英国官方关于2021年知识产权数据统计分析

新申请：2020至2021，专利新申请数量下降了8.7%。2021年，商标新申请量增长了43.5%，达到创纪录的196639件。外观设计申请也增加了129.4%，从2020年的31460个新申请增加到2021的72157个。

Registrations and grants: A record number of trade marks were registered in 2021, increasing by 75.7% from 2020. Patent grants have increased by 11.5% between 2020 and 2021. There has also been a record number of designs registered in 2021 with 59,983 registrations, a 120.3% increase from 2020.

注册和授权：2021年注册的商标数量创纪录，比2020年增长了75.7%。2020年至2021年间，专利授权量增加了11.5%。2021年注册的外观设计数量也达到创纪录的59983件，比2020年增加了120.3%。

International: For patents, trade marks and designs, the highest number of non-UK applications came from either China or the USA. The USA has the highest number of patent applications filed at the IPO by non-UK applicants, while China has the highest number of trade mark and design non-UK applicants.

在国际方面：就专利、商标和外观设计而言，来自中国或美国的非英国申请数量最多。在非英国申请人中，美国在IPO提交的专利申请数量最多，而中国的商标和外观设计数量最多。

Hearings: Cases relating to trade marks make up the largest proportion of hearings activity at the IPO. A total of 8,080 oppositions were filed in relation to trade marks (including Fast Track options) in 2021.

听证会：IPO绝大多数听证会是与商标有关的案件。 在2021年，共有8,080 份与商标（包括快速通道选项）有关的异议被提出。

注：

1. 直接在IPO和专利合作条约 (PCT) 申请中提交的专利。

2. 国内商标申请和国际注册（不包括附加类别）。

Patent

专利

Between 2020 and 2021, the number of patent applications [1] to theIPO decreased by 8.7% overall (from 20,651 applications to 18,854), with domestic applications (16,497 applications) decreasing by 10% and PCT applications (2,355 applications) increasing by 1.2%. While the number of patent applications has generally decreased in recent years, the same pattern has been seen in several European countries such as France, Germany, Ireland, Russia and Switzerland (2). Trends in patent filing has been researched in greater detail in The changing profile of users of the UK patent system analysis.

图1：2021年专利授权增加

Notes:

1. Patents filed directly at the IPO and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications.

2. According to World Intellectual Property Organization IP statistics,

The majority of applications to the IPO are from UK-based applicants. In 2021 there were 11,573 domestic applications from UK-based applicants, representing 61.4% of all applications received. The highest number of non-UK based applications came from the USA (2,586), China (605), and Germany (467).

注：

1. 直接在IPO和专利合作条约 (PCT) 申请中提交的专利。

2. 根据世界知识产权组织IP统计, IPO的大多数申请来自英国本土。2021年，收到了来自英国的申请人11,573件国内申请，占收到的总申请的61.4%。非英国申请数量最多的是美国（2,586）、中国（605）和德国（467）。

Green Channel patents

专利绿色通道

图2：绿色通道请求持续增加

Tademark

商标

图 3：商标申请持续快速增长 

Notes:

1. Domestic trade mark applications andInternational Registrations (excluding additional classes).

In 2021, there were 96,645 trade mark applications sent directly to theIPO (domestic applications) from UK-based applicants (an increase of 5.2%), and 80,805 direct applications to the IPO from non-UK-based applicants, which is an 142.1% increase from 2020. In addition, there were 32,646 trade mark applications through the International Registration (IR) route. Much of the surge in trade mark filings is likely to be due to the UK exit from the European Union, as can be seen by increases in non-UK-based applicants. For example, the highest filing rate increases between 2020 and 2021 were from European countries such as Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Finland and Austria, with increases between 708% and 437%. The highest number of non-UK based applications (28,317 domestic and 2,164 IR) came from China with 30,481 applications followed by USA with 21,002 applications (12,636 domestic and 8,366 IR). Some of the increases in filing may be still attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic and China filings (which has increased by 146% between 2020 and 2021).

注：

1.国内商标申请和国际注册（不包括附加类别）。

2021年，英国申请人直接向IPO（国内申请）提交的商标申请为96,645件（增长5.2%），非英国申请人向IPO直接提交的商标申请为80,805件，比2020年增长142.1%。 此外，通过国际注册途径申请商标的有32646件。商标申请数量激增的主要原因可能是英国脱欧，这可以从非英国籍申请人的增加中看出。例如，2020年至2021期间，申请率增幅最大的是意大利、德国、葡萄牙、西班牙、波兰、芬兰和奥地利等欧洲国家，增幅在708%至437%之间。非英国申请数量最多的来自中国，申请数量为30481件，其次是美国，申请数量为21002件。申请数量的增加可能仍归因于2019冠状病毒疾病大流行和中国的申请（在2020年至2021期间增加了146%）。

外观设计

图 4：外观设计数量不断增加

注：

1.Designs registrations includes the international Hague applications and registrations. This is a route for applying for designs through World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which the UK joined in 2018. This allows for a single international application filed with WIPO rather than a whole series of applications which would otherwise have to be filed with different national offices.

Hearings

听证会