United Kingdom

Population (Million): 67.33 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 3,086.19 (2021)

IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	51,724	1,095,102	151,921	2,723.47
2013	51,359	1,173,098	173,814	2,774.95
2014	52,662	1,274,119	180,843	2,857.95
2015	53,470	1,343,579	196,250	2,932.90
2016	53,004	1,222,860	194,114	2,999.29
2017	53,825	1,147,467	211,626	3,063.31
2018	56,225	1,218,936	196,882	3,113.88
2019	54,794	1,250,105	193,733	3,165.94
2020	53,079	1,304,745	196,158	2,872.45
2021	53,633	1,199,618	135,244	3,086.19

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	20,108	7,865	31,616
2013	19,552	7,966	31,807
2014	19,922	7,844	32,740
2015	19,904	7,934	33,566
2016	19,009	8,183	33,995
2017	18,632	8,771	35,193
2018	18,599	8,076	37,626
2019	18,204	7,189	36,590
2020	17,709	8,659	35,370
2021	17,215	7,263	36,418

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	4,996	3,890	15,299
2013	4,528	2,771	16,093
2014	4,388	2,671	16,518
2015	4,934	2,626	16,541
2016	5,827	2,705	18,026
2017	6,390	3,044	18,757
2018	6,832	2,977	19,610
2019	7,203	2,867	21,254
2020	8,476	5,302	20,702
2021	8,100	6,001	20,953

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	443,670
2013	450,458
2014	453,774
2015	458,721
2016	485,326
2017	516,965
2018	572,063
2019	641,887
2020	682,245
2021	690,131

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			129
2013			248
2014			186
2015			244
2016			261
2017			249
2018			263
2019			253
2020			246
2021			247

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	113,211	15,058	981,891
2013	122,997	16,545	1,050,101
2014	132,974	16,616	1,141,145
2015	142,358	17,910	1,201,221
2016	150,578	27,304	1,072,282
2017	164,392	43,986	983,075
2018	172,860	58,968	1,046,076
2019	175,050	77,925	1,075,055
2020	218,932	92,839	1,085,813
2021	223,471	227,344	976,147

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	96,599	15,019	826,277
2013	106,564	16,273	899,518
2014	113,208	15,722	1,025,084
2015	124,157	18,141	1,076,739
2016	131,958	20,605	1,023,599
2017	145,655	41,248	939,744
2018	151,300	54,385	885,221
2019	154,001	80,683	912,039
2020	158,050	77,026	906,190
2021	199,963	183,078	869,435

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	10,061	183	141,860
2013	10,887	212	162,927
2014	11,018	184	169,825
2015	12,581	473	183,669
2016	15,166	1,292	178,948
2017	23,364	2,604	188,262
2018	28,910	4,603	167,972
2019	27,649	8,173	166,084
2020	27,372	11,372	168,786
2021	28,299	46,482	106,945

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	9,385	208	139,023
2013	10,275	163	158,701
2014	10,554	204	161,933
2015	11,810	487	183,122
2016	13,680	904	169,763
2017	21,265	2,369	179,445
2018	26,837	3,693	163,807
2019	26,632	7,149	158,569
2020	23,842	10,609	160,678
2021	24,066	38,246	108,818

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	4,918	2,369	33
2013	4,849	2,468	41
2014	5,267	2,960	49
2015	5,291	2,738	106
2016	5,504	3,018	115
2017	5,569	3,298	124
2018	5,636	3,353	136
2019	5,777	3,512	185
2020	5,892	3,743	166
2021	5,841	4,266	210

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	3,262	1,804	19,613
2013	3,322	1,979	19,869
2014	3,457	1,978	20,769
2015	3,550	2,101	21,045
2016	3,620	2,241	21,410
2017	3,840	2,473	23,017
2018	3,994	2,261	24,929
2019	3,854	2,021	22,845
2020	3,939	2,072	23,258
2021	4,138	2,021	25,318

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Nicoventures Trading Limited	34	167	212
Dyson Technology Limited	99	105	137
Arm Ip Limited	137	100	97
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company	45	59	85
Oxford University Innovation Limited	96	93	81
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company	68	79	80
Jaguar Land Rover Limited	41	77	73
Bae Systems Plc	85	70	68
Nerudia Ltd	58	208	51
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Limited	60	44	50

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Glaxo Group Limited	59	64	110
Jagex Limited		6	21
Boots Company Plc	1	1	20
Bumble Holding Limited	12	6	16
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited	4		14
Dyson Technology Limited	9	12	13
Bluebird Bio (uk) Ltd	11	5	12
Croda International Plc	2	11	12
Economist Newspaper Limited			12
Outfit7 Limited	2	6	12

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Jellycat Limited			100
Graff Diamonds Limited	64	13	73
Chanel Limited	10		23
Keeping Bizzy Ltd			20
Oscar Propulsion Limited		17	19
Intelex Group (uk) Ltd			18
Alfred Dunhill Limited	13	12	16
Kp Snacks Limited			14
Brands In Mind Limited			12
Dover Fueling Solutions Uk Limited			12

Source: WIPO statistics database; last updated: 02/2023
• The statistics are based on data collected from IP offices or extracted from WIPO's operational databases. 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 application at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) or the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC Patent Office) is multiplied by the corresponding number of member states ; whereas one application at the European Patent Office (EPO) or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is counted as one application abroad if the applicant does not reside in a member state, or as one resident application and one application abroad (two applications) if the applicant resides in a member state, due to lack of information on designations.
• United Kingdom is a member of the European Patent Convention. Patent filings by residents of this country at the European Patent Office (EPO) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office.
• United Kingdom is a member of the European Union. Trademark and industrial design filings by residents of this country at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office.
• Application class count: The number of classes specified in a trademark application. In the international trademark system and at certain national and regional offices, an applicant can file a trademark application that specifies one or more of the 45 goods and services classes of the Nice Classification. Offices use a single- or multi-class filing system. To capture the differences in application numbers across offices, it is useful to compare their respective application and registration class counts.
• Application design count: The number of designs contained in an industrial design application. Under the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, it is possible for an applicant to obtain protection for up to 100 industrial designs for products belonging to one and the same class by filing a single application. Some national or regional IP offices allow applications to contain more than one design for the same product or within the same class, while others allow only one design per application. In order to capture the differences in application numbers across offices, it is useful to compare their respective application and registration design counts.
• Contact information: Department for Economics and Data Analytics, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: ipstats.mail@wipo.int.