Industrial design statistics – 2021 to 2022

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
  2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 2021 to 2022
Industrial design applications 6,043 6,141 6,660 6,139 7,408 8,161 9,067

Disposals

Figure 2: Industrial design disposals
  2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 2021 to 2022
Industrial design disposals 6,224 6,317 5,560 6,056 5,514 5,330 6,379

Turnaround times

Figure 3: Average turnaround times for industrial design allowance
  2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 2021 to 2022
Industrial designs turnaround time (in months) 10.5 9.8 10.5 12.7 13.7 13.6 16.4

Registrations by language

Industrial designs registered by language
Language 2015 to 2016 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2019 to 2020 2020 to 2021 2021 to 2022
English 5,538 5,489 4,658 5,435 5,282 4,866 6,481
French 132 202 85 107 161 229 219
Total 5,670 5,691 4,743 5,542 5,343 5,095 6,700

Applications and registrations by province or territory

Industrial design applications filed and industrial designs registered by province or territory (fiscal year 2021 to 2022)
Province or territory Filed Registered
Alberta 39 23
British Columbia 114 46
Manitoba 8 7
New Brunswick 15 1
Newfoundland 2 1
Northwest Territories 0 0
Nova Scotia 2 5
Nunavut 0 0
Ontario 288 233
Prince Edward Island 2 1
Quebec 146 125
Saskatchewan 11 4
Yukon 0 0
Total 627 446

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 2021 to 2022)
Origin Filed Registered
Albania 0 1
Andorra 0 7
Australia 140 95
Austria 57 42
Barbados 5 17
Belgium 32 47
Brazil 4 0
Bulgaria 2 2
Canada 627 446
Cayman Islands 3 0
China 830 350
Chile 0 1
Croatia 0 17
Cyprus 2 10
Czech Republic 12 5
Denmark 96 52
Estonia 9 10
Finland 40 41
France 243 208
Germany 455 290
Greece 2 0
Guatemala 1 0
Hong Kong 29 14
Hungary 3 1
India 5 9
Ireland 31 31
Isle Of Man 1 0
Israel 105 62
Italy 166 114
Japan 237 234
Jordan 0 5
Latvia 10 15
Liechtenstein 10 14
Lithuania 5 1
Luxembourg 39 120
Macao 0 1
Malaysia 7 0
Malta 149 234
Mexico 12 10
Monaco 0 1
Netherlands 258 78
New Zealand 55 25
Nigeria 1 0
Norway 35 52
Poland 17 14
Portugal 16 11
Puerto Rico 1 1
Republic Of Korea 134 81
Russia 20 9
Saudi Arabia 2 0
Serbia 1 1
Seychelles 34 1
Singapore 58 14
Slovakia 3 0
Slovenia 23 10
South Africa 8 7
Spain 40 16
Sri Lanka 1 0
Sweden 145 133
Switzerland 527 443
Taiwan 22 28
Thailand 2 0
Macedonia 2 2
Turkey 31 44
Ukraine 5 4
United Arab Emirates 6 7
United Kingdom 261 248
United States Of America 3,906 2897
Vietnam 8 1
Not Available 76 66
Total 9,067 6,700

Top 10 applicants

Top 10 industrial design applicants (fiscal year 2021 to 2022)
Applicant Number of applications filed
Kroninklijke Philips 201
RH US, LLC. 145
Harry Winston SA 140
Kronoplus Limited 130
Delta Faucet Company 127
Citic Dicastal Co.,LTD 78
Ford Global Technologies, LLC 75
Shenzhen Eigate Technology.,LTD 70
Walker Edison Furniture Company 67
GM Global Technology Operations 59

Top 10 Canadian applicants

Top 10 Canadian industrial design applicants (fiscal year 2021 to 2022)
Applicant Number of applications filed
Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. 20
Aritzia LP 11
Morgan Solar Inc. 9
Proslide Technology Inc. 9
2109971 Ontario Inc. 8
Busch Systems International Inc. 8
Abedan Kanthasamy 6
Cascades Canada ULC 6
Republic of II by IV Inc. 6
Tero Innovation Inc. 6

Top 10 registered proprietors

Top 10 industrial design registered proprietors (fiscal year 2021 to 2022)
Registered proprietors Number of applications registered
Kronoplus Limited 193
Harry Winston SA 148
Delta Faucet Company 106
Midea Group CO.,LTD 85
Apple INC 67
Teqball Holding SARL 61
Patientory, Inc 55
Magic Leap, Inc. 48
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 42
Sharkninja operating LLC 40

Top 10 Canadian registered proprietors

Top 10 Canadian industrial design registered proprietors (fiscal year 2021 to 2022)
Registered proprietors Number of applications registered
Laboratoires Bodycad Inc. 42
Thomas William David Ashcroft 33
Molo Design, LTD. 15
2724889 Ontario Inc. 13
Proslide Technology Inc. 13
Cameron Gschaid 12
Canopy Growth Corporation 12
Gestion Morin et Gibson Inc. 12
1Valet Corp. 10
Animal Dental Chart Inc. 10