Statistical Country Profiles

Croatia

Population (Million): 4.41 (2011) (Rank = 121)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 71.23 (2011) (Rank = 72)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 276 609 138 52.30
    1998 272 557 173 53.33
    1999 256 647 196 52.77
    2000 380 792 181 54.75
    2001 428 1,025 231 56.75
    2002 359 2,028 160 59.52
    2003 513 2,987 224 62.72
    2004 519 2,470 349 65.31
    2005 468 2,447 257 68.10
    2006 420 3,510 337 71.46
    2007 548 4,105 348 75.08
    2008 528 3,905 587 76.71
    2009 423 3,812 562 72.11
    2010 404 3,548 524 71.25
    2011 366 3,935 950 71.23
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 273 43 439 45 3 62
    1998 267 45 352 48 5 71
    1999 246 47 144 66 10 64
    2000 337 42 538 48 43 48
    2001 362 43 599 43 66 40
    2002 328 44 703 41 31 57
    2003 387 43 699 39 126 47
    2004 385 43 839 34 134 51
    2005 363 46 649 35 105 56
    2006 317 45 119 70 103 54
    2007 344 46 93 66 204 48
    2008 355 45 71 72 173 53
    2009 271 50 68 64 152 57
    2010 275 52 21 76 129 58
    2011 248 48 21 74 118 62
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Pharmaceuticals 15.65
    Organic fine chemistry 13.85
    Civil engineering 9.84
    Transport 6.35
    Furniture, games 5.01
    Other special machines 4.78
    Engines, pumps, turbines 4.67
    Medical technology 4.63
    Other consumer goods 3.48
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 2.79
    Others 28.95
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 35 58 84 63    
    1998 40 58 204 50    
    1999 62 53 213 52    
    2000 114 40 265 49    
    2001 49 57 172 53    
    2002 39 59 148 52 28 43
    2003 44 60 133 53 95 40
    2004 27 58 108 56 50 46
    2005 16 69 124 53 32 53
    2006 44 64 139 53 39 49
    2007 40 57 107 54 96 44
    2008 54 59 97 58 83 48
    2009 44 59 125 48 65 53
    2010 23 65 69 60 76 52
    2011 16 69 173 46 70 55
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004 1,076 40
    2005 1,094 39
    2006 1,163 36
    2007 1,326 37
    2008 1,563 37
    2009 1,852 39
    2010 2,134 46
    2011 2,791 39
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998            
    1999            
    2000            
    2001            
    2002 74 21 14 19 1 63
    2003 66 27 8 27 4 47
    2004 65 30 14 25 1 56
    2005 52 31 34 20 1 60
    2006 91 29 15 28 2 49
    2007 103 26 11 29 6 45
    2008 102 30 15 33 5 47
    2009 122 32 25 28 3 61
    2010 97 34 15 32 6 51
    2011 94 30 11 33 3 65
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 599 65 6,582 42 10 73
    1998 547 73 6,308 43 10 69
    1999 646 72 5,859 45 1 97
    2000 788 72 6,417 47 4 89
    2001 992 67 6,111 49 33 91
    2002 843 72 5,600 49 1,185 49
    2003 1,176 66 5,921 47 1,811 49
    2004 1,283 67 6,072 44 1,187 51
    2005 1,173 73 7,559 38 1,274 53
    2006 1,398 72 8,024 35 2,112 57
    2007 1,486 70 8,018 31 2,619 59
    2008 1,792 63 8,521 31 2,113 63
    2009 1,331 62 6,724 30 2,481 60
    2010 1,620 65 6,225 33 1,928 67
    2011 1,461 61 6,298 36 2,474 60
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1,148 41 8,469 25 3 76
    1998 901 49 7,310 33 5 74
    1999 497 57 5,720 40 6 68
    2000 128 76 5,352 47    
    2001 758 53 6,343 41 4 80
    2002 881 49 5,541 43 1,091 38
    2003 699 52 5,604 40 1,655 43
    2004 653 57 5,446 36 993 45
    2005 804 61 7,193 27 1,160 49
    2006 1,090 54 7,900 26 2,104 51
    2007 955 56 7,770 24 2,146 56
    2008 1,116 56 8,204 26 1,774 63
    2009 1,541 48 6,908 23 2,417 59
    2010 1,045 57 6,081 30 1,897 63
    2011 1,524 51 6,344 30 2,434 59
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 138 42 43 43    
    1998 173 43 46 64    
    1999 196 39 50 64    
    2000 181 45 55 67    
    2001 184 46 34 70 47 44
    2002 160 47 64 68    
    2003 166 45 75 67 58 51
    2004 189 48 331 48 160 48
    2005 177 48 471 35 80 69
    2006 203 49 516 29 134 52
    2007 195 48 647 24 153 55
    2008 198 50 553 26 389 46
    2009 235 47 448 25 327 47
    2010 280 42 500 23 244 50
    2011 285 43 490 25 665 45
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 66 41 8 55    
    1998 76 45 53 59    
    1999 225 31 98 56    
    2000 52 49 5 84    
    2001 110 48 68 64 36 48
    2002 87 49 34 66 1 74
    2003 124 44 43 65 30 55
    2004 49 54 282 48 157 46
    2005 98 49 474 31 129 57
    2006 226 46 521 25 126 51
    2007 152 44 600 23 143 54
    2008 137 45 567 23 260 49
    2009 131 41 438 21 298 47
    2010 139 47 490 19 191 51
    2011 159 45 484 20 661 44
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 6 51 76 19    
    1998 11 47 18 28    
    1999 40 38 61 23    
    2000 43 38 90 25    
    2001 56 37 105 23    
    2002 69 38 210 20    
    2003 72 36 117 26    
    2004 76 38 135 27 1 22
    2005 72 38 79 35 3 18
    2006 76 39 150 29 2 19
    2007 79 41 185 29 5 14
    2008 56 44 200 28 7 18
    2009 38 46 235 27 5 22
    2010 50 45 153 29 7 25
    2011 47 46 218 25 19 18
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    PAVLETIC D.O.O. 2 6781
    PLIVA HRVATSKA D.O.O. 2 6781
    RUDJER BOSKOVIC INSTITUTE 2 6781
    SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU 2 6781
    ELEKTROKEM D.O.O 1 11344
    GOLF VIZIJA D.O.O 1 11344
    HEPLAST-PIPE D.O.O. 1 11344
    HIDRA FORCE D.O.O 1 11344
    NUMIKON D.O.O 1 11344
    SOLARIS D.O.O. 1 11344
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         1 58
    1998         4 56
    1999         10 48
    2000     455 25 43 38
    2001     542 27 65 33
    2002     659 27 29 45
    2003     662 28 53 41
    2004 2 46 805 26 96 42
    2005 8 42 622 26 74 46
    2006 3 46 95 37 58 47
    2007 3 47 59 39 138 42
    2008 22 39 52 41 123 47
    2009 17 43 52 35 126 48
    2010 20 39 14 55 105 51
    2011 10 46 10 55 49 61
    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.
  • Croatia is a member of the European Patent Convention from 2008. 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 Croatia.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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