Statistical Country Profiles

Malawi

Population (Million): 15.38 (2011) (Rank = 65)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 12.39 (2011) (Rank = 127)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 2 73   6.89
    1998 2 87 12 7.16
    1999 1 88 5 7.38
    2000 3 105 14 7.49
    2001   146 7 7.12
    2002   138 10 7.24
    2003     6 7.64
    2004       8.06
    2005       8.27
    2006   222   8.91
    2007       9.42
    2008       10.21
    2009       11.13
    2010       11.85
    2011       12.39
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2 92 26 87    
    1998 2 95 18 81    
    1999 1 102        
    2000 3 100 17 91    
    2001     313 52    
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    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     8 81    
    1998     4 81    
    1999     6 94    
    2000 1 82        
    2001     62 65    
    2002     2 90    
    2003     2 86    
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    2010         1 124
    2011         1 122
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004    
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    2008 1,183 42
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    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
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    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 73 86 746 100    
    1998 87 96 495 107    
    1999 88 102 577 110    
    2000 105 98 618 112    
    2001 146 101 515 116    
    2002 138 101 440 117    
    2003         1 165
    2004         1 148
    2005         4 139
    2006 222 99 582 116    
    2007            
    2008         1 167
    2009            
    2010         4 172
    2011         11 165
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 44 73 378 91    
    1998 45 85 275 103    
    1999 42 91 254 108    
    2000 24 89 208 107    
    2001 51 87 588 98    
    2002 81 84 367 111    
    2003         1 151
    2004            
    2005         4 126
    2006 96 84 274 108    
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    2010         1 179
    2011         2 177
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     7 63    
    1998 12 66 21 71    
    1999 5 74 9 79    
    2000 14 72 4 88    
    2001 7 81 17 79    
    2002 10 79 12 77    
    2003 5 84 5 93 1 97
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    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     2 60    
    1998     2 82    
    1999     5 78    
    2000 11 65 14 74    
    2001 2 79 3 92    
    2002 3 76 9 75    
    2003 7 74 6 77    
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    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997     22 45    
    1998     16 40    
    1999            
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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.
  • Malawi is a member of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO). Patent filings by residents of this country at ARIPO are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office. Due to lack of information on designation, filings by other nationals at ARIPO are not counted as non-resident filings for Malawi.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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