Statistical Country Profiles

Austria

Population (Million): 8.42 (2011) (Rank = 91)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 306.06 (2011) (Rank = 35)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 4,955 15,879 2,349 228.52
    1998 5,639 25,765 2,987 237.17
    1999 5,847 27,446 2,708 245.57
    2000 5,955 34,130 2,862 254.57
    2001 5,925 33,602 3,259 256.76
    2002 6,428 32,923 2,243 261.10
    2003 6,567 29,337   263.37
    2004 7,122 51,886 8,498 270.19
    2005 7,623 57,305 9,040 276.67
    2006 8,180 67,103 10,453 286.83
    2007 9,673 73,726 12,776 297.46
    2008 9,800 73,769 12,326 301.61
    2009 9,973 79,120 12,456 290.12
    2010 11,062 83,966 12,494 296.83
    2011 11,393 85,241 13,906 306.06
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2,553 17 397 48 2,402 15
    1998 2,719 16 349 49 2,920 15
    1999 2,822 17 341 54 3,025 16
    2000 2,770 18 340 54 3,185 17
    2001 2,627 18 284 56 3,298 18
    2002 2,861 17 329 53 3,567 17
    2003 3,130 18 213 63 3,437 17
    2004 3,248 19 266 55 3,874 18
    2005 3,323 21 235 59 4,300 19
    2006 3,405 21 378 46 4,775 19
    2007 3,764 19 287 48 5,909 19
    2008 3,790 17 329 44 6,010 19
    2009 3,767 18 292 44 6,206 19
    2010 4,154 17 249 49 6,908 19
    2011 3,888 18 276 46 7,505 19
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Civil engineering 9.74
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 6.79
    Transport 5.43
    Other special machines 5.26
    Materials, metallurgy 5.15
    Machine tools 4.81
    Furniture, games 4.77
    Handling 4.40
    Mechanical elements 4.22
    Medical technology 3.79
    Others 45.64
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,385 14 292 45 1,834 14
    1998 1,442 15 327 40 1,873 15
    1999 1,348 14 291 47 1,893 15
    2000 1,170 16 259 50 1,707 16
    2001 1,447 14 310 43 1,934 17
    2002 1,688 13 356 40 1,895 16
    2003 1,732 16 250 48 2,136 17
    2004 1,421 16 177 47 2,159 16
    2005 1,304 20 167 47 2,032 17
    2006 1,983 17 237 47 2,266 17
    2007 1,556 18 199 46 2,220 17
    2008 625 23     2,451 16
    2009 1,520 20 162 46 2,574 19
    2010 1,622 18 175 47 2,976 19
    2011 1,747 17 188 45 3,108 19
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004 10,500 24
    2005 10,126 24
    2006    
    2007 10,320 24
    2008    
    2009 103,552 11
    2010 10,066 31
    2011    
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 677 9 147 7 365 4
    1998 748 11 137 8 348 4
    1999 803 11 161 7 395 4
    2000 826 10 166 7 516 3
    2001 908 10 190 6 407 3
    2002 842 10 141 6 518 4
    2003 901 10 149 7 443 5
    2004 906 11 161 7 371 5
    2005 821 13 168 7 368 5
    2006 806 13 213 7 396 3
    2007 690 12 181 8 403 4
    2008 682 15 179 10 401 5
    2009 717 16 209 8 433 5
    2010 678 16 204 10 459 7
    2011 626 16 186 9 432 7
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 5,370 31 12,649 16 10,509 11
    1998 6,781 24 12,338 18 18,984 12
    1999 7,315 26 12,005 20 20,131 12
    2000 8,576 26 12,507 23 25,554 12
    2001 8,255 25 11,818 23 25,347 10
    2002 7,989 29 9,996 22 24,934 11
    2003 8,274 29 9,427 26 21,063 13
    2004 8,626 33 8,542 29 43,260 11
    2005 8,916 35 8,667 31 48,389 11
    2006 9,482 36 7,543 37 57,621 11
    2007 9,820 31 6,752 37 63,906 11
    2008 9,257 33 6,228 44 64,512 11
    2009 8,682 35 5,321 42 70,438 11
    2010 8,467 37 4,386 47 75,499 12
    2011 8,331 36 3,831 51 76,910 12
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 3,874 25 11,772 14 10,168 10
    1998 4,846 25 11,804 12 10,680 11
    1999 4,632 25 11,401 11 10,300 10
    2000 5,846 23 11,949 14 13,210 10
    2001 6,907 22 11,628 14 14,202 10
    2002 5,380 25 9,643 20 13,866 10
    2003 489 58 8,173 26 15,785 13
    2004 7,086 22 8,231 20 21,290 12
    2005 7,022 23 8,099 23 37,457 11
    2006 7,382 26 7,051 32 40,235 11
    2007 7,237 28 6,358 35 50,589 11
    2008 1,931 48 4,870 46 60,933 11
    2009 7,212 25 4,518 35 58,809 11
    2010 7,540 29 3,938 44 75,666 10
    2011 6,879 30 3,572 50 69,138 12
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2,108 12 2,839 4 241 19
    1998 2,687 10 2,676 10 300 19
    1999 2,180 12 2,761 10 528 18
    2000 2,100 13 2,992 9 762 15
    2001 2,310 12 2,456 15 949 15
    2002 2,021 14 2,390 13 222 19
    2003 198 42     3,154 14
    2004 1,643 18 467 39 6,855 14
    2005 1,347 20 441 40 7,693 16
    2006 1,474 19 196 56 8,979 15
