Statistical Country Profiles

Estonia

Population (Million): 1.34 (2011) (Rank = 149)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 23.97 (2011) (Rank = 103)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 15 666   13.49
    1998 23 637 33 14.41
    1999 17 707 24 14.37
    2000 19 887 22 15.77
    2001 26 901 22 16.76
    2002 27 1,413 32 17.86
    2003 63 1,761 51 19.24
    2004 49 2,403 202 20.46
    2005 53 2,592 154 22.28
    2006 64 3,501 394 24.52
    2007 115 5,230 333 26.36
    2008 154 4,704 524 25.39
    2009 270 3,950 721 21.77
    2010 304 5,642 970 22.27
    2011 272 6,284 1,167 23.97
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 15 85 360 51    
    1998 20 82 443 46 3 78
    1999 13 84 604 43 4 73
    2000 13 85 791 44 6 73
    2001 18 83 699 41 8 70
    2002 19 82 700 42 8 78
    2003 25 82 584 43 38 71
    2004 31 78 97 72 18 87
    2005 26 83 15 93 27 83
    2006 41 77 9 92 23 73
    2007 57 72 19 85 58 71
    2008 69 66 10 88 85 65
    2009 110 65 20 80 160 55
    2010 111 68 13 82 193 53
    2011 92 64 15 78 180 56
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Civil engineering 8.57
    Measurement 6.46
    Basic materials chemistry 6.38
    Medical technology 6.02
    Other special machines 5.94
    Engines, pumps, turbines 4.98
    Chemical engineering 4.46
    Biotechnology 4.38
    Pharmaceuticals 3.71
    Materials, metallurgy 3.67
    Others 45.43
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2 77 106 59    
    1998 2 81 80 62    
    1999 6 77 97 61    
    2000 1 82 83 61    
    2001 14 69 243 46    
    2002 12 74 338 42 1 59
    2003 11 71 252 46 14 72
    2004 8 71 191 46 8 69
    2005 3 79     11 65
    2006 2 82     8 68
    2007 17 70 1,043 25 30 63
    2008 17 68 1,167 25 37 61
    2009 20 66 1,254 27 25 69
    2010 34 61 93 57 50 61
    2011 38 59 97 56 50 64
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004 1,200 38
    2005 1,395 36
    2006 2,070 33
    2007 2,909 31
    2008 3,893 31
    2009 4,753 35
    2010 1,320 51
    2011 1,293 45
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 42 24 3 26    
    1998 38 28 9 25    
    1999 25 32 6 31    
    2000 47 30 3 33    
    2001 36 28 7 26    
    2002 69 22 3 24    
    2003 61 29 6 29 3 52
    2004 78 28 7 30 4 42
    2005 74 29 13 29 4 42
    2006 67 32 8 31 2 49
    2007 117 24 7 33 1 67
    2008 132 26 8 37 4 51
    2009 128 31 4 41 6 49
    2010 158 31 8 39 1 72
    2011 82 33 6 37 2 69
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 666 63 2,435 78    
    1998 637 67 2,349 80    
    1999 707 69 3,954 61    
    2000 884 71 5,064 58 3 98
    2001 901 69 5,626 54    
    2002 1,017 69 5,213 53 396 62
    2003 1,058 68 6,234 46 703 61
    2004 1,271 68 4,859 59 1,132 52
    2005 1,302 71 4,015 70 1,290 52
    2006 1,341 73 3,791 76 2,160 56
    2007 1,646 66 3,657 80 3,584 56
    2008 1,517 66 3,226 79 3,187 55
    2009 1,141 65 2,187 82 2,809 56
    2010 1,224 73 2,014 88 4,418 51
    2011 1,077 69 2,088 80 5,207 49
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 651 51 2,528 66    
    1998 498 59 8,679 29    
    1999 399 61 3,709 56    
    2000 644 55 5,530 46    
    2001 976 47 5,089 50    
    2002 748 54 4,591 50 325 51
    2003 641 54 5,360 44 388 68
    2004 859 52 4,942 42 482 53
    2005 1,027 56 3,821 58 901 55
    2006 995 56 3,489 62 1,284 63
    2007 921 58 3,293 69 1,782 60
    2008 1,026 59 2,943 74 3,141 54
    2009 960 58 2,219 74 2,787 53
    2010 829 64 1,823 80 3,777 51
    2011 891 64 1,875 78 4,768 49
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998 33 60 116 61    
    1999 24 65 83 62    
    2000 20 71 70 63 2 58
    2001 21 71 56 68 1 91
    2002 32 67 114 63    
    2003 46 65 110 63 5 81
    2004 76 60 317 50 126 52
    2005 51 64 390 45 103 62
    2006 103 57 161 59 291 42
    2007 72 58 130 61 261 46
    2008 100 61 51 71 424 44
    2009 116 56 28 78 605 41
    2010 104 60 23 82 866 41
    2011 92 55 20 86 1,075 41
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998 27 54 104 56    
    1999            
    2000 20 62 74 60 1 56
    2001 17 66 75 63 11 59
    2002 33 59 98 60    
    2003         4 80
    2004 54 53 207 55 50 60
    2005 60 53 214 55 148 53
    2006 54 58 133 58 192 44
    2007 124 46 97 62 370 44
    2008 100 49 88 61 341 44
    2009 80 50 27 71 581 42
    2010 97 51 22 78 762 41
    2011 95 49 19 83 1,127 41
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 3 61        
    1998 2 71        
    1999 3 65 4 40    
    2000 6 56 25 30    
    2001 11 54 47 30    
    2002 11 55 42 31    
    2003 8 63 72 31    
    2004 12 58 75 34    
    2005 13 60 72 37    
    2006 18 57 97 35    
    2007 29 52 101 36    
    2008 36 50 93 37 1 34
    2009 30 51 44 41    
    2010 45 48 36 47 1 38
    2011 35 49 42 46 1 40
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    UNIVERSITY OF TARTU 7 2287
    TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 4 3767
    ZEROGROUP HOLDING OU 4 3767
    AS ENKO 3 4845
    DEFENDEC INC 2 6781
    OU SKELETON TECHNOLOGIES 2 6781
    ABILE MOBILE OU 1 11344
    BALTIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, LTD. 1 11344
    EESTI ENERGIA OLITOOSTUS AS 1 11344
    FLOW OU 1 11344
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     300 23    
    1998     405 21 3 60
    1999     549 24 3 63
    2000         5 59
    2001         5 62
    2002         8 60
    2003 7 34     17 52
    2004 4 43 91 45 8 71
    2005 3 45 9 59 10 69
    2006 5 43 2 55 11 64
    2007 9 42 11 49 26 69
    2008 6 47 7 51 50 59
    2009 21 41 10 50 82 55
    2010 16 42 5 62 130 47
    2011 17 43 5 62 83 53
    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.
  • Estonia is a member of the European Patent Convention from 2002. 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 Estonia.
  • Estonia 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 Estonia.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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