Statistical Country Profiles

Iceland

Population (Million): 0.32 (2011) (Rank = 172)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 10.72 (2011) (Rank = 131)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 25 401   7.27
    1998 54 440 18 7.73
    1999 49 733 26 8.05
    2000 66 971 22 8.40
    2001 68 434 14 8.73
    2002 144 503 16 8.74
    2003 133 617 28 8.95
    2004 180 1,056 96 9.65
    2005 184   151 10.35
    2006 214 2,452 80 10.84
    2007 356 4,903 107 11.49
    2008 282 6,751 191 11.64
    2009 425 2,309 154 10.84
    2010 346 2,131 320 10.41
    2011 324 1,867 347 10.72
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 22 81 216 60 3 62
    1998 41 72 254 52 13 59
    1999 35 77 357 51 14 61
    2000 51 73 825 42 15 63
    2001 49 77 713 40 19 57
    2002 71 67 379 48 73 46
    2003 57 70 748 37 76 59
    2004 66 68 463 42 114 52
    2005 75 71 545 40 109 54
    2006 88 70 326 50 126 49
    2007 98 66 53 74 258 46
    2008 87 65 31 78 195 52
    2009 111 64 22 77 314 46
    2010 109 70 19 78 237 48
    2011 96 62 21 74 228 50
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Medical technology 17.78
    Pharmaceuticals 13.64
    Biotechnology 12.01
    Other special machines 10.08
    Organic fine chemistry 6.66
    Measurement 5.38
    Computer technology 4.20
    Chemical engineering 3.21
    Food chemistry 2.24
    Handling 2.17
    Others 22.63
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2 77 39 70    
    1998 4 79 31 71    
    1999 6 77 21 81 1 46
    2000 2 79 14 80    
    2001 5 78 37 68    
    2002 2 85 40 68 1 59
    2003 2 81 78 62 59 51
    2004 5 72 64 63 29 53
    2005 29 63 90 58 42 51
    2006 13 73 106 57 57 47
    2007 22 65 127 52 82 48
    2008 19 67 157 52 82 50
    2009 14 67 75 60 87 51
    2010 13 71 132 51 66 56
    2011 28 63 61 61 96 50
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004 306 51
    2005 349 46
    2006 506 42
    2007 655 42
    2008 1,031 46
    2009    
    2010 1,892 47
    2011    
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 18 27        
    1998            
    1999            
    2000            
    2001            
    2002         6 42
    2003         4 47
    2004            
    2005         1 60
    2006            
    2007         3 57
    2008            
    2009            
    2010            
    2011         1 80
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 399 72 1,696 85 2 89
    1998 440 79 4,475 57    
    1999 719 68 5,519 48 14 71
    2000 960 70 6,416 48 11 75
    2001 359 85 3,612 69 75 78
    2002 362 84 3,120 70 141 77
    2003 458 80 2,848 73 159 95
    2004 516 81 2,957 75 540 61
    2005     2,967 82 519 66
    2006 614 81 4,114 70 1,838 60
    2007 735 79 3,941 75 4,168 51
    2008 550 79 4,047 66 6,201 45
    2009 486 76 3,088 64 1,823 63
    2010 634 80 2,887 65 1,497 72
    2011 691 73 3,011 62 1,176 76
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 304 61 1,804 75 10 63
    1998 369 65 4,473 55 1 87
    1999 465 59 5,024 44 3 74
    2000 659 54 5,793 43 9 66
    2001 411 62 3,253 60 10 72
    2002 295 67 3,018 63 38 81
    2003 353 63 2,760 62 116 86
    2004 484 60 2,787 61 247 64
    2005     2,816 68 378 66
    2006 480 66 3,877 57 1,653 57
    2007 630 62 3,783 62 2,977 52
    2008 555 68 3,902 59 5,660 42
    2009 387 69 2,913 59 1,595 66
    2010 546 72 2,813 58 1,347 74
    2011 575 70 2,794 64 1,200 73
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998 18 63 15 73    
    1999 24 65 8 82 2 51
    2000 22 69 15 79    
    2001 13 76 11 86 1 91
    2002 16 73 12 77    
    2003 13 76 22 80 15 72
    2004 19 77 26 84 77 59
    2005 25 73 77 67 126 57
    2006 30 72 42 73 50 68
    2007 15 76 63 70 92 62
    2008 21 74 132 57 170 51
    2009 41 67 76 57 113 58
    2010 46 68 92 57 274 49
    2011 37 70 87 58 310 51
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998 16 57 17 63    
    1999 21 54 8 76 1 49
    2000 22 61 10 77    
    2001 16 67 15 73 11 59
    2002 14 69 8 77    
    2003 13 65 14 70 17 61
    2004 20 65 47 69    
    2005 26 61 72 63 131 55
    2006 27 69 35 73 76 61
    2007 18 67 65 66 84 62
    2008 23 68 125 57 117 56
    2009 35 59 78 54 56 69
    2010 47 61 89 54 192 50
    2011 38 62 87 55 303 49
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 13 41 2 37    
    1998 13 45 12 30    
    1999 16 46 21 29    
    2000 24 43 30 28    
    2001 38 43 5 46    
    2002 39 41 4 45    
    2003 58 39 7 50    
    2004 46 43 33 42    
    2005 45 43 39 42    
    2006 55 43 92 37    
    2007 51 44 108 34    
    2008 66 42 101 35 3 28
    2009 57 42 21 46 3 28
    2010 57 44 31 49 6 27
    2011 43 47 45 45 9 26
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    ACTAVIS GROUP PTC EHF 11 1548
    DECODE GENETICS EHF. 8 2028
    OSSUR HF 6 2648
    HAMPIDJAN HF. 5 3119
    KERECIS EHF 2 6781
    MAREL HF. 2 6781
    REMAKE ELECTRIC EHF. 2 6781
    VALKA EHF 2 6781
    BETWARE A ISLANDI HF. 1 11344
    CRI EHF 1 11344
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     191 25 1 58
    1998     237 23 12 41
    1999     326 25 14 44
    2000     405 27 12 50
    2001     348 29 13 48
    2002         71 35
    2003     376 29 19 51
    2004 17 35 448 30 78 45
    2005 36 32 535 28 60 49
    2006 43 30 325 26 77 42
    2007 36 36 49 42 162 41
    2008 36 37 25 46 163 44
    2009 46 35 15 45 235 40
    2010 39 37 12 58 157 45
    2011 36 36 15 52 151 46
    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.
  • Iceland is a member of the European Patent Convention from 2005. 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 Iceland.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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