Statistical Country Profile

France

Population (Million): 65.44 (2011) (Rank = 21)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 1951.24 (2011) (Rank = 9)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 36,907 118,445 8,201 1552.06
    1998 40,218 181,071 22,834 1604.49
    1999 43,837 195,830 25,245 1657.31
    2000 45,935 220,426 23,920 1718.29
    2001 44,516 173,084 22,462 1749.84
    2002 44,350 167,074 18,711 1766.09
    2003 44,869 181,542 28,899 1781.98
    2004 51,279 223,090 44,974 1827.32
    2005 54,372 244,734 48,414 1860.70
    2006 55,579 255,879 51,702 1906.60
    2007 58,509 290,704 54,697 1950.18
    2008 62,200 288,831 58,405 1948.60
    2009 60,935 298,117 59,018 1887.28
    2010 65,623 324,675 60,927 1918.67
    2011 65,349 335,504 60,949 1951.24
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 18,343 6 3,637 23 18,564 5
    1998 18,895 6 3,544 23 21,323 5
    1999 19,772 7 3,282 24 24,065 5
    2000 20,661 8 3,483 26 25,274 5
    2001 20,303 8 3,605 27 24,213 5
    2002 20,372 8 3,389 27 23,978 5
    2003 20,942 8 3,339 25 23,927 5
    2004 22,310 8 3,060 25 28,969 6
    2005 22,362 8 2,948 25 32,010 6
    2006 22,540 7 2,720 26 33,039 6
    2007 23,049 7 2,387 26 35,460 6
    2008 23,709 7 1,761 29 38,491 6
    2009 23,030 7 1,593 27 37,905 6
    2010 24,278 7 1,832 25 41,345 5
    2011 24,287 7 2,099 26 41,062 5
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Transport 7.84
    Organic fine chemistry 6.92
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 5.67
    Pharmaceuticals 5.28
    Computer technology 4.32
    Civil engineering 4.04
    Measurement 4.00
    Digital communication 3.82
    Audio-visual technology 3.76
    Mechanical elements 3.74
    Others 50.61
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 14,431 6 3,226 14 11,999 5
    1998 13,158 6 2,754 14 12,860 5
    1999 12,573 6 2,523 15 13,914 5
    2000 11,047 6 2,337 16 12,551 5
    2001 11,886 6 2,266 15 13,308 5
    2002 11,982 6 1,809 17 15,095 5
    2003 14,277 6 2,115 16 16,063 5
    2004 13,737 7 2,465 15 15,277 5
    2005 12,221 7 2,992 15 14,876 5
    2006 15,195 7 3,091 16 15,801 5
    2007 13,728 7 2,364 17 15,822 5
    2008 14,040 7 1,575 19 17,039 6
    2009 13,259 8 1,301 25 17,004 6
    2010 13,315 8 1,120 25 20,170 5
    2011 13,616 7 1,398 22 21,150 5
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004 388,379 5
    2005 343,568 5
    2006 377,761 5
    2007    
    2008 439,075 5
    2009 436,931 6
    2010 435,915 6
    2011    
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         158 9
    1998         128 10
    1999         117 14
    2000         163 9
    2001         134 9
    2002         310 8
    2003 72 26 297 5 140 15
    2004 87 27 216 6 91 14
    2005 185 22 205 6 164 12
    2006 80 30 301 6 80 16
    2007 121 22 209 6 103 13
    2008 85 32 203 8 107 16
    2009 195 26 218 6 152 14
    2010 213 25 271 8 131 18
    2011 211 24 295 7 255 10
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 47,789 7 15,077 9 70,656 4
    1998 73,622 4 22,741 3 107,449 4
    1999 82,755 4 20,550 3 113,075 4
    2000 93,252 4 21,942 5 127,174 5
    2001 63,684 9 14,324 13 109,400 5
    2002 61,446 8 12,774 14 105,628 5
    2003 62,231 8 11,626 18 119,311 4
    2004 66,705 7 11,324 19 156,385 5
    2005 68,432 8 11,854 20 176,302 5
    2006 71,797 8 10,665 25 184,082 6
    2007 76,437 8 9,602 26 214,267 5
    2008 76,175 8 9,106 30 212,656 5
    2009 83,118 7 7,679 27 214,999 5
    2010 92,737 6 7,493 30 231,938 5
    2011 93,160 6 7,585 28 242,344 4
