Patents
37,164 applications (2% decrease)
Number of applications by sector
- Chemistry: 13,433 (6% increase)
- Electrical engineering: 5,912 (11% decrease)
- Instruments: 6,078 (4% decrease)
- Mechanical engineering: 7,245 (10% decrease)
- Other fields: 4,496 (4% increase)
28,193 requests for examinations (0.1% decrease)
22,451 grants (7% increase)
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2020–2021 top patent applicants - Text version
Patent applicant | Number of patent applications |
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Pratt & Whitney Canada | 174 |
Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 162 |
Huawei Technologies | 161 |
OPPO | 129 |
Halliburton Energy Services | 123 |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 119 |
BASF SE | 119 |
Boeing | 117 |
Procter & Gamble | 111 |
Pioneer Hi-Bred | 108 |
Country of origin of patent applications - Text version
- Foreign countries: 31,668
- Canada: 5,496
Among the patent applications received from Canada
- Patent applications not filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): 3,852
- Patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): 1,644
Country of origin | Number of applications |
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United States of America | 16,563 |
Germany | 2,032 |
China | 1,652 |
Japan | 1,450 |
France | 1,416 |
United Kingdom | 1,292 |
Switzerland | 1,120 |
Italy | 595 |
Netherlands | 541 |
Australia | 539 |
*Patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
CIPO received 2,351 International Searching Authority applications and 144 International Preliminary Examination Authority applications.
Patent appeals
- 52 applications received for rejected patents (27% decrease)
- 47 decisions rendered by the Patent Appeal Board (15% increase)
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Trademarks
76,168 applications (11% increase)
Types of marks:
- Standard characters: 49,854
- Design: 25,741
- Colour: 207
- Multi-type: 181
- Three-dimensional (3-D): 99
- Taste: 17
- Mode of packaging goods: 16
- Sound: 15
- Position: 15
- Texture: 13
- Motion: 6
- Scent: 2
- Hologram: 2
21,350 registrations (63% decrease)
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2020–2021 top trademark applicants - Text version
Trademark applicant | Number of trademark applications |
L'Oréal | 277 |
LG | 145 |
Johnson & Johnson | 128 |
Novartis | 123 |
Huawei | 122 |
Home Depot | 121 |
Unilever Canada | 120 |
Apple | 117 |
Spring Meadow Nursery | 113 |
Petsmart | 111 |
Country of origin of trademark applications - Text version
Foreign countries: 45,532
Canada: 30,636
Country of origin | Number of applications |
United States of America | 18,775 |
China | 8,205 |
Germany | 2,073 |
United Kingdom | 2,043 |
France | 1,680 |
Japan | 1,317 |
Switzerland | 1,188 |
Australia | 1,180 |
Republic of Korea | 1,028 |
Italy | 960 |
Use of the Madrid Protocol
Between April 2020 and March 2021, Canada was designated in 21,825 international trademark applications filed through the Madrid System, and ranked 5th behind the European Union, the United States of America, China, and the United Kingdom in overall designations with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). As an office of origin, CIPO certified 653 applications for international registration.
Trademarks oppositions
462 oppositions (29% decrease)
- 87% resolved through settlement negotiations between parties
- 68 opposition hearings held (78% increase)
- 115 opposition decisions rendered (16% increase)
615 requests for expungement (section 45) (12% decrease)
- 63% of trademarks automatically expunged since no evidence of use was filed by the registered owner
- 34 hearings held (47% increase)
- 79 section 45 decisions rendered (6% increase)
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Industrial designs
- 8,161 applications (10% increase)
- 5,095 registrations (5% decrease)
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2020–2021 top industrial design applicants - Text version
Industrial design applicant | Number of industrial design applications |
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Delta Faucet | 253 |
Kronoplus | 230 |
Harry Winston | 161 |
Magic Leap | 147 |
Apple | 94 |
Paccar | 93 |
Midea | 88 |
JT International | 80 |
Teqball | 72 |
Philips | 67 |
Country of origin of industrial design applications - Text version
- Foreign countries: 7,377
- Canada: 784
Country of origin | Number of applications |
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United States of America | 3,667 |
China | 540 |
Switzerland | 536 |
Germany | 309 |
Malta | 256 |
United Kingdom | 238 |
Japan | 197 |
France | 195 |
Republic of Korea | 145 |
Netherlands | 143 |
Figures for industrial design applications do not include designs filed at WIPO that have not yet been received in Canada.
Use of the Hague Agreement
Canada was designated in 1,065 international industrial design applications under the Hague Agreement; the applications contained over 2,580 designs.
Copyright
12,550 applications (43% increase)
12,579 registrations (44% increase)
- Literary: 5,301
- Musical: 1,467
- Dramatic: 1,488
- Artistic: 1,381
- Combination of literary, musical, dramatic or artistic: 1,636
- Sound recording: 1,168
- Performance: 113
- Communication signal: 25
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2020–2021 top copyright applicants - Text version
Copyright applicant | Number of copyright applications |
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Skyship Entertainment | 950 |
Canadian Standards Association | 382 |
General Entertainment and Music | 178 |
Gianni Cammuso | 64 |
Monika Gurak | 41 |
Strongest Families Institute | 33 |
Liteline Corporation | 29 |
Sony Pictures Television | 27 |
David M. Robinson | 27 |
Les Editions Logitell | 27 |
Muhammad Shaikh | 27 |
Country of origin of copyright applications - Text version
- Foreign countries: 626
- Canada: 11,924
Among the copyright applications received from foreign countries
Country of origin | Number of applications |
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Italy | 7 |
Singapore | 9 |
Barbados | 10 |
United Kingdom | 18 |
France | 20 |
Hong Kong | 21 |
India | 24 |
Pakistan | 33 |
China | 44 |
United States of America | 364 |