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Current Statistical Data for Utility Models

At a glance
2022 2023 Changes in %
Applications (utility model applications at the DPMA and PCT applications after entering the national phase) 9,470 9,709 + 2.5
Registration procedures concluded 9,848 9,321 - 5.4
- with registration 8,765 8,325 - 5.0
Utility models in force 70,254 67,016 - 4.6
Filings
Year New applications Applications from Germany Remissions by the Federal Patent Court, allowed appeals, reinstatements Total
2019 11,667 8,435 14 11,681
2020 12,313 8,894 15 12,328
2021 10,575 7,028 16 10,591
2022 9,470 5,524 14 9,484
2023 9,709 5,509 9 9,718

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Procedures concluded
Year by registration without registration Total
2019 10,295 1,540 11,835
2020 10,736 1,496 12,232
2021 9,972 1,364 11,336
2022 8,765 1,083 9,848
2023 8,325 996 9,321
Utility Models applications by German Länder 2023
GermanLänder Applications Percentage Applications per 100,000 inhabitants
North Rhine-Westphalia 1,468 26.6 8
Bavaria 1,254 22.8 9
Baden-Württemberg 1,003 18.2 9
Hesse 376 6.8 6
Lower Saxony 344 6.2 4
Berlin 199 3.6 5
Rhineland-Palatinate 198 3.6 5
Saxony 155 2.8 4
Schleswig-Holstein 106 1.9 4
Hamburg 90 1.6 5
Thuringia 74 1.3 3
Brandenburg 69 1.3 3
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 61 1.1 4
Saxony-Anhalt 59 1.1 3
Saarland 29 0.5 3
Bremen 24 0.4 4
Germany 5,509 100 7

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TOP 5 Fields of technology [1] with most applications in 2023
No. Field of technology (sector) Applications in 2022 Applications in 2023 Changes in %
1 Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (electrical engineering) 846 1,056 + 24.8
32 Transport (mechanical engineering) 902 906 + 0.4
35 Civil engineering (other fields) 897 868 - 3.2
33 Furniture, games (other fields) 860 819 - 4.8
13 Medical technology (instruments) 526 593 + 12.7
[1] According to the WIPO IPC-Technology Concordance Table.

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Last updated: 1 March 2024