Statistical Country Profiles

Malaysia

Population (Million): 28.86 (2011) (Rank = 45)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 394.57 (2011) (Rank = 27)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 194 9,158   223.32
    1998 205 4,121   206.89
    1999 231 5,130 111 219.58
    2000 227 6,590 286 239.04
    2001 300 7,258 510 240.27
    2002 349 9,147 540 253.23
    2003 721 10,230 778 267.88
    2004 918 11,802 775 286.06
    2005 922 11,877 761 301.31
    2006 1,010 14,058 1,118 318.93
    2007 1,179 15,930 1,245 339.60
    2008 1,361 15,740 1,294 355.93
    2009 1,812 16,552 1,250 350.10
    2010 1,937 17,786 1,069 375.29
    2011 1,947 16,678 1,285 394.57
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 179 51 6,272 16 15 46
    1998 193 52 5,770 17 12 61
    1999 218 48 5,624 16 13 62
    2000 206 53 6,021 16 21 59
    2001 271 48 5,663 16 29 55
    2002 322 45 4,615 22 27 62
    2003 376 45 4,686 19 345 34
    2004 522 39 4,920 18 396 37
    2005 522 42 5,764 17 400 37
    2006 531 42 4,269 23 479 35
    2007 670 38 1,702 29 509 38
    2008 818 34 4,485 20 543 40
    2009 1,234 32 4,503 20 578 36
    2010 1,231 33 5,152 18 706 37
    2011 1,076 32 5,376 18 871 35
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Computer technology 6.80
    Furniture, games 5.72
    Civil engineering 5.40
    Other special machines 5.14
    Semiconductors 4.98
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 4.78
    Basic materials chemistry 4.64
    Handling 4.30
    Food chemistry 3.63
    Pharmaceuticals 3.63
    Others 50.98
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 52 55 741 29    
    1998 21 66 545 34 1 45
    1999 39 59 682 32 48 38
    2000 24 61 381 38 16 43
    2001 18 66 1,452 21    
    2002 32 61 1,460 19    
    2003 31 62 1,547 18 104 39
    2004 24 60 2,323 16 87 41
    2005 37 61 2,471 17 105 37
    2006 187 39 6,562 10 147 35
    2007 338 33 6,645 11 234 37
    2008 198 39 2,044 18 227 37
    2009 270 38 3,198 15 228 39
    2010 200 40 1,960 18 316 37
    2011 310 35 2,043 20 289 38
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004    
    2005    
    2006    
    2007    
    2008    
    2009    
    2010 96 74
    2011    
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998            
    1999            
    2000            
    2001            
    2002         4 46
    2003 20 38 40 16 5 44
    2004 48 34 49 16 1 56
    2005 27 37 48 17 2 48
    2006 31 37 46 20 1 59
    2007 34 31 44 17 18 32
    2008 33 38 65 17 5 47
    2009 29 44 32 24 28 28
    2010 44 42 37 24 18 35
    2011 60 40 47 24 15 41
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 9,042 23 13,087 15 116 46
    1998 4,063 34 10,813 22 58 56
    1999 5,053 35 8,660 31 77 53
    2000 6,303 34 12,500 24 287 47
    2001 6,525 33 10,078 30 733 44
    2002 7,661 31 8,785 29 1,486 46
    2003 8,327 28 9,439 25 1,903 47
    2004 10,406 27 10,337 21 1,396 46
    2005 10,479 29 11,668 22 1,398 50
    2006 11,209 29 12,840 17 2,849 51
    2007 12,289 28 13,605 16 3,641 54
    2008 12,562 27 13,472 18 3,178 56
    2009 12,810 26 11,260 17 3,742 47
    2010 13,099 29 13,271 15 4,687 49
    2011 13,001 26 15,832 13 3,677 55
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,082 43 2,537 64 79 44
    1998 1,521 41 2,869 67 68 50
    1999 439 60 1,226 85 32 54
    2000 449 60 1,328 83 73 52
    2001 1,570 43 5,341 46 278 41
    2002 4,056 30 7,072 33 518 47
    2003 3,014 31 9,108 21 1,594 46
    2004 3,243 32 8,473 19 816 46
    2005 3,683 38 7,771 25 902 54
    2006 5,651 29 10,108 17 2,266 48
    2007 8,108 24 17,382 9 2,751 54
    2008 9,049 24 18,798 7 2,527 57
    2009 5,438 30 9,534 18 3,002 50
    2010 5,642 33 8,652 19 3,915 50
    2011 10,201 24 13,618 13 4,014 50
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998            
    1999 111 50 157 58    
    2000 286 39 679 34    
    2001 465 33 597 38 45 45
    2002 502 29 660 36 38 39
    2003 624 27 700 37 154 41
    2004 520 31 941 19 255 39
    2005 633 29 974 16 128 56
    2006 616 31 928 19 502 39
    2007 774 26 1,146 17 471 43
    2008 630 31 1,072 19 664 40
    2009 699 30 766 19 551 42
    2010 737 29 940 17 332 48
    2011 743 30 1,128 17 542 47
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998            
    1999            
    2000 73 46 208 52    
    2001 199 37 635 34 42 41
    2002 274 35 429 43 48 33
    2003 573 22 974 24 99 41
    2004 602 22 671 24 246 39
    2005 314 37 463 32 157 52
    2006 700 25 1,100 14 398 39
    2007 597 28 1,076 16 492 41
    2008 580 29 903 21 581 41
    2009 529 29 1,067 15 583 41
    2010 748 27 850 15 415 45
    2011 714 25 927 15 489 47
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1998 4 59        
    1999 5 60        
    2000 5 59        
    2001 18 50        
    2002 18 50        
    2003 31 45        
    2004 45 44        
    2005 34 46        
    2006 61 42     1 23
    2007 110 35        
    2008 208 32        
    2009 224 30        
    2010 350 27        
    2011 263 29        
    2012 289 30        
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2012)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    MIMOS BERHAD 146 120
    UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA 39 520
    UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA 15 1266
    PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD 8 2202
    MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD 7 2480
    IQ GROUP SDN BHD 4 4050
    UNIVERSITI MALAYA 4 4050
    WIDETECH MANUFACTURING SDN. BHD. 4 4050
    INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PETRONAS SDN BHD 3 5206
    LEMBAGA GETAH MALAYSIA 3 5206
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         2 48
    1998         7 48
    1999         8 53
    2000         7 57
    2001         9 51
    2002         16 53
    2003         21 50
    2004         44 49
    2005         42 52
    2006         54 48
    2007         102 47
    2008 13 41 3,516 16 189 42
    2009         195 43
    2010 28 38 4,416 16 224 41
    2011 30 38 4,657 16 480 34
    Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated : 05/2013
  • 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.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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