Luxembourg

Population (Million): 0.64 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 75.84 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	2,485	111,134	19,239	102,127.44
2013	2,660	127,829	23,964	103,462.60
2014	3,144	133,272	20,045	105,659.09
2015	2,793	139,504	27,403	107,776.99
2016	3,474	157,629	15,958	108,649.42
2017	3,465	119,189	11,235	108,872.32
2018	3,199	121,253	14,892
2019	2,727	104,718	14,925
2020	2,686	107,873	13,251
2021	2,725	97,910	8,992

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	502	52	1,983
2013	515	56	2,145
2014	586	90	2,558
2015	542	119	2,251
2016	622	301	2,852
2017	716	512	2,749
2018	603	243	2,596
2019	543	359	2,184
2020	523	679	2,163
2021	544	1,441	2,181

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	247	49	862
2013			1,109
2014	303	73	1,485
2015	321	53	1,268
2016	372	99	1,465
2017	556	364	1,571
2018	513	364	1,658
2019	385	316	1,751
2020	488	319	1,785
2021	400	930	1,855

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	45,955
2013	47,025
2014	48,838
2015	51,119
2016	65,137
2017	71,708
2018	98,245
2019	145,728
2020	165,249
2021	143,988

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			47
2013			49
2014			47
2015			72
2016			47
2017			56
2018			41
2019			25
2020			32
2021			29

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	6,025		105,109
2013	6,477		121,352
2014	7,188		126,084
2015	7,373		132,131
2016	7,603		150,026
2017	6,388		112,801
2018	5,750		115,503
2019	5,126		99,592
2020	4,987		102,886
2021	4,656		93,254

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	2,914		88,091
2013	3,118		99,598
2014	3,603		110,641
2015	6,908		125,170
2016	6,845		126,446
2017	6,148		122,676
2018	5,174		105,109
2019	5,086		104,215
2020	4,219		86,526
2021	5,162		103,198

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	726		18,513
2013	865		23,099
2014	702		19,343
2015	981		26,422
2016	577		15,381
2017	432		10,803
2018	535		14,357
2019	513		14,412
2020	457		12,794
2021	321		8,671

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	666		17,104
2013	804		21,241
2014	867		24,105
2015	873		23,961
2016	665		17,897
2017	398		10,991
2018	634		16,275
2019	473		12,918
2020	366		10,340
2021	464		12,910

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	335	282	35
2013	372	357	36
2014	392	336	25
2015	403	443	46
2016	431	466	40
2017	499	386	18
2018	387	377	31
2019	350	423	41
2020	322	310	31
2021	345	331	27

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	231	5	1,327
2013	225		1,286
2014	265		1,648
2015	232		1,492
2016	254		1,962
2017	338		2,000
2018	290		1,896
2019	273		1,604
2020	234	102	1,447
2021	257	193	1,572

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Arcelormittal	118	123	91
Flooring Industries Ltd.	5	8	23
Luxembourg Institute Of Science And Technology (list)	24	19	19
Iee International Electronics & Engineering S.a.	24	21	12
Delphi Automotive Systems Luxembourg Sa	11	12	11
Paul Wurth S.a.	8	7	9
Swm Luxembourg S.a.r.l.	3	7	8
Tarkett Gdl S.a.	8	4	7
Ceratizit Luxembourg S.a.r.l.	4	2	6
Kerry Luxembourg S.a. R.l.	1	2	5

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Rigo Trading S.a. Societe Anonyme	102	70	64
Soremartec S.a.	33	17	30
Teqball Holding Sarl			10
Docler Ip S.a R.l.			6
Ferrero Trading Lux Sa	4	2	6
Laurent Andres			5
Prada S.a.	1		5
Samsonite Ip Holdings S.a R.l.	17	1	5
Zitro International S.a R.l.			5
Cerioti Holding S.a.		6	4

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Teqball Holding Sarl	6	24	71
Bugatti International S.a.	62	42	37
Domaines Vinsmoselle		8	21
Keter Luxembourg Sarl			18
Accumalux			7
Gilles Tooling G.m.b.h.	9		6
Soremartec S.a.	7	21	5
Thomas Aina	2	17	5
Confederation Europeenne De Petanque			3
Impactify S.a R.l.			3

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.
• Luxembourg 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.
• Luxembourg is a member of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP). Trademark and industrial design filings by residents of this country at the BOIP are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office.
• Luxembourg 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.