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Current Statistical Data for Designs
At a glance
|
2020 |
2021 |
Changes in % |
| Designs applied for[1] |
40,143 |
36,070 |
- 10.1 |
| Designs in registration procedures concluded |
41,357 |
34,487 |
- 16.6 |
| - with registration |
37,131 |
31.083 |
- 16.3 |
| Designs in force |
290,564 |
270,447 |
- 6.9 |
| [1]Preliminary for 2021, as the actual number of designs applied for will not be known until the registration procedure is completed. |
Designs applied for
| Year |
Designs in multiple applications |
Applications with one design |
Total |
of which from Germany |
| 2017 |
44,066 |
2,677 |
46,743 |
40,476 |
| 2018 |
41,643 |
2,416 |
44,059 |
39,016 |
| 2019 |
40,843 |
2,256 |
43,099 |
36,398 |
| 2020 |
37,649 |
2,494 |
40,143 |
35,856 |
| 2021[1] |
33,643 |
2,427 |
36,070 |
32,819 |
| [1]Preliminary, as the actual number of designs applied for will not be known until the registration procedure is completed. |
Conclusions
| Year |
by registration |
without registration |
Total |
| 2017 |
47,175 |
5,803 |
52,978 |
| 2018 |
47,647 |
5,569 |
53,216 |
| 2019 |
41,145 |
3,841 |
44,986 |
| 2020 |
37,131 |
4,226 |
41,357 |
| 2021 |
31,083 |
3,404 |
34,487 |
Top 3 Design proprietors in 2021 [1]
|
Proprietor |
Seat |
Number |
| 1 |
Betty Barclay Group GmbH & Co. KG |
Germany |
960 |
| 2 |
The House of Art GmbH |
Germany |
867 |
| 3 |
AstorMueller AG |
Switzerland |
804 |
| [1] Without taking into account possible business group affiliations. |
Registered designs by German Länder in 2021
| Land |
Registered designs |
Percentage |
Registered designs per 100,000 inhabitants |
| North Rhine-Westphalia |
9,172 |
32.4 |
51 |
| Baden-Württemberg |
4,869 |
17.2 |
44 |
| Bavaria |
4,853 |
17.1 |
37 |
| Berlin |
1,875 |
6.6 |
51 |
| Lower Saxony |
1,729 |
6.1 |
22 |
| Hesse |
1,351 |
4.8 |
21 |
| Saxony |
953 |
3.4 |
23 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate |
930 |
3.3 |
23 |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
925 |
3.3 |
32 |
| Hamburg |
719 |
2.5 |
39 |
| Saxony-Anhalt |
220 |
0.8 |
10 |
| Thuringia |
193 |
0.7 |
9 |
| Brandenburg |
150 |
0.5 |
6 |
| Bremen |
135 |
0.5 |
20 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
134 |
0.5 |
8 |
| Saarland |
115 |
0.4 |
12 |
| Germany |
28,323 |
100 |
34 |
TOP 5 classes of goods [1]
| Class of goods |
Registrations in 2020 |
Registrations in 2021 |
Changes in % |
| 6 - Furnishing |
9,059 |
8,192 |
- 9.6 |
| 2 - Articles of clothing and haberdashery |
5,616 |
5,343 |
- 4.9 |
| 32 - Graphic symbols and logos, surface patterns, ornamentation |
6,539 |
5,043 |
- 22.9 |
| 26 - Lighting apparatus |
5,517 |
4,035 |
- 26.9 |
| 25 - Building units and construction elements |
4,504 |
3,422 |
- 24.0 |
| [1] A design can be attributed to several classes of goods. |
Last updated: 24 February 2022
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