Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Population (Million): 85.03 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 1,257.48 (2020)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	10,700		3,560	1,124.44
2013	11,343		4,637	1,107.33
2014	13,769		8,834	1,162.52
2015				1,145.96
2016	15,081	183,743	15,838	1,246.98
2017	15,478	334,975	17,886	1,281.38
2018	12,074	357,024	14,617	1,252.49
2019	11,705	441,270	17,495	1,235.71
2020	11,550	528,311	14,948	1,257.48
2021	10,350	511,627	13,937

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	10,622	432	78
2013	11,305	338	38
2014	13,683	119	86
2015			100
2016	14,930	702	151
2017	15,264	995	214
2018	11,908	915	166
2019	11,569	578	136
2020	11,396	634	154
2021	10,210	581	140

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	5,227	454	30
2013	3,373	103	41
2014	2,880	180	43
2015			31
2016	3,111	157	44
2017	3,668	483	58
2018	2,993	374	64
2019	2,484	285	96
2020	3,294	366	150
2021	2,704	309	84

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012
2013	36,556
2014	40,030
2015	43,335
2016	46,552
2017	42,447
2018	48,859
2019	53,565
2020	38,642
2021

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016			9
2017			8
2018			2
2019			2
2020			2
2021			8

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			3,661
2013			3,054
2014			3,418
2015			6,312
2016	177,538	13,181	6,205
2017	329,107	29,248	5,868
2018	354,343	29,997	2,681
2019	437,653	17,270	3,617
2020	526,399	15,359	1,912
2021	506,935	17,214	4,692

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			2,334
2013			2,541
2014			3,670
2015			6,450
2016	74,482	14,943	6,501
2017	92,165	16,735	4,544
2018	97,567	14,090	3,126
2019	102,337	10,733	4,331
2020	120,876	7,690	1,802
2021	134,096	7,844	3,148

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	3,528	231	32
2013	4,632	193	5
2014	8,772	92	62
2015			155
2016	15,811	168	27
2017	17,818	160	68
2018	14,610	164	7
2019	17,489	133	6
2020	14,896	88	52
2021	13,903	113	34

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,457	62	31
2013	1,769	143	19
2014	3,164	104	5
2015			186
2016	5,091	35	12
2017	5,605	82	51
2018	5,441	79	30
2019	5,947	76	3
2020	4,426	28	45
2021	2,604	36	31

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	2	23
2013	4	38
2014	35	27
2015	71	44
2016	61	39
2017	88	37
2018	176	19
2019	224	24	1
2020	266	17
2021	363	53

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			5
2013			2
2014			5
2015			4
2016		582	11
2017			35
2018			21
2019			27
2020			48
2021			32

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Banooye Armaghan Teb			1
Kala Shahr Hoshmand			1
Petrofarzan Apadana			1
Porteghal Accelerator			1
Vagheiat Matloub Pars			1

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Iran Tobacco .co			3
Javad Parishani			2
Tolidi Zorouf Pooyanmehr Co.			2
Avijeh Salamat-e-seperhr.co			1
Behinehwazin Food Products ;and Protein Company			1
Datis Technology Alphabet Co.			1
Iran Mellas Co.			1
Kia Yadak Ariya Co.			1
Master Foodeh Food Industries Co.			1
Mr. Shahrzad Gholinejad			1

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021

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.
• 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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