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     9,930 20 70,163 4
    1998     10,115 24 68,965 4
    1999     9,752 18 66,609 4
    2000     10,674 20 63,472 5
    2001     10,644 19 58,239 5
    2002     9,222 24 54,248 4
    2003 2,320 34 8,623 24 84,661 3
    2004 2,234 36 8,029 21 98,790 6
    2005 5,233 29 8,517 22 174,762 4
    2006 4,565 33 7,399 30 158,741 5
    2007 4,806 35 6,381 34 175,081 5
    2008 5,776 31 5,955 39 197,190 5
    2009 6,311 28 4,674 33 203,609 5
    2010 7,647 28 4,191 39 242,927 5
    2011 7,062 29 4,084 45 224,878 5
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 6,051 6 1,633 9 2,150 5
    1998 6,704 6 4,362 5 16,130 2
    1999 7,036 6 4,518 5 18,209 2
    2000 6,434 5 5,041 3 17,486 2
    2001 6,560 5 4,764 3 15,902 2
    2002 6,641 5 5,039 4 12,070 4
    2003 6,863 5 2,342 7 22,036 3
    2004 7,588 5 1,088 13 37,386 3
    2005 7,666 5 789 20 40,748 4
    2006 7,537 5 697 25 44,165 3
    2007 7,389 5 648 23 47,308 4
    2008 5,966 7 380 37 52,439 3
    2009 6,490 6 245 37 52,528 2
    2010 6,580 7 272 35 54,347 3
    2011 6,356 7 237 38 54,593 3
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 51,332 2 16,385 1 3,314 7
    1998 54,529 2 6,306 2 16,642 2
    1999 58,838 2 6,819 2 18,221 2
    2000 52,344 1 7,943 1 17,350 2
    2001 57,118 1 7,233 1 15,704 2
    2002 60,324 1 7,191 1 12,058 4
    2003 61,816 2 3,384 3 15,244 2
    2004 1,542 15 798 20 38,065 3
    2005 1,665 16 556 26 41,564 4
    2006 1,769 16 508 27 45,152 3
    2007 1,690 16 453 29 46,747 3
    2008 1,801 16 224 48 49,451 3
    2009 1,821 13 119 52 50,596 3
    2010 1,823 11 136 45 50,333 4
    2011 2,013 13 104 51 54,958 3
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 2,676 5 3,669 2    
    1998 3,210 5 3,700 2    
    1999 3,548 5 3,748 2    
    2000 4,140 5 4,160 2 1,115 3
    2001 4,697 5 3,625 2 937 3
    2002 5,088 5 3,609 2 869 3
    2003 5,173 5 3,331 2 469 4
    2004 5,182 4 3,518 2 278 4
    2005 5,742 4 3,497 2 233 4
    2006 6,256 4 3,705 2 200 4
    2007 6,560 5 3,930 2 190 4
    2008 7,072 5 4,218 2 232 4
    2009 7,237 6 3,523 3 206 4
    2010 7,246 6 3,565 4 243 4
    2011 7,438 6 3,804 4 241 4
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 371 36
    THOMSON LICENSING 303 46
    ALCATEL LUCENT 287 50
    PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA 268 54
    L'OREAL 260 57
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) 196 72
    SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN 184 80
    FRANCE TELECOM 176 87
    SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTRUCTION DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION 170 96
    L AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L EXPLOITATION D.PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE 133 116
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,376 3     2,786 6
    1998 1,666 4     5,647 6
    1999 2,159 4     7,215 6
    2000 2,521 4     8,599 6
    2001 2,798 3     9,097 6
    2002 2,810 4     10,177 6
    2003 3,392 4     10,963 5
    2004 3,626 5     16,411 5
    2005 3,651 5     17,657 6
    2006 3,852 4     18,408 6
    2007 4,100 4     20,085 4
    2008 4,614 4     23,106 4
    2009 4,599 4     23,351 4
    2010 5,076 4     28,133 4
    2011 5,189 4     28,038 4
    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.
  • France 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 France.
  • France 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 France.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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