Slovakia

Population (Million): 5.45 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 171.58 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	369	33,500	4,263	143.19
2013	401	47,827	6,856	144.12
2014	454	42,943	7,390	148.05
2015	496	45,655	4,481	155.77
2016	457	45,447	4,167	158.78
2017	441	44,924	8,398	163.51
2018	560	47,491	6,349	169.72
2019	569	47,142	5,042	174.14
2020	569	49,455	5,833	166.55
2021	414	62,093	6,498	171.58

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	205	35	164
2013	213	26	188
2014	238	23	216
2015	277	28	219
2016	263	15	194
2017	224	23	217
2018	267	14	293
2019	248	28	321
2020	261	15	308
2021	189	13	225

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	56	118	57
2013	44	76	49
2014	69	36	68
2015	65	28	96
2016	96	41	99
2017	77	23	108
2018	114	23	107
2019	102	23	164
2020	94	10	145
2021	125	14	181

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	13,394
2013	14,218
2014	15,014
2015	15,366
2016	16,363
2017	17,815
2018	19,247
2019	20,981
2020	21,912
2021	21,940

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	298	94	50
2013	339	90	67
2014	332	65	57
2015	373	46	60
2016	300	59	53
2017	343	69	59
2018	320	68	45
2019	281	44	49
2020	342	48	50
2021	253	44	44

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	8,888	5,944	24,612
2013	10,260	6,930	37,567
2014	10,705	5,249	32,238
2015	10,640	5,118	35,015
2016	10,630	4,714	34,817
2017	10,010	5,298	34,914
2018	9,642	5,065	37,849
2019	10,095	4,849	37,047
2020	10,152	4,248	39,303
2021	11,940	4,776	50,153

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	7,356	6,368	20,943
2013	7,938	6,432	25,451
2014	8,249	5,559	28,713
2015	8,013	5,245	28,154
2016	9,193	4,463	29,095
2017	7,116	4,824	26,889
2018	8,529	5,597	32,286
2019	8,946	4,831	32,908
2020	8,941	4,223	32,283
2021	9,533	3,757	40,676

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	605	196	3,658
2013	596	126	6,260
2014	585	101	6,805
2015	351	57	4,130
2016	391	224	3,776
2017	609	136	7,789
2018	483	58	5,866
2019	351	230	4,691
2020	477	88	5,356
2021	488	146	6,010

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	539	138	3,427
2013	567	167	5,615
2014	527	141	5,848
2015	456	42	5,365
2016	363	92	2,913
2017	533	196	7,447
2018	419	139	5,636
2019	372	124	4,789
2020	380	182	4,890
2021	545	166	5,941

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	42	110	1
2013	41	145	3
2014	65	130	8
2015	38	129	2
2016	55	122	3
2017	52	124	11
2018	50	100	4
2019	42	97	3
2020	48	90	4
2021	39	107	4

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	26	14	92
2013	19	9	110
2014	15	7	101
2015	25	10	123
2016	16	4	89
2017	15	7	108
2018	26	2	177
2019	20	4	241
2020	30	4	196
2021	18	8	117

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Slovenska Technicka Univerzita V Bratislave	1	3	3
Geneton S.r.o.		1	2
Mabpro A.s.			2
Sec Technologies, S.r.o.			2
Bloomreach Sk S.r.o.			1
Db Biotech, As			1
Ekom Spol. S R.o.			1
Exa Group, A.s.			1
Gospace Tech S. R. O.			1
Movychem, S.r.o.			1

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
St. Nicolaus - Trade, A. S.	2		7
Gas Familia, S. R. O. Stara Lubovna		5	5
Be Lenka S. R. O.			4
St. Nicolaus, A. S.	4	2	4
Compass Europe S.r.o.	1	1	3
Crh (slovensko) A. S.	2		3
Dowina, S. R. O.			3
Agepha Pharma S.r.o.			2
Dedoles, S.r.o.			2
Gas Fama Lia, S. R. O. Stara A Ubova?a			2

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Jozef Sestak			2
Ecotank S. R. O.			1

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.
• Slovakia 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.
• Slovakia 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.