Statistical Country Profiles

Romania

Population (Million): 21.39 (2011) (Rank = 52)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 233.27 (2011) (Rank = 46)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 1,724 4,503 1,025 159.79
    1998 1,322 4,234 645 152.13
    1999 1,080 2,755 548 150.31
    2000 1,029 4,586 642 153.46
    2001 1,146 5,659 799 162.21
    2002 1,494 7,490 879 170.48
    2003 902 7,440 721 179.35
    2004 989 11,733 821 194.41
    2005 977 13,296 948 202.53
    2006 903 17,004 870 218.53
    2007 964 20,178 1,119 231.64
    2008 1,123 18,571 966 253.47
    2009 1,150 18,633 1,433 231.93
    2010 1,501 20,590 1,581 234.12
    2011 1,597 26,223 1,950 233.27
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,708 23 722 40 16 45
    1998 1,299 25 894 39 23 52
    1999 1,061 29 330 55 19 55
    2000 1,003 30 287 57 26 56
    2001 1,128 29 277 57 18 59
    2002 1,478 25 363 51 16 67
    2003 885 33 293 57 17 83
    2004 948 31 200 64 41 67
    2005 924 34 68 75 53 65
    2006 830 35 62 74 73 56
    2007 843 34 59 73 121 57
    2008 1,013 30 36 76 110 60
    2009 1,067 33 37 73 83 64
    2010 1,396 31 36 74 105 64
    2011 1,445 28 39 70 152 59
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Basic materials chemistry 7.18
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 6.72
    Civil engineering 6.32
    Measurement 6.28
    Machine tools 5.52
    Other special machines 5.49
    Materials, metallurgy 5.37
    Engines, pumps, turbines 5.18
    Pharmaceuticals 4.93
    Mechanical elements 4.38
    Others 42.63
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,122 19 295 44 7 41
    1998 1,597 13 221 48 9 38
    1999 926 21 124 55 10 45
    2000 865 22 272 48 17 42
    2001 665 24 228 48 17 42
    2002 556 25 253 45 11 48
    2003 637 25 297 39 27 60
    2004 937 20 163 50 24 55
    2005 527 28 237 43 26 56
    2006 527 27 260 44 24 57
    2007 536 25 152 50 38 59
    2008 600 25 96 59 37 61
    2009 575 26 110 51 31 66
    2010 423 29 27 69 47 62
    2011 408 30 24 70 48 65
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004    
    2005 8,627 27
    2006 8,458 23
    2007 9,263 26
    2008 10,264 26
    2009 11,954 29
    2010 2,915 41
    2011 14,393 23
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         1 37
    1998            
    1999            
    2000         1 39
    2001         1 42
    2002            
    2003         1 67
    2004            
    2005            
    2006            
    2007         1 67
    2008 15 42 4 41 1 68
    2009 73 39 7 38 1 71
    2010 61 40 12 35 3 56
    2011 57 40 7 35 10 44
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 4,369 34 6,430 43 134 44
    1998 4,039 35 6,831 40 195 43
    1999 2,625 50 6,440 40 130 47
    2000 4,241 44 7,094 45 345 45
    2001 5,374 37 7,247 42 285 57
    2002 6,026 35 6,485 41 1,464 47
    2003 6,840 37 7,168 38 600 68
    2004 10,298 28 7,324 35 1,435 45
    2005 11,121 28 9,870 28 2,175 45
    2006 12,720 28 9,876 29 4,284 45
    2007 11,278 30 6,543 40 8,900 37
    2008 10,592 31 5,262 51 7,979 41
    2009 9,380 33 3,928 51 9,253 36
    2010 9,168 33 3,210 61 11,422 34
    2011 9,021 32 3,087 60 17,202 30
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,543 37 5,309 44 133 41
    1998 1,843 39 5,897 42 156 42
    1999 3,696 29 6,035 39 97 45
    2000 4,167 27 7,124 34 267 42
    2001 3,430 32 8,375 28 166 46
    2002 3,980 31 7,043 34 1,227 37
    2003 3,310 30 6,655 32 595 60
    2004     10,900 14 717 47
    2005 4,541 32 7,788 24 1,264 47
    2006 4,955 31 9,043 20 1,957 53
    2007 5,940 30 6,779 29 3,550 47
    2008 8,472 25 5,382 44 4,926 45
    2009 6,557 27 4,465 36 6,151 41
    2010 5,334 34 2,921 54 10,815 34
    2011 7,799 28 3,477 53 9,241 36
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,025 17 772 16    
    1998 626 27 1,691 19 19 44
    1999 529 31 830 30 19 45
    2000 636 29 903 30 6 54
    2001 793 24 841 33 6 67
    2002 847 23 875 32 32 41
    2003 705 22 765 32 16 69
    2004 782 24 624 32 39 68
    2005 745 26 420 41 203 47
    2006 689 28 818 22 181 45
    2007 509 34 325 44 610 39
    2008 423 37 93 62 543 42
    2009 546 35 54 64 887 36
    2010 499 35 29 79 1,082 39
    2011 388 38 31 75 1,562 34
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,369 12 598 20    
    1998 663 22 856 26 19 44
    1999 448 27 825 28 3 48
    2000 442 27 891 28 14 48
    2001 662 20 847 31 16 55
    2002 565 23 867 31 24 42
    2003 423 29 766 27 16 65
    2004 477 29 622 28 38 62
    2005 737 22 395 41 202 47
    2006 731 24 424 36 175 47
    2007 772 23 184 52 511 40
    2008 797 24 126 56 468 42
    2009 629 25 120 51 780 39
    2010 701 27 81 55 952 39
    2011 625 26 45 66 1,394 36
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 9 46 6 31    
    1998 25 38 6 35    
    1999 18 44 7 36    
    2000 24 43 30 28    
    2001 21 48 10 40 1 27
    2002 25 47 68 28 1 29
    2003 16 54 42 40 2 23
    2004 18 53 58 36 2 21
    2005 15 58 101 31 5 16
    2006 28 48 97 35 2 19
    2007 31 51 103 35 2 21
    2008 14 63 99 36 3 28
    2009 24 56 47 38 5 22
    2010 20 57 97 34 2 36
    2011 26 53 76 38 4 31
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    S.C. HELLENIC TILER INVEST SRL 4 3767
    INDA S.R.L. 1 11344
    INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE TURBOMOTOARE COMOTI 1 11344
    MB TELECOM LTD. 1 11344
    ROMEDEX INTERNATIONAL SRL 1 11344
    S.C. BALDO S.R.L. 1 11344
    SC INFLOR COM SRL 1 11344
    SOFTWIN S.R.L. 1 11344
    TESLA RESEARCH ENERGY S.R.L. 1 11344
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     626 20 2 48
    1998     383 22 4 56
    1999     274 27 8 53
    2000     224 30 5 59
    2001     232 31 7 54
    2002 1 33 158 35 4 68
    2003 2 38 128 36 4 74
    2004 9 39 153 41 27 52
    2005 5 44 38 52 31 55
    2006 11 40 35 49 39 50
    2007 11 41 24 46 70 51
    2008 11 43 12 49 59 56
    2009 7 46 13 47 22 69
    2010     14 55 21 74
    2011 4 54 15 52 56 57
    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.
  • Romania is a member of the European Patent Convention from 2003. 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 Romania.
  • Romania 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 Romania.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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