Statistical Country Profiles

Malta

Population (Million): 0.42 (2011) (Rank = 167)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 9.64 (2011) (Rank = 137)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 23 258 40 6.91
    1998 15 246 2 7.26
    1999 13 255 8 7.60
    2000 28 236 7 8.12
    2001 28 516 9 7.99
    2002 26 494 10 8.22
    2003   800   8.23
    2004   1,086   8.19
    2005   1,183   8.49
    2006   2,118   8.68
    2007 132 1,939 171 9.05
    2008 149 3,166 84 9.44
    2009 262 3,976 166 9.19
    2010 155 4,239 59 9.44
    2011 267 4,987 198 9.64
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 22 81 24 88 1 72
    1998 8 86 26 79 7 67
    1999 11 85 72 78 2 79
    2000 23 82 93 79 5 75
    2001 26 81 107 73 2 89
    2002 22 80 180 65 4 83
    2003         29 74
    2004     471 41 17 89
    2005         30 79
    2006     805 33 45 61
    2007 33 77 29 77 99 63
    2008 41 74 34 77 108 61
    2009 70 68 21 79 192 52
    2010 43 76 7 86 112 62
    2011 41 70 6 86 226 51
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Pharmaceuticals 12.86
    Civil engineering 11.92
    Organic fine chemistry 7.98
    Handling 6.57
    Measurement 6.20
    Machine tools 5.82
    Other consumer goods 4.98
    Furniture, games 4.04
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 4.04
    Transport 3.57
    Others 32.02
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     2 83 1 43
    1998 7 74 21 75    
    1999 10 74 25 78    
    2000 21 63 68 66    
    2001 19 65 78 63    
    2002 18 68 107 55    
    2003         25 63
    2004     298 38 7 71
    2005         4 76
    2006     653 29 9 67
    2007 10 74 313 36 19 71
    2008 13 71 296 41 31 69
    2009 22 64 24 67 46 62
    2010 18 70 4 80 59 57
    2011 25 65 1 79 69 56
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004 1,254 37
    2005    
    2006 2,357 31
    2007 2,260 33
    2008 1,667 35
    2009 863 46
    2010 832 56
    2011 432 54
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998            
    1999            
    2000            
    2001            
    2002         1 63
    2003            
    2004         2 49
    2005         6 39
    2006            
    2007         2 62
    2008         2 62
    2009         3 61
    2010         1 72
    2011         1 80
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 250 75 1,186 94 8 77
    1998 239 86 1,366 92 7 74
    1999 253 85 1,225 96 2 90
    2000 232 92 1,401 100 4 89
    2001 393 83 2,523 84 123 71
    2002 416 80 1,817 90 78 88
    2003 454 81 3,211 70 346 76
    2004 406 87 1,200 99 680 56
    2005 433 88 1,271 102 750 62
    2006 518 85 859 112 1,600 62
    2007 474 88 788 114 1,465 67
    2008 594 77 733 111 2,572 61
    2009 570 75 465 110 3,406 48
    2010 577 82 415 116 3,662 56
    2011 581 75 399 113 4,406 53
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 239 65 1,048 85    
    1998 227 73 1,037 86 2 80
    1999 221 73 1,227 84 4 69
    2000 150 75 938 93 1 90
    2001 298 69 2,232 76 6 75
    2002 311 64 1,852 73 16 94
    2003         99 89
    2004 8 91     207 68
    2005 17 95     419 64
    2006 25 93     623 75
    2007 389 74 723 102 1,526 62
    2008 553 69 929 97 1,374 66
    2009 479 65 539 101 1,982 62
    2010 432 74 379 108 3,241 56
    2011 550 71 422 108 3,531 53
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 40 52 19 53    
    1998 2 81 12 76    
    1999 8 70 16 74    
    2000 7 78 27 73    
    2001 5 84 6 98 4 79
    2002 10 79 7 84    
    2003         55 54
    2004     34 79 2 89
    2005 1 93     25 87
    2006 3 88     73 63
    2007 37 70 2 103 134 56
    2008 4 85 1 106 80 64
    2009 9 76     157 53
    2010 6 83     53 72
    2011 14 76 1 103 184 55
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 1 63 11 51    
    1998 35 53 13 67    
    1999 7 61 25 61    
    2000 5 70 19 71    
    2001 4 75 5 84    
    2002 3 76        
    2003         46 48
    2004     34 76    
    2005         4 91
    2006 3 80 5 92 73 65
    2007 38 60 2 97 111 58
    2008 5 76     113 57
    2009 8 69     131 55
    2010 5 78     27 78
    2011 11 75 1 102 156 56
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1997 3 61        
    1998            
    1999 4 63        
    2000 3 69        
    2001 7 64        
    2002 6 67        
    2003 5 71        
    2004 3 81        
    2005 11 61        
    2006 17 58        
    2007 16 63        
    2008 25 54        
    2009 32 50        
    2010 21 56        
    2011 18 63        
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2011)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    LEVERTON LICENCE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2 6781
    ADVANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1 11344
    BITUMEN APPLIED RESEARCH LIMITED 1 11344
    ENVIROTECH LIMITED 1 11344
    FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 11344
    GLOBAL POWER SOLUTIONS, LTD 1 11344
    HD WOOD TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 11344
    INPECO IP LTD. 1 11344
    INTERNATIONAL GAMING PROJECTS LIMITED 1 11344
    MDS GLOBAL HOLDING LTD. 1 11344
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997            
    1998         6 49
    1999         2 66
    2000         4 62
    2001         2 73
    2002         4 68
    2003         9 66
    2004         5 78
    2005         3 83
    2006         8 68
    2007 8 43     45 60
    2008 8 46     46 61
    2009 22 40     116 50
    2010 13 44     67 57
    2011 21 41     174 45
    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.
  • Malta is a member of the European Patent Convention from 2007. 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 Malta.
  • Malta 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 Malta.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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