Malaysia

Population (Million): 32.78 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 883.62 (2021)

IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	1,980	21,882	1,721	643.34
2013	2,298	23,763	1,542	673.54
2014	2,661	23,358	1,219	714.00
2015	2,352	24,234	1,034	750.35
2016	1,966	29,284	1,150	783.74
2017	2,148	28,981	1,017	829.30
2018	2,060	30,933	973	869.46
2019	2,141	32,839	914	908.06
2020	1,923	29,689	1,224	856.78
2021	1,863	33,683	721	883.62

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,114	5,826	866
2013	1,199	6,006	1,099
2014	1,353	6,267	1,308
2015	1,272	6,455	1,080
2016	1,109	6,127	857
2017	1,166	5,906	982
2018	1,116	6,179	944
2019	1,071	6,480	1,070
2020	989	5,839	934
2021	883	6,651	980

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	295	2,165	365
2013	288	2,372	432
2014	344	2,361	512
2015	344	2,533	571
2016	355	2,969	587
2017	437	4,626	514
2018	469	3,818	516
2019	565	3,541	597
2020	1,147	7,059	570
2021	1,040	5,836	543

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	21,447
2013	22,782
2014	21,568
2015	23,538
2016	25,117
2017	25,313
2018	26,572
2019	27,309
2020	31,975
2021	34,141

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	46	41	10
2013	70	75	22
2014	86	54	35
2015	103	77	33
2016	110	49	39
2017	134	72	45
2018	132	66	36
2019	111	81	49
2020	121	66	58
2021	120	55	57

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	14,044	17,832	7,838
2013	14,705	17,520	9,058
2014	15,400	19,171	7,958
2015	15,940	19,983	8,294
2016	18,527	20,580	10,757
2017	19,481	21,612	9,500
2018	19,863	23,793	11,070
2019	22,485	24,219	10,354
2020	18,414	26,874	11,275
2021	20,128	32,616	13,555

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	9,765	16,311	5,098
2013	9,777	17,202	5,274
2014	10,467	16,961	7,411
2015	10,529	18,271	6,641
2016	12,686	20,120	8,018
2017	12,977	20,248	7,632
2018	13,804	20,762	8,322
2019	7,795	11,705	9,464
2020	10,756	32,559	10,233
2021	14,020	37,229	11,121

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	857	1,225	864
2013	679	1,374	863
2014	827	1,055	392
2015	627	1,135	407
2016	701	726	449
2017	517	1,297	500
2018	528	1,317	445
2019	574	1,330	340
2020	575	1,126	649
2021	468	1,271	253

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	744	1,180	822
2013	698	1,303	880
2014	532	1,359	855
2015	418	883	376
2016	648	1,252	413
2017	499	880	308
2018	405	1,070	542
2019	337	901	278
2020	327	939	616
2021	199	766	271

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	292	5
2013	308	7
2014	313	8
2015	267	3	2
2016	189	4	1
2017	141	13
2018	143	10	8
2019	202	21
2020	241	102	1
2021	135	174

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	27	4,987	456
2013	32	5,252	592
2014	38	5,506	646
2015	30	5,568	438
2016	27	5,151	310
2017	17	4,995	456
2018	23	5,049	421
2019	25	5,486	465
2020	17	4,822	362
2021	21	5,589	401

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Mimos Berhad	15	62	60
Petroliam Nasional Berhad	8	7	25
Daikin Research & Development Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.	1	8	10
Malayan Banking Berhad			7
Universiti Malaya (um)	3	4	7
Sime Darby Plantation Intellectual Property Sdn. Bhd.	6	2	4
Synthomer Sdn. Bhd.		1	3
Universiti Putra Malaysia	1	3	3
Collaborative Research In Engineering, Science & Technology (crest) Center			2
De Cans Cans Services Sdn Bhd			2

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Melilea Franchise (m) Sdn Bhd			7
Xpaging International (m) Sdn. Bhd.			6
Astro Shaw Sdn. Bhd.			5
Ails Sdn. Bhd.			4
Aj Research & Pharma Sdn Bhd			4
Julie's Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.			4
Chl Foam Industries Sdn. Bhd.			2
Daq Logistics Sdn. Bhd.			2
Dpo International Sdn Bhd		1	2
Jcaa Sdn. Bhd.			2

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021

Source: WIPO statistics database; last updated: 02/2023
• The statistics are based on data collected from IP offices or extracted from WIPO's operational databases. 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 application at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) or the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC Patent Office) is multiplied by the corresponding number of member states ; whereas one application at the European Patent Office (EPO) or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is counted as one application abroad if the applicant does not reside in a member state, or as one resident application and one application abroad (two applications) if the applicant resides in a member state, due to lack of information on designations.
• Application class count: The number of classes specified in a trademark application. In the international trademark system and at certain national and regional offices, an applicant can file a trademark application that specifies one or more of the 45 goods and services classes of the Nice Classification. Offices use a single- or multi-class filing system. To capture the differences in application numbers across offices, it is useful to compare their respective application and registration class counts.
• Application design count: The number of designs contained in an industrial design application. Under the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, it is possible for an applicant to obtain protection for up to 100 industrial designs for products belonging to one and the same class by filing a single application. Some national or regional IP offices allow applications to contain more than one design for the same product or within the same class, while others allow only one design per application. In order to capture the differences in application numbers across offices, it is useful to compare their respective application and registration design counts.
• Contact information: Department for Economics and Data Analytics, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: ipstats.mail@wipo.int.