Statistical Country Profiles

Belgium

Population (Million): 11.01 (2011) (Rank = 75)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 364.66 (2011) (Rank = 28)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 4,959     284.82
    1998 5,510 11,372   290.31
    1999 5,676 11,204   300.59
    2000 6,003 14,179   311.62
    2001 6,198 12,549   314.14
    2002 6,181 10,685   318.41
    2003 6,487 16,325 2,753 320.98
    2004 7,735 22,675 6,600 331.47
    2005 8,701 22,832 8,564 337.30
    2006 10,073 28,814 8,324 346.47
    2007 11,753 52,672 9,461 356.58
    2008 11,349 47,399 9,361 360.04
    2009 10,159 57,264 10,100 349.96
    2010 11,804 60,279 11,165 357.79
    2011 11,427 57,962 11,167 364.66
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,669 24 269 54 3,290 13
    1998 1,728 24 249 54 3,782 13
    1999 1,607 24 249 58 4,069 14
    2000 1,688 23 243 61 4,315 14
    2001 1,785 23 264 59 4,413 14
    2002 1,929 22 147 69 4,252 15
    2003 1,893 22 188 66 4,594 15
    2004 2,007 24 122 71 5,728 15
    2005 2,176 24 105 69 6,525 15
    2006 2,307 24 161 64 7,766 15
    2007 2,354 24 163 59 9,399 14
    2008 2,475 23 133 64 8,874 17
    2009 2,299 25 148 56 7,860 17
    2010 2,660 23 140 59 9,144 17
    2011 2,630 22 127 58 8,797 16
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Pharmaceuticals 12.89
    Organic fine chemistry 9.12
    Biotechnology 6.57
    Other special machines 4.69
    Textile and paper machines 4.52
    Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 4.45
    Civil engineering 3.98
    Optics 3.70
    Basic materials chemistry 3.48
    Materials, metallurgy 3.26
    Others 43.34
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,023 20 257 48 1,975 13
    1998 801 22 179 52 2,237 13
    1999 1,125 18 239 51 2,178 14
    2000 828 23 289 47 2,280 13
    2001 933 21 262 45 2,286 14
    2002 859 20 146 53 2,534 14
    2003 1,000 21 228 49 2,689 15
    2004 576 25     2,512 15
    2005 992 24 175 46 2,344 15
    2006 984 23 125 54 2,542 15
    2007 929 22 114 53 2,506 15
    2008 993 20 131 55 3,068 15
    2009 852 24 95 56 3,409 15
    2010 1,066 24 108 54 3,974 16
    2011 1,126 22 117 53 4,091 16
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004    
    2005 708 42
    2006 548 41
    2007    
    2008    
    2009    
    2010    
    2011    
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         41 19
    1998         36 18
    1999         58 18
    2000         35 20
    2001         31 20
    2002         56 18
    2003         53 25
    2004         30 24
    2005         48 21
    2006         41 23
    2007         40 24
    2008         35 27
    2009         41 24
    2010         44 27
    2011         61 26
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         2,730 26
    1998 562 72     10,810 15
    1999 574 74     10,630 16
    2000 767 73     13,412 16
    2001 687 75     11,862 15
    2002 598 76     10,087 17
    2003 985 71     15,340 17
    2004 847 76     21,828 16
    2005 855 78     21,977 19
    2006 1,091 76     27,723 20
    2007 6,603 41     46,069 15
    2008 6,462 42     40,937 16
    2009 6,737 39     50,527 14
    2010 6,989 40     53,290 14
    2011 6,772 37     51,190 15
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         2,191 25
    1998         2,175 28
    1999         1,702 32
    2000         1,526 33
    2001         1,688 29
    2002         1,842 31
    2003 457 60     7,659 19
    2004 460 61     12,186 18
    2005 969 58     24,451 16
    2006 806 60     20,625 17
    2007 1,009 54     27,664 16
    2008 5,377 33     35,895 15
    2009 5,585 29     42,408 15
    2010 6,110 31     53,810 14
    2011 5,794 34     46,231 14
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         272 18
    1998         255 21
    1999         236 20
    2000         328 20
    2001         371 21
    2002         96 27
    2003 165 46     2,588 15
    2004 255 43     6,345 15
    2005 573 33     7,991 15
    2006 590 32     7,734 16
    2007 339 41     9,122 16
    2008 479 33     8,882 17
    2009 555 34     9,545 17
    2010 658 30     10,507 16
    2011 563 35     10,604 17
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         1,606 10
    1998         610 16
    1999         914 15
    2000         1,077 13
    2001         884 15
    2002         232 20
    2003 77 51     1,517 16
    2004 250 39     6,141 15
    2005 690 24     8,818 14
    2006 615 30     8,002 16
    2007 303 40     8,187 17
    2008 523 31     9,099 17
    2009 489 30     9,325 17
    2010 575 28     10,022 16
    2011 533 32     10,330 17
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 320 19        
    1998 460 17        
    1999 530 16        
    2000 582 17     150 8
    2001 692 17     139 8
    2002 695 18     152 8
    2003 776 18     50 7
    2004 830 17     37 7
    2005 1,075 18     27 7
    2006 1,030 18     17 8
    2007 1,124 18     27 7
    2008 1,135 18     28 10
    2009 1,008 19     30 10
    2010 1,056 20     37 10
    2011 1,191 20     42 11
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V. 87 197
    JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 55 316
    TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY 41 434
    SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 36 493
    AGC GLASS EUROPE 34 530
    CNH BELGIUM N.V. 33 550
    K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 30 603
    UCB, S.A. 29 629
    NV BEKAERT SA 25 724
    UNIVERSITEIT GENT 25 724
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 189 12     479 14
    1998 239 13     897 14
    1999 273 13     1,150 14
    2000 358 13     1,490 13
    2001 432 12     1,624 15
    2002 438 13     1,593 16
    2003 468 13     1,766 16
    2004 469 15     2,915 16
    2005 516 15     3,372 16
    2006 630 15     4,495 15
    2007 705 16     5,958 14
    2008 745 14     5,697 15
    2009 665 14     5,078 15
    2010 744 16     5,824 16
    2011 704 17     5,495 16
    Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated : 12/2012
  • The statistics are based on data collected from IP offices or extracted from the PATSTAT database (for statistics by field of technology). 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 filing at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) or the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) is treated as equavalent of multiple abroad filings at each member state; whereas one filing at the European Patent Office (EPO) or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is counted as one abroad filing due to lack of information on designation.
  • Belgium is a member of the European Patent Convention from 1978. Patent filings by residents of this country at the European Patent Office (EPO) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office. Due to lack of information on designation, filings by other nationals at the EPO are not counted as non-resident filings for Belgium.
  • Belgium 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; filings by other nationals at the BOIP are considered non-resident filings via regional office for Belgium.
  • Belgium is a member of the European Union. Trademark and industrial design filings by residents of this country at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office; filings by other nationals at OHIM are considered non-resident filings via regional office for Belgium.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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