Statistical Country Profiles

Tonga

Population (Million): 0.1 (2011) (Rank = 183)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 0.43 (2011) (Rank = 167)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997       0.34
    1998       0.35
    1999       0.37
    2000       0.38
    2001       0.39
    2002   1   0.41
    2003       0.42
    2004       0.42
    2005       0.42
    2006       0.42
    2007       0.41
    2008       0.43
    2009       0.42
    2010       0.42
    2011       0.43
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         1 72
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    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Environmental technology 28.57
    Handling 14.29
    Textile and paper machines 14.29
    Other special machines 9.52
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 4.76
    Audio-visual technology 4.76
    Computer technology 4.76
    Control 4.76
    Chemical engineering 4.76
    Furniture, games 4.76
    Others 4.77
    Patent Grants
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    2002 1 121 105 127    
    2003         1 165
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    2008         10 143
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    Trademark Registrations
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    2002     6 115    
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    2005         2 132
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    2008         1 164
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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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    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.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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