Statistical Country Profiles

Luxembourg

Population (Million): 0.52 (2011) (Rank = 165)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 35.39 (2011) (Rank = 91)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 401     21.28
    1998 509 3,482   22.66
    1999 535 4,447   24.57
    2000 797 6,118   26.64
    2001 628 5,230   27.31
    2002 757 4,729   28.43
    2003 742 4,951 335 28.87
    2004 1,004 7,400 561 30.14
    2005 1,123 8,415 735 31.78
    2006 1,155 11,819 1,352 33.36
    2007 1,431 19,501 1,473 35.57
    2008 1,335 18,259 1,739 35.84
    2009 1,486 19,916 1,691 33.94
    2010 1,890 25,870 1,740 34.85
    2011 2,281 29,244 2,036 35.39
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 130 55 102 71 271 30
    1998 165 53 68 71 344 29
    1999 150 52 86 77 385 29
    2000 232 50 91 80 565 29
    2001 188 55 70 80 440 29
    2002 189 54 42 83 568 28
    2003 180 55 8 91 562 32
    2004 206 53 18 89 798 30
    2005 205 57 64 77 918 30
    2006 207 56 26 87 948 31
    2007 266 51 25 79 1,165 30
    2008 269 48 23 82 1,066 30
    2009 353 46 24 75 1,133 32
    2010 502 45 21 76 1,388 29
    2011 454 41 43 69 1,827 26
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Pharmaceuticals 14.19
    Materials, metallurgy 7.09
    Medical technology 6.31
    Transport 6.29
    Organic fine chemistry 5.82
    Surface technology, coating 4.83
    Civil engineering 4.39
    Thermal processes and apparatus 4.26
    Engines, pumps, turbines 3.64
    Measurement 3.58
    Others 39.60
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 128 44 86 62 253 26
    1998 131 44 69 63 284 27
    1999 91 49 46 71 318 27
    2000 81 47 16 78 275 27
    2001 113 46 37 68 293 27
    2002 93 47 44 66 345 27
    2003 124 40 48 68 381 31
    2004 106 40     372 28
    2005 90 49 15 73 437 28
    2006 90 52 32 72 346 32
    2007 95 48 35 65 431 29
    2008 115 49 21 75 550 27
    2009 114 50 25 64 561 28
    2010 190 41 27 69 739 28
    2011 205 37 26 68 707 27
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004    
    2005    
    2006    
    2007    
    2008    
    2009    
    2010 21,346 27
    2011    
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         10 27
    1998         17 26
    1999         8 33
    2000         28 22
    2001         10 29
    2002         4 46
    2003         11 37
    2004         13 31
    2005         14 31
    2006         16 30
    2007         34 28
    2008         25 32
    2009         31 27
    2010         21 34
    2011         45 30
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         1,724 35
    1998 148 92     3,334 27
    1999 227 87     4,220 21
    2000 281 90     5,837 23
    2001 279 91     4,951 25
    2002 233 93     4,496 29
    2003 270 89     4,681 32
    2004 257 98     7,143 29
    2005 294 96     8,121 30
    2006 416 90     11,403 29
    2007 1,149 75     18,352 25
    2008 1,223 69     17,036 28
    2009 1,158 64     18,758 24
    2010 1,617 66     24,253 24
    2011 1,668 60     27,576 24
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         986 34
    1998         1,234 34
    1999         840 36
    2000         855 37
    2001         1,005 34
    2002         1,090 39
    2003 188 76     3,455 28
    2004 142 79     4,060 32
    2005 231 81     6,350 30
    2006 301 77     8,217 29
    2007 391 73     11,422 29
    2008 1,073 57     15,520 26
    2009 990 56     15,440 26
    2010 1,466 54     25,132 24
    2011 1,504 52     23,463 23
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         98 23
    1998         50 35
    1999         122 25
    2000         100 30
    2001         42 47
    2002         16 52
    2003 20 73     315 31
    2004 21 76     540 37
    2005 52 63     683 33
    2006 63 64     1,289 28
    2007 52 64     1,421 30
    2008 109 58     1,630 29
    2009 77 60     1,614 31
    2010 78 64     1,662 32
    2011 75 61     1,961 31
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         242 22
    1998         109 27
    1999         72 36
    2000         104 28
    2001         67 36
    2002         15 51
    2003 13 65     213 32
    2004 21 64     521 34
    2005 28 60     625 34
    2006 43 62     1,088 28
    2007 56 56     1,543 28
    2008 103 48     1,382 32
    2009 67 51     1,493 31
    2010 72 56     1,598 32
    2011 83 50     1,955 30
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 92 27        
    1998 120 25        
    1999 132 27        
    2000 138 29     18 14
    2001 134 29     21 15
    2002 143 30     23 11
    2003 117 32     9 14
    2004 127 31     1 22
    2005 119 33     1 24
    2006 128 33     2 19
    2007 166 32     2 21
    2008 228 31     4 27
    2009 229 29     15 15
    2010 251 30     19 16
    2011 246 30     27 15
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    MILUX HOLDING SA 43 408
    IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A. 20 913
    DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING S.A.R.L. 18 992
    PAUL WURTH S.A. 13 1317
    SPAWNT PRIVATE S.A.R.L. 13 1317
    FLOORING INDUSTRIES LTD. 9 1843
    GEO FIREWALL SARL 6 2648
    MENARINI INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS LUXEMBOURG S.A. 6 2648
    ROLIC INVEST SARL 6 2648
    ITXC IP HOLDINGS S.A.R.L. 5 3119
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 31 15 16 46 55 24
    1998 58 16 7 43 146 24
    1999 63 16 5 46 140 26
    2000 85 16 6 47 277 25
    2001 87 17 5 52 229 26
    2002 101 19     331 27
    2003 88 21     276 27
    2004 79 25     504 28
    2005 96 24 42 49 649 28
    2006 75 25     606 29
    2007 134 24     720 28
    2008 108 26     692 30
    2009 147 25     708 30
    2010 188 25     847 31
    2011 232 24 4 64 1,253 27
    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.
  • Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg.
  • Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg.
  • Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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