Industrial design statistics: 2020 to 2021

These tables provide an overview of industrial design activity, based on the latest available statistics.

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Applications

Figure 1: Industrial design applications
2014 to 2015 2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021
Industrial design applications 5,881 6,043 6,141 6,660 6,139 7,408 8,161

Disposals

Figure 2: Industrial design disposals
2014 to 2015 2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021
Industrial design disposals 6,864 6,224 6,317 5,560 6,056 5,514 5,330

Turnaround times

Figure 3: Average turnaround times for industrial design allowance
2014 to 2015 2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021
Industrial designs turnaround time (in months) 11.8 10.5 9.8 10.5 12.7 13.7 13.6

Registrations by language

Industrial designs registered by language
Language 2014 to 2015 2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021
English 6,338 5,538 5,489 4,658 5,435 5,2824,866
French 134 132 202 85 107 161229
Total 6,472 5,670 5,691 4,743 5,542 5,3435,095

Applications and registrations by province or territory

Industrial design applications filed and industrial designs registered by province or territory (fiscal year 2020 to 2021)
Province or territory Filed Registered
Alberta6626
British Columbia10162
Manitoba115
New Brunswick65
Newfoundland and Labrador10
Northwest Territories00
Nova Scotia120
Nunavut00
Ontario363158
Prince Edward Island10
Quebec219102
Saskatchewan42
Yukon00
Total784360

Applications filed and registrations by origin as stated by the applicant

Industrial design applications filed and industrial designs registered by origin as stated by the applicant (fiscal year 2020 to 2021)
Origin Filed Registered
Albania10
Andorra70
Armenia11
Australia6453
Austria4726
Barbados212
Belgium5921
Brazil33
Bulgaria20
Canada784412
Cayman Islands10
Chile10
China540157
Croatia242
Cyprus1634
Czech Republic113
Denmark5059
Estonia43
Finland4832
France195176
Germany309343
Hong Kong1821
Hungary10
Iceland01
India310
Ireland417
Israel4720
Italy136132
Japan197127
Jordan100
Latvia140
Lebanon02
Liechtenstein1326
Lithuania15
Luxembourg10727
Macao01
Malaysia11
Malta256121
Mexico22
Monaco20
Netherlands14378
New Zealand4462
Norway5514
Poland1211
Portugal132
Republic Of Korea14599
Romania20
Russia115
Serbia16
Singapore88
Slovakia20
Slovenia1825
South Africa711
Spain3121
Sweden13590
Switzerland536267
Taiwan918
The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia 20
Thailand 2
Turkey4817
Ukraine75
United Arab Emirates78
United Kingdom238156
United States Minor Outlying Islands10
United States Of America3,6672,394
Vietnam10
TOTAL8,1615,095

Top 10 applicants

Top 10 industrial design applicants (fiscal year 2020 to 2021)
Applicant Number of applications filed
Delta Faucet Company253
Kronoplus Limited230
Harry Winston SA161
Magic Leap, Inc.147
Apple Inc.94
Paccar Inc.93
Midea Group Co., Ltd.88
JT International S.A80
Teqball Holding S.A72
Koninklijke Philips N.V67

Top 10 registered proprietors

Top 10 industrial design registered proprietors (fiscal year 2020 to 2021)
Registered proprietors Number of applications registered
Delta Faucet Company156
Kronoplus Limited148
Harry Winston SA111
Ford Global Technologies, LLC65
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited51
Amazon Technologies, Inc.47
The Gillette Company LLC,41
TBL Licensing LLC37
LG Electronics LLC36
Walker Edison Furniture Company LLC35