Greece

Population (Million): 10.66 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 313.84 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	1,107		6,389	312.82
2013	1,083		13,528	304.95
2014	1,254		5,513	306.40
2015	1,154		8,783	305.80
2016	1,234		9,407	304.31
2017	1,233		18,584	307.64
2018	1,137		18,889	312.77
2019	1,164		5,082	318.41
2020	1,129		10,773	289.69
2021	1,387		11,758	313.84

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	708	28	399
2013	764	19	319
2014	745	19	509
2015	640	23	514
2016	679	40	555
2017	600	91	633
2018	550	149	587
2019	498	238	666
2020	536	363	593
2021	595	532	792

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	317	5	195
2013	301	11	165
2014	325	14	184
2015	277	7	203
2016	303	7	197
2017	289	9	225
2018	276	11	285
2019	293	11	393
2020	303	10	351
2021	308	12	344

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	29,198
2013	28,005
2014	27,230
2015	26,506
2016	26,479
2017	26,936
2018	27,426
2019	28,321
2020	28,492
2021	29,228

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	15	2	5
2013	25	2	6
2014	27	6	5
2015	10	6	7
2016	20	3	15
2017	12	4	8
2018	13	9	4
2019	15	14	5
2020	10	7	4
2021	13	8	8

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			38,738
2013			55,924
2014			58,029
2015			60,195
2016			67,751
2017			63,709
2018			68,689
2019			80,304
2020			89,345
2021			106,612

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			32,879
2013			40,457
2014			43,728
2015			49,079
2016			50,501
2017			54,107
2018			58,388
2019			63,165
2020			76,515
2021			82,642

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,068	432	5,321
2013	1,706	310	11,822
2014	1,223	348	4,290
2015	1,218	368	7,565
2016	1,210	310	8,197
2017	1,442	539	17,142
2018	1,154	482	17,735
2019	933	422	4,149
2020	1,151	274	9,622
2021	1,121	162	10,637

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,019	368	5,338
2013	1,171	353	11,052
2014	1,417	282	5,274
2015	1,293	356	6,715
2016	1,267	240	6,854
2017	1,369	597	14,430
2018	1,452	413	20,443
2019	780	384	4,048
2020	978	387	6,337
2021	1,191	146	10,854

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	95	94	3
2013	111	119	4
2014	133	104	3
2015	122	89	7
2016	111	113	7
2017	110	141	9
2018	115	117	10
2019	123	131	6
2020	99	119	8
2021	91	155	8

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	41		210
2013	25		109
2014	41		259
2015	53		297
2016	45		350
2017	52		393
2018	50		307
2019	56		411
2020	49		307
2021	69		423

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Bic-violex Sa	16	28	11
Pharmathen S.a.	4	8	3
Nanophos Sa			2
Anfarm Hellas S.a.			1
Apivita Sa			1
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki - E.l.k.e.		1	1
Biohellenika S.a.			1
Bl Nanobiomed Private Company			1
Crypteia Networks S.a.			1
Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper And Aluminium Industry S.a.			1

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Flexopack Societe Anonyme;commercial And Industrial;plastics Company			9
Intracom S.a. Telecom Solutions			7
Agricultural Cooperative Of Zakros			5
Arivia Industrial And Commercial Societe Anonyme Trading As Arivia Sa			5
Mediterranean Cosmetics Single Member Sa		1	5
Systems Sunlight Industrial And;commercial Company Of Defensive,;energy, Electronic And;telecommunication Systems And;management And Treatment Of;recycling Materials And Trading Of;recovered Materials Single Member;societe Anonyme			5
Entranet,;research And Development Of;technological Applications Limited			4
Botanic Art Ike		1	3
Dodoni S.a.- Agricultural ;dairy Industry Of Epirus			3
Epirus S.a.			3

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
I. Paleohorinos Fotistika A.b.e.e.		65	138
Baloka Bros With Distinctive Title Twins Trade And Consulting Services			6
Gi.anso 4x4 Club, S.a.		2	2
Konstantinos Mouratidis			1
Relkon Hellas S.a.			1
Suntracker I.k.e.			1
Takis Maximos Alexandros Tsantilis			1

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.
• Greece 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.
• Greece 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.
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