    2007 1,161 20 289 46 11,615 15
    2008 1,195 23 227 52 11,131 15
    2009 1,045 25 87 56 11,411 15
    2010 1,111 25 288 32 11,383 15
    2011 967 25 243 37 12,939 15
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2,064 11 2,678 7 857 13
    1998 2,217 9 2,969 10 650 15
    1999 2,078 11 2,507 13 1,777 12
    2000 2,150 9 2,951 9 514 18
    2001 1,846 11 2,575 10 946 13
    2002 2,049 10 2,284 15 293 17
    2003 82 50     1,522 15
    2004 3,041 10 851 14 6,718 14
    2005 2,606 12 848 14 8,677 16
    2006 1,256 20 391 40 9,245 13
    2007 1,140 18 106 61 10,906 15
    2008 1,135 21 192 52 10,573 15
    2009 1,033 19 273 31 11,801 14
    2010 1,004 19 117 48 11,363 15
    2011 978 19 246 35 12,189 15
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 355 17 763 7    
    1998 421 18 839 7    
    1999 414 20 814 7    
    2000 483 21 1,123 6 20 13
    2001 618 18 1,104 6 25 12
    2002 550 19 982 6 26 10
    2003 643 20 861 7 17 10
    2004 708 20 1,181 7 13 9
    2005 853 19 1,191 9 6 11
    2006 911 19 1,117 9 7 13
    2007 1,009 19 1,135 11 3 18
    2008 953 20 1,245 10 8 17
    2009 1,024 18 1,050 11 16 13
    2010 1,141 19 1,020 13 35 11
    2011 1,346 17 803 14 22 17
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    BOREALIS AG 71 236
    TRIDONICATCO GMBH & CO. KG 38 467
    SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO 34 530
    JULIUS BLUM GMBH 31 580
    AVL LIST GMBH 28 652
    AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 19 950
    MAGNA DRIVETRAIN AG & CO KG 18 992
    MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK AG & CO KG 17 1052
    TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN 17 1052
    ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH 16 1110
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 306 11 44 37 460 15
    1998 290 12 46 34 701 16
    1999 396 12 58 40 849 16
    2000 380 12 52 41 909 18
    2001 304 13 38 46 880 17
    2002 549 12 112 37 1,093 18
    2003 631 11 31 47 1,151 18
    2004 656 14 41 52 1,637 18
    2005 819 13 35 54 2,038 18
    2006 853 13 98 36 2,209 20
    2007 1,089 13 57 40 2,927 19
    2008 643 16     3,112 19
    2009 590 16     3,043 19
    2010 1,082 13 69 42 3,573 20
    2011 888 14 23 49 4,143 19
    Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated : 12/2012
  • The statistics are based on data collected from IP offices or extracted from the PATSTAT database (for statistics by field of technology). Data might be missing for some years and offices or may be incomplete for some origins. The data relating to population and gross domestic product (GDP) are from the UN Statistics Division and the World Bank.
  • A resident filing refers to an application filed in the country by its own resident; whereas a non-resident filing refers to the one filed by a foreign applicant. An abroad filing refers to an application filed by this country's resident at a foreign office.
  • Where an office provides total filings without breaking them down into resident and non-resident filings, WIPO divides the total count using the historical share of resident filings at that office.
  • IP filings and Economy lists patent, trademark and industrial design filings worldwide by applicants from this country (resident + abroad).
  • One filing at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) or the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) is treated as equavalent of multiple abroad filings at each member state; whereas one filing at the European Patent Office (EPO) or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is counted as one abroad filing due to lack of information on designation.
  • Austria is a member of the European Patent Convention from 1979. Patent filings by residents of this country at the European Patent Office (EPO) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office. Due to lack of information on designation, filings by other nationals at the EPO are not counted as non-resident filings for Austria.
  • Austria is a member of the European Union. Trademark and industrial design filings by residents of this country at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office; filings by other nationals at OHIM are considered non-resident filings via regional office for Austria.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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