Statistical Country Profiles

Bhutan

Population (Million): 0.74 (2011) (Rank = 159)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 3.76 (2011) (Rank = 144)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997   5   1.27
    1998   1   1.34
    1999       1.44
    2000   3   1.54
    2001   1   1.65
    2002   12   1.80
    2003   5   1.95
    2004   7   2.11
    2005   1   2.29
    2006   17   2.45
    2007   19   2.89
    2008       3.03
    2009       3.23
    2010       3.47
    2011       3.76
    Patent Applications
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    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Chemical engineering 33.33
    Machine tools 33.33
    Civil engineering 33.33
    Others 0.01
    Patent Grants
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    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 5 94 1,138 95    
    1998 1 108 407 109    
    1999     223 116    
    2000 3 114 351 119    
    2001 1 122 706 111    
    2002 12 119 682 111    
    2003 4 117 622 111 1 165
    2004 7 117 925 102    
    2005 1 120 1,146 104    
    2006 14 116 969 108 3 153
    2007 18 110 968 110 1 162
    2008     946 103    
    2009     599 107    
    2010     559 113 1 177
    2011     615 109 1 183
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998     25 109    
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    2000     128 108    
    2001     704 97    
    2002     682 100    
    2003     620 97    
    2004     718 95    
    2005 7 97 909 101    
    2006 2 98 860 98    
    2007 5 94 951 97    
    2008     946 96 2 158
    2009     599 99    
    2010     559 104 4 168
    2011     614 104 1 183
    Industrial Design Applications
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    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    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.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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