Statistical Country Profiles

Singapore

Population (Million): 5.18 (2011) (Rank = 114)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 277.8 (2011) (Rank = 38)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 313     135.33
    1998 403 2,378   132.40
    1999 451 3,691   140.60
    2000 708 6,126   153.31
    2001 856 4,308 366 151.54
    2002 945 5,570 301 157.91
    2003 1,833 8,803 821 165.15
    2004 1,982 7,377 1,238 180.27
    2005 1,901 9,042 1,152 193.56
    2006 2,374 11,726 1,281 210.52
    2007 3,724 13,653 1,754 229.17
    2008 3,786 14,460 1,559 233.06
    2009 3,325 13,645 1,303 230.78
    2010 4,229 15,876 1,841 264.85
    2011 4,568 18,924 2,130 277.80
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 288 41 6,048 17 25 39
    1998 311 41 6,367 16 92 35
    1999 374 38 6,679 13 77 39
    2000 516 38 7,720 14 192 33
    2001 523 39 8,133 15 333 31
    2002 624 36 7,575 15 321 31
    2003 626 38 7,248 15 1,207 23
    2004 641 37 7,944 14 1,341 25
    2005 569 40 8,036 15 1,332 26
    2006 626 39 8,537 14 1,748 25
    2007 696 37 9,255 14 3,028 24
    2008 793 36 8,899 14 2,993 24
    2009 750 40 7,986 14 2,575 25
    2010 895 37 8,878 14 3,334 24
    2011 1,056 34 8,738 14 3,512 24
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Semiconductors 16.70
    Computer technology 11.93
    Audio-visual technology 8.52
    Measurement 5.05
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 4.98
    Telecommunications 4.07
    Digital communication 3.82
    Optics 3.81
    Biotechnology 3.77
    Medical technology 3.45
    Others 33.90
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 20 63 3,100 15    
    1998 30 62 2,360 17    
    1999 48 57 4,362 10 16 42
    2000 110 42 4,980 10 144 31
    2001 170 38 7,050 8 18 41
    2002 243 33 7,097 8    
    2003 175 37 4,242 12 584 23
    2004 400 28 5,576 10 518 25
    2005 555 26 6,975 9 403 29
    2006 438 29 6,955 9 557 25
    2007 469 27 7,009 10 797 24
    2008 501 27 5,785 11 909 24
    2009 473 29 5,136 11 1,038 25
    2010 369 31 4,073 13 1,482 24
    2011 484 29 5,465 10 1,561 24
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         3 34
    1998            
    1999            
    2000         1 39
    2001         2 39
    2002         7 39
    2003         7 43
    2004            
    2005         2 48
    2006         5 39
    2007         27 29
    2008         38 25
    2009         37 26
    2010         32 29
    2011         64 25
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         255 40
    1998 2,243 50 10,778 23 135 46
    1999 3,477 41 12,276 19 214 44
    2000 5,187 37 17,207 13 939 40
    2001 3,281 50 13,559 15 1,027 43
    2002 3,343 48 11,872 17 2,227 40
    2003 4,254 44 12,279 16 4,549 33
    2004 4,839 43 13,711 14 2,538 41
    2005 5,067 46 16,024 13 3,975 42
    2006 4,852 47 17,012 13 6,874 37
    2007 5,383 46 18,181 12 8,270 38
    2008 4,197 48 14,066 15 10,263 35
    2009 4,105 43 11,227 18 9,540 34
    2010 4,331 46 13,173 16 11,545 33
    2011 4,236 44 14,718 15 14,688 32
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         152 40
    1998 841 50 9,996 25 113 46
    1999 1,935 42 9,678 19 106 43
    2000 1,970 39 13,119 10 300 41
    2001 2,487 34 16,215 5 218 43
    2002 3,388 35 18,960 3 1,021 41
    2003 5,735 22 23,175 2 2,437 36
    2004 4,063 28 12,771 10 1,572 41
    2005 4,154 34 14,472 8 2,469 42
    2006 3,865 35 13,750 10 4,219 41
    2007 5,437 31 17,995 7 5,972 37
    2008 3,533 38 14,204 12 7,175 37
    2009 3,647 36 11,015 15 8,747 35
    2010 3,298 40 10,396 15 10,399 36
    2011 2,831 43 10,897 18 12,450 30
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998         122 26
    1999            
    2000         1 60
    2001 231 42 1,366 24 135 28
    2002 241 40 1,448 22 60 33
    2003 481 31 1,639 15 340 30
    2004 693 26 1,578 10 545 37
    2005 595 30 1,876 9 557 35
    2006 389 40 1,264 13 892 33
    2007 512 32 1,275 13 1,242 32
    2008 354 40 1,405 13 1,205 35
    2009 521 35 1,101 13 782 40
    2010 543 33 1,383 13 1,298 34
    2011 663 31 1,468 13 1,467 36
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998         1 48
    1999            
    2000            
    2001 131 45 960 27 88 30
    2002 230 37 1,257 22 42 34
    2003 460 26 1,833 10 231 30
    2004 549 25 1,498 9 409 37
    2005 693 23 2,075 9 681 33
    2006 334 37 1,345 12 747 34
    2007 518 31 1,353 13 1,203 31
    2008 391 36 1,390 13 887 37
    2009 531 28 1,190 13 902 37
    2010 480 31 1,292 13 1,148 35
    2011 613 28 1,505 11 1,412 35
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1998 125 24        
    1999 168 25        
    2000 222 25 2 44    
    2001 289 24 54 28    
    2002 330 24 41 32    
    2003 283 26 74 30    
    2004 433 23 93 30    
    2005 450 23 138 28 1 23
    2006 474 23 161 28 1 23
    2007 519 23 146 32    
    2008 586 23 167 33    
    2009 593 23 200 28    
    2010 641 23 198 27 3 33
    2011 661 23 227 24 6 28
    2012 708 22 236 24 6 26
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2012)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    AGENCY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 108 172
    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 54 374
    NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 49 415
    MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. 45 450
    CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD 21 919
    SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD. 19 1021
    DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. 13 1437
    SIEMENS PTE. LTD. 11 1656
    NANYANG POLYTECHNIC 9 1976
    MANAGED PRESSURE OPERATIONS PTE LTD 8 2202
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     3,176 11 17 31
    1998     3,604 10 86 28
    1999     4,105 10 68 32
    2000     5,074 10 125 29
    2001     5,470 11 233 25
    2002     5,851 11 250 28
    2003 124 20 5,550 11 240 28
    2004 132 22 5,582 11 428 30
    2005 134 22 5,994 12 374 31
    2006 222 20 6,700 12 511 30
    2007 241 21 7,173 12 1,233 24
    2008 258 22 7,064 12 1,245 25
    2009 240 22 6,015 12 1,027 26
    2010 297 21 6,629 12 1,548 24
    2011 312 22 6,414 12 1,661 23
    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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