Pakistan

Population (Million): 225.20 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 1,204.85 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	117	16,259	400	839.22
2013	207	17,848	369	876.12
2014	202	22,385	703	917.07
2015	258	26,072	429	960.46
2016	273	29,256	636	1,013.54
2017	244	32,181	425	1,058.47
2018	350	32,972	524	1,123.58
2019	411	34,006	523	1,151.65
2020	376	38,920	373	1,136.33
2021	491	44,594	485	1,204.85

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	96	798	21
2013	151	783	56
2014	146	776	56
2015	209	677	49
2016	204	636	69
2017	193	505	51
2018	306	586	44
2019	313	561	98
2020	338	562	38
2021	426	567	65

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	13	299	13
2013	19	263	12
2014	172	13	12
2015	7	124	19
2016	12	202	18
2017	10	159	33
2018	16	249	19
2019	31	237	28
2020	20	181	21
2021	46	188	17

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012
2013
2014	185
2015
2016	1,848
2017	1,745
2018	1,835
2019	1,861
2020	1,973
2021	2,054

Utility Model Applications

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

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	15,323	4,342	936
2013	15,708	5,114	2,140
2014	20,576	4,691	1,809
2015	23,544	4,512	2,528
2016	27,017	9,109	2,239
2017	30,632	7,793	1,549
2018	30,543	7,438	2,429
2019	32,741	5,591	1,265
2020	36,448	4,130	2,472
2021	43,233	8,092	1,361

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	2,989	3,453	505
2013	5,777	3,528	907
2014	5,765	3,418	1,333
2015	5,336	4,100	1,821
2016	5,579	6,999	2,143
2017	7,420	4,692	1,550
2018	17,414	8,084	1,371
2019	15,936	7,949	1,583
2020	11,702	5,801	1,646
2021	12,564	6,485	1,345

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	395	99	5
2013	331	126	38
2014	475	83	228
2015	364	125	65
2016	435	120	201
2017	387	103	38
2018	453	135	71
2019	453	128	70
2020	366	98	7
2021	463	109	22

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	251	110	5
2013	275	97	9
2014	502	90
2015	238	71	60
2016	272	119	117
2017	192	87	118
2018	316	105	65
2019	329	79	11
2020	213	88	62
2021	252	78	11

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	2
2013	1
2014	1
2015	2		1
2016
2017	3
2018
2019	1
2020
2021	1

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			1
2013			11
2014			14
2015			1
2016			3
2017			8
2018			8
2019			7
2020			2
2021			6

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021

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.
• Contact information: Department for Economics and Data Analytics, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: ipstats.mail@wipo.int.