Italy

Population (Million): 59.07 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 2,477.07 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	28,696	752,445	300,268	2,471.00
2013	28,970	822,577	302,517	2,425.51
2014	29,360	866,969	318,389	2,425.40
2015				2,444.27
2016	31,252	1,038,683	389,124	2,475.89
2017	31,393	920,207	330,022	2,517.18
2018	32,289	1,084,754	362,022	2,540.49
2019	32,028	1,087,811	384,595	2,553.20
2020	32,551	1,173,392	317,528	2,322.75
2021	34,206	1,238,443	350,436	2,477.07

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	12,192	871	16,504
2013	12,017	905	16,953
2014	12,243	781	17,117
2015			17,762
2016	13,019	973	18,233
2017	13,006	1,031	18,387
2018	13,323	900	18,966
2019	13,693	898	18,335
2020	14,669	947	17,882
2021	15,205	797	19,001

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	7,084	780	8,725
2013	9,369	1,097	9,764
2014	9,137	932	9,483
2015	8,807	822	10,019
2016	8,889	747	11,573
2017	7,650	319	12,057
2018	9,787	84	12,437
2019	11,987	342	13,024
2020	12,060	905	13,695
2021	9,763	690	13,405

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	246,688
2013	255,350
2014	263,824
2015	279,336
2016	287,499
2017	297,672
2018	306,768
2019	339,072
2020	402,621
2021	409,696

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	2,567	191	238
2013	2,480	198	333
2014	2,348	149	299
2015			345
2016	2,033	166	406
2017	1,888	207	430
2018	1,781	185	411
2019	1,750	166	483
2020	2,206	191	501
2021	1,829	190	468

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	101,347	10,542	651,098
2013	106,097	10,424	716,480
2014	106,512	10,196	760,457
2015			809,760
2016	114,889	10,615	923,794
2017	109,492	11,111	810,715
2018	117,147	12,881	967,607
2019	118,830	12,036	968,981
2020	126,556	10,701	1,046,836
2021	147,121	11,321	1,091,322

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	88,561	11,267	589,477
2013	88,317	10,374	653,360
2014	92,398	9,328	690,869
2015	96,178	10,297	743,008
2016	62,667	7,566	833,625
2017	101,218	8,997	765,940
2018	161,682	12,258	860,486
2019	107,864	12,523	891,708
2020	116,883	10,880	940,995
2021	123,283	10,058	1,011,159

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	39,636	847	260,632
2013	40,007	887	262,510
2014	40,219	541	278,170
2015			303,716
2016	39,235	393	349,889
2017	39,255	1,991	290,767
2018	46,149	1,212	315,873
2019	42,139	810	342,456
2020	35,170	306	282,358
2021	37,948	308	312,488

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	45,339	751	261,474
2013	43,028	778	249,614
2014	30,424	497	247,804
2015			299,715
2016	44,189	249	346,613
2017	39,022	917	292,262
2018	47,435	1,087	302,661
2019	49,595	1,442	332,632
2020	37,837	497	283,604
2021	35,724	379	300,536

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	2,845	2,793	188
2013	2,869	2,905	409
2014	3,059	2,935	195
2015	3,072	2,645	296
2016	3,362	3,081	273
2017	3,223	2,877	334
2018	3,328	3,154	324
2019	3,385	2,676	413
2020	3,399	2,879	273
2021	3,568	3,205	462

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,823		10,230
2013	1,922		10,822
2014	1,958		11,191
2015			11,617
2016	2,181		11,939
2017	2,238		11,766
2018	2,385		12,505
2019	2,343		11,927
2020	2,388		11,584
2021	2,553		12,684

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Pirelli Tyre S.p.a.	48	51	47
Politecnico Di Milano	28	30	36
G.d Societa' Per Azioni	73	44	34
Leonardo S.p..a	11	29	26
Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa	7	19	26
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.a.	14	21	25
De'longhi S.p.a.	21	14	25
Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.	24	26	22
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a.	14	15	22
Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.a.	42	37	22

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Piaggio & C. Spa	2	10	19
Lisa Corti S.r.l.			15
Moncler S.p.a.	15	16	15
Giorgio Armani S.p.a.	10	21	13
Fendi Srl	6	7	11
Quanta System S.p.a.	1		11
Reply S.p.a.	1	2	11
Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.a.	22	10	10
Prysmian S.p.a.	3	9	10
Cantine Pirovano S.r.l.			9

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Thun S.p.a.	241	175	284
Ferrari S.p.a.	107	58	99
Nomination S.r.l.			89
Ares S.r.l. - Socio Unico	47	154	53
Fabbrica D'armi Pietro Beretta S.p.a.			43
Valentino S.p.a.	16	10	39
Kartell S.p.a.			38
Flos S.p.a.	52	33	30
Lago S.p.a.		37	29
Cordivari S.r.l.			27

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.
• Italy 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.
• Italy 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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