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count
Source
Statistics Database, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
126 places, 2,566 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Hague System. Non-resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of a state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application is not domiciled. Design count is used to render application data for industrial applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while other have a multiple class/design filing system.