Statistical Country Profiles

Lesotho

Population (Million): 2.19 (2011) (Rank = 140)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 3.3 (2011) (Rank = 147)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997       1.93
    1998     10 2.04
    1999       2.05
    2000       2.16
    2001       2.25
    2002       2.28
    2003       2.37
    2004       2.43
    2005       2.49
    2006       2.60
    2007       2.72
    2008       2.87
    2009       2.95
    2010       3.12
    2011       3.30
    Patent Applications
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    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Furniture, games 50.00
    Machine tools 25.00
    Other consumer goods 25.00
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
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    2009         1 122
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    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004    
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    2008 971 51
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    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
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    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
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    1999     665 107    
    2000     1,083 106 3 98
    2001     1,009 106    
    2002     774 108    
    2003     668 109    
    2004     771 109    
    2005     981 111 2 148
    2006     900 111    
    2007     931 111    
    2008     910 106    
    2009     634 105 2 171
    2010     565 112 1 177
    2011     633 107 6 173
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
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    1999     661 100    
    2000     1,083 91    
    2001     1,008 90    
    2002     774 96    
    2003     668 94    
    2004     771 94    
    2005     981 99    
    2006     900 97    
    2007     931 98    
    2008     910 99    
    2009     634 98    
    2010     565 103 5 166
    2011     633 102    
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     5 67    
    1998 10 71 4 91    
    1999     2 95    
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     1 64    
    1998     4 76    
    1999     3 84    
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    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997            
    1998 1 77        
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    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    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.
  • Lesotho is a member of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO). Patent filings by residents of this country at ARIPO are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office. Due to lack of information on designation, filings by other nationals at ARIPO are not counted as non-resident filings for Lesotho.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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