Saudi Arabia

Population (Million): 35.34 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 1,594.02 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012				1,400.15
2013	3,124		238	1,437.94
2014	4,123	15,585	703	1,490.46
2015	3,543	17,015	342	1,551.67
2016	4,760		502	1,577.59
2017	4,410	23,780	635	1,565.89
2018	6,910	26,030	371	1,605.26
2019	7,401	29,501	624	1,610.62
2020	9,782	25,126	648	1,543.98
2021	4,868	31,931	1,096	1,594.02

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			2,047
2013	727	440	2,397
2014	947	135	3,176
2015	915	1,691	2,628
2016	1,316	2,196	3,444
2017	1,213	2,282	3,197
2018	1,683	2,321	5,227
2019	1,722	2,463	5,679
2020	2,134	2,274	7,648
2021	1,477	2,581	3,391

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			403
2013	68	196	639
2014	77	512	631
2015	198	600	798
2016	183	471	1,290
2017	368	411	2,537
2018	456	446	3,032
2019	284	394	2,672
2020	300	598	2,519
2021	373	1,373	1,944

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012
2013	1,988
2014	2,338
2015	2,664
2016	3,104
2017	3,277
2018	3,383
2019	3,829
2020	4,175
2021	6,017

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012
2013			3
2014			4
2015			6
2016			4
2017			3
2018			9
2019			3
2020			14
2021			38

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			4,004
2013			5,276
2014	4,897	10,760	10,688
2015	7,423	10,831	9,592
2016			6,254
2017	17,092	16,233	6,688
2018	18,563	13,329	7,467
2019	23,411	14,258	6,090
2020	20,287	9,897	4,839
2021	24,411	13,719	7,520

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			3,076
2013			4,023
2014	5,866	19,077	10,556
2015	7,482	11,149	5,756
2016			8,109
2017			5,632
2018			6,367
2019	10,210	12,270	5,757
2020	8,944	8,591	5,190
2021	14,174	11,970	5,858

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			221
2013	168	524	70
2014	234	451	469
2015	321	503	21
2016	386	551	116
2017	461	540	174
2018	345	572	26
2019	348	456	276
2020	537	411	111
2021	853	547	243

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			204
2013	46	248	89
2014	237	799	63
2015	348	521	292
2016	337	457	107
2017	336	585	144
2018	279	507	41
2019	195	369	244
2020	362	416	33
2021	530	466	282

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	286
2013	187
2014	381	1
2015	274
2016	294
2017	378	3
2018	662	3
2019	552		1
2020	952
2021	822	1

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			269
2013			430
2014			1,009
2015	27	1,608	838
2016	138	2,108	1,315
2017	117	2,208	574
2018	222	2,242	882
2019	330	2,361	1,325
2020	453	1,998	1,686
2021	460	2,415	1,166

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Saudi Arabian Oil Co.	439	435	838
King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology	123	97	83
Saline Water Conversion Corporation		2	3
Islamic Research And Training Institute			2
King Faisal University		2	2
Subul Alkhebrah Industrial Company		1	2
Alfaisal University			1
Fathom Solutions For Communications And Information Technology			1
International Company For Water And Power Projects			1
King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology	10	1	1

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Sidra Capital			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.
• Saudi Arabia is a member of the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC Patent Office). Patent filings by residents of this country at GCC Patent Office 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.