Iceland

Population (Million): 0.37 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 19.90 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	322	9,575	778	15.54
2013	233	9,078	717	16.24
2014	302	10,124	418	16.52
2015	276	8,284	103	17.25
2016	258	5,302	137	18.34
2017	332	8,237	109	19.11
2018	281	7,848		20.04
2019	252	4,826	311	20.53
2020	286	6,097	12	19.19
2021	371	6,133	38	19.90

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	87	7	235
2013	72	13	161
2014	92	13	210
2015	85	6	191
2016	73	3	185
2017	92	8	240
2018	89	10	192
2019	97	15	155
2020	85	3	201
2021	96	2	275

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	15	44	96
2013	21	38	128
2014	18	51	134
2015	30	15	121
2016	28	20	118
2017	28	30	126
2018	59	10	159
2019	35	3	105
2020	35	5	117
2021	45	3	118

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	3,327
2013	3,385
2014	4,089
2015	4,920
2016	5,941
2017	6,613
2018	7,380
2019	8,481
2020	9,001
2021	9,330

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			2
2013			1
2014
2015			2
2016			1
2017
2018			1
2019
2020			5
2021			1

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,582	6,822	7,993
2013	1,358	6,732	7,720
2014	1,519	7,072	8,605
2015	1,332	6,504	6,952
2016	1,521	7,545	3,781
2017	1,706	7,482	6,531
2018	1,952	8,167	5,896
2019	1,302	7,771	3,524
2020	1,356	8,067	4,741
2021	1,419	9,294	4,714

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,359	7,079	4,046
2013	1,193	7,777	8,152
2014	1,103	7,030	7,473
2015	947	8,242	9,092
2016	1,287	7,358	2,592
2017	1,367	8,767	5,813
2018	1,287	8,732	5,246
2019	901	9,302	4,801
2020	710	7,885	4,239
2021	986	8,809	5,763

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	67	409	711
2013	68	208	649
2014	37	232	381
2015	15	313	88
2016	49	322	88
2017	15	609	94
2018			989
2019	16	401	295
2020	8	406	4
2021	7	457	31

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	64	413	601
2013	69	302	524
2014	38	195	378
2015	16	257	177
2016	44	278	59
2017	19	604	115
2018	14	249	981
2019	13	253	234
2020	5	512	59
2021	14	360	38

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	44	123	3
2013	43	117	6
2014	43	120	4
2015	46	74	3
2016	56	38	1
2017	39	43	1
2018	49	65
2019	41	31	4
2020	49	32
2021	30	54	1

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	33	7	147
2013	28	5	91
2014	52		122
2015	36	3	94
2016	33	3	103
2017	47	1	156
2018	29	5	105
2019	35	8	83
2020	36	2	134
2021	48	2	198

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Ossur Iceland Ehf	21	15	7
Lauf Forks Hf.	1		3
Lambhusasund Ehf.			2
Mink Campers Ehf.			2
Nox Medical Ehf	1		2
Skaginn Hf.	1	8	2
Cri Hf			1
Cubit Building Company Ehf.			1
D-tech Ehf			1
Driftline Ehf.			1

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Men And Mice Ehf.			3
Benedikt Ga Sli Gua Mundsson			2
Controlant Hf.			2
Hringbora Nora Ursla A A - ;arctic Circle Foundation			2
Landsbankinn Hf.			2
Neckcare Holding Ehf.			2
Alexia Eignarhaldsfa Lag Ehf.			1
Algalif Iceland Ehf			1
Arna Ehf.			1
Atnorth Ehf.			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.
• Iceland 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.
• 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.