Singapore

Population (Million): 5.45 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 578.25 (2021)

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

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	4,905	30,277	3,221	439.90
2013	5,489	39,306	5,801	461.09
2014	5,937	43,058	4,380	479.24
2015	6,192	44,315	3,597	493.50
2016	6,745	56,464	3,361	511.08
2017	6,951	53,980	4,099	534.91
2018	7,414	71,993	6,454	554.49
2019	7,378	74,801	5,152	560.57
2020	7,946	78,049	8,224	537.34
2021	9,766	105,208	15,301	578.25

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	1,081	8,604	3,824
2013	1,143	8,579	4,346
2014	1,303	9,009	4,634
2015	1,469	9,345	4,723
2016	1,601	9,379	5,144
2017	1,609	9,321	5,342
2018	1,575	10,270	5,839
2019	1,727	12,409	5,651
2020	1,778	11,487	6,168
2021	2,024	12,566	7,742

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	410	5,223	1,867
2013	393	5,182	1,857
2014	402	5,136	2,075
2015	446	6,608	2,295
2016	432	6,909	2,663
2017	414	5,803	2,702
2018	312	4,860	3,025
2019	264	3,924	3,304
2020	332	5,054	3,756
2021	431	6,057	3,603

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	45,209
2013	45,999
2014	47,422
2015	46,906
2016	48,603
2017	49,514
2018	48,105
2019	47,310
2020	46,640
2021	47,801

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			83
2013			62
2014			59
2015			116
2016			280
2017			550
2018			763
2019			592
2020			581
2021			227

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	7,002	30,222	23,275
2013	7,578	30,859	31,728
2014	9,104	32,675	33,954
2015	8,458	33,556	35,857
2016	9,721	35,474	46,743
2017	10,608	37,984	43,372
2018	11,496	41,403	60,497
2019	11,121	42,164	63,680
2020	12,805	39,430	65,244
2021	15,086	47,405	90,122

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	4,993	27,553	21,000
2013	4,362	28,849	20,489
2014	7,220	32,905	28,308
2015	9,230	40,119	34,337
2016	10,449	39,104	38,995
2017	8,605	38,798	42,333
2018	8,537	39,783	48,733
2019	11,193	46,149	59,414
2020	11,098	43,846	63,914
2021	12,096	43,626	77,118

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	604	3,338	2,617
2013	724	3,493	5,077
2014	830	3,753	3,550
2015	780	3,743	2,817
2016	644	3,972	2,717
2017	592	4,318	3,507
2018	342	3,705	6,112
2019	392	4,385	4,760
2020	394	3,172	7,830
2021	683	3,911	14,618

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	581	3,377	2,044
2013	687	3,532	3,879
2014	758	3,626	5,744
2015	826	3,554	3,305
2016	687	3,983	2,028
2017	494	4,368	2,992
2018	347	3,357	6,001
2019	361	3,934	4,955
2020	370	3,948	5,940
2021	575	3,489	12,270

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	714	253	6
2013	838	219	9
2014	940	290	17
2015	907	449	18
2016	864	491	13
2017	872	517	9
2018	900	659	20
2019	1,161	732	16
2020	1,316	674	19
2021	1,653	782	60

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	304	6,366	1,816
2013	303	6,254	2,225
2014	341	6,782	2,266
2015	358	6,906	2,309
2016	379	6,661	2,572
2017	390	6,873	2,581
2018	359	7,381	2,537
2019	363	8,551	2,590
2020	321	8,842	2,898
2021	421	10,037	3,834

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
National University Of Singapore	79	96	163
Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.	67	100	154
Agency For Science, Technology And Research	135	142	104
Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd.	63	103	94
Nanyang Technological University	59	37	54
Bigo Technology Pte. Ltd.			43
Dh Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.	24	33	37
Envision Digital International Pte. Ltd.			34
Grabtaxi Holdings Pte Ltd		14	26
Aac Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.		38	25

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Advanide Holdings Pte. Ltd.	1	1	11
Grabtaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.	11	11	10
Alibaba Singapore Holding Private Limited			9
Amphenol Fci Asia Pte Ltd		5	9
Future Enterprises Pte Ltd	1	10	9
Pacific Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd	4		9
Alethea Tech Pte. Ltd.			8
Greenfields Dairy Singapore;pte. Ltd.		4	8
Alibaba Cloud (singapore) Private Limited			6
Be International Marketing;pte. Ltd.		4	6

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Joyo Technology Pte. Ltd.			83
Kwai Games Pte. Ltd.			68
Sc Auto Industries (s) Pte Ltd			19
Diamante Holdings Pte. Limited			18
Secretlab Sg Pte. Ltd.	1		5
Grey Orange Pte. Ltd			3
Sivantos Pte. Ltd.	3	2	2
Tgi Technology Private Limited			2
Envision Digital International Pte. Ltd.			1
Evertron Holdings Pte Ltd			1

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.
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