The document provides statistics on patent, utility model, design, and trademark applications filed in Korea from 1947 to 2008. Some key details: - Patent applications by Koreans increased from 236 in 1947 to over 127,000 in 2008, while foreign patent applications in Korea increased from 0 to over 43,000. - In 2007, most patent applications were filed online (97.2%), while utility model applications were mostly filed online (82.7%) and design applications were mostly filed in other formats than online or paper (90.1%). - The proportion of Korean patent applications decreased from 100% in early years to 74.5% in 2008, while foreign applications increased from 0% to 25.5

1. Applications by Year
Utility
Year Patents Subtotal Designs Trademarks Total
Models
104,612 40,804 145,416 36,867 107,137 289,420
2001
(38,522) (142,492) (326,430)
106,136 39,193 145,329 37,587 107,876 290,792
2002
(39,952) (144,678) (329,959)
118,652 40,825 159,477 37,607 108,917 306,001
2003
(39,346) (148,691) (347,514)
140,115 37,753 177,868 41,184 108,464 327,516
2004
(42,879) (147,319) (368,066)
157,114 36,945 194,059 44,957 115,014 354,030
2005
(46,318) (154,937) (395,314)
166,189 32,908 199,097 51,039 122,384 372,520
2006
(52,879) (164,432) (416,408)
172,469 21,084 193,553 54,362 132,288 380,203
2007
(55,662) (180,257) (429,472)
170,632 17,405 188,037 56,750 127,910 372,697
2008
### 266,917 1,402,836 (58,912) (178,211) (425,160)
Note 1: Figures in parenthesis include multiple applications.

2. Applications in 2007 by type of media
Patents Utility Models Designs
Month
Floppy Floppy
Paper On-line Paper On-line Paper
Disk Disk
1 399 12,468 345 1,468 557
2 429 1 12,347 289 1,287 565
3 446 13,443 319 1,568 485
4 435 12,073 302 1,505 439
5 403 13,369 292 1,584 481
6 445 14,611 258 1,542 376
7 406 1 13,482 654 1,450 531
8 416 13,276 392 1,324 326
9 312 11,798 203 1,145 328
10 385 14,697 215 1,442 443
11 387 15,637 186 1,475 492
12 317 20,486 183 1,656 383
Total 4,780 2 167,687 3,638 17,446 5,406
Proportion 2.8% 0.0% 97.2% 17.3% 0.0% 82.7% 9.9%

3. Designs Trademarks
Others On-line Paper Others On-line
4,056 1,199 11,154
3,773 997 1 9,428
4,543 1,069 10,102
4,411 1,093 10,493
4,202 1,153 10,227
4,420 1,003 10,082
4,160 1,073 10,734
3,894 994 9,550
3,164 763 7,716
4,164 1,192 10,037
3,866 926 10,808
4,303 778 9,716
48,956 12,240 1 120,047
0.0% 90.1% 9.3% 0.0% 90.7%

4. Applications by origin
Korean Foreign
Classification Year Total
Applications Proportion Applications Proportion
1947 236 100.0% 0.0% 236
1948 169 100.0% 0.0% 169
1949 233 100.0% 0.0% 233
1950 126 100.0% 0.0% 126
1951 30 100.0% 0.0% 30
1952 91 100.0% 0.0% 91
1953 68 89.5% 8 10.5% 76
1954 127 96.2% 5 3.8% 132
1955 144 92.3% 12 7.7% 156
1956 275 95.8% 12 4.2% 287
1957 443 94.5% 26 5.5% 469
1958 510 91.9% 45 8.1% 555
1959 634 90.2% 69 9.8% 703
1960 545 89.2% 66 10.8% 611
1961 800 93.2% 58 6.8% 858
1962 714 91.3% 68 8.7% 782
1963 670 86.9% 101 13.1% 771
1964 744 81.9% 164 18.1% 908
1965 858 84.3% 160 15.7% 1,018
1966 883 83.3% 177 16.7% 1,060
1967 855 72.6% 322 27.4% 1,177
1968 1,086 74.2% 377 25.8% 1,463
1969 1,154 67.8% 547 32.2% 1,701
1970 1,207 65.4% 639 34.6% 1,846
1971 1,283 67.3% 623 32.7% 1,906
1972 1,377 69.0% 618 31.0% 1,995
1973 1,622 67.6% 776 32.4% 2,398
1974 1,093 24.5% 3,362 75.5% 4,455
1975 1,326 45.5% 1,588 54.5% 2,914
1976 1,436 44.0% 1,825 56.0% 3,261
1977 1,177 37.5% 1,962 62.5% 3,139
Patents 1978 994 24.8% 3,021 75.2% 4,015
1979 1,034 21.9% 3,688 78.1% 4,722
1980 1,241 24.5% 3,829 75.5% 5,070
1981 1,319 24.9% 3,984 75.1% 5,303
1982 1,556 26.3% 4,368 73.7% 5,924
1983 1,599 25.0% 4,795 75.0% 6,394
1984 2,014 23.3% 6,619 76.7% 8,633
1985 2,703 25.5% 7,884 74.5% 10,587
1986 3,641 28.5% 9,118 71.5% 12,759
1987 4,871 28.5% 12,191 71.5% 17,062
1988 5,696 28.4% 14,355 71.6% 20,051
1989 7,021 30.1% 16,294 69.9% 23,315
1990 9,082 35.2% 16,738 64.8% 25,820
1991 13,253 47.1% 14,879 52.9% 28,132
1992 15,952 51.3% 15,121 48.7% 31,073

5. 1993 21,459 58.8% 15,032 41.2% 36,491
1994 28,564 62.5% 17,148 37.5% 45,712
1995 59,236 75.5% 19,263 24.5% 78,499
1996 68,413 75.7% 21,913 24.3% 90,326
1997 67,346 72.6% 25,388 27.4% 92,734
1998 50,596 67.3% 24,592 32.7% 75,188
1999 55,970 69.4% 24,672 30.6% 80,642
2000 72,831 71.4% 29,179 28.6% 102,010
2001 73,714 70.5% 30,898 29.5% 104,612
2002 76,570 72.1% 29,566 27.9% 106,136
2003 90,313 76.1% 28,339 23.9% 118,652
2004 105,250 75.1% 34,865 24.9% 140,115
2005 122,188 75.9% 38,733 24.1% 160,921
2006 125,476 75.5% 40,713 24.5% 166,189
2007 128,701 74.6% 43,768 25.4% 172,469
2008 127,114 74.5% 43,518 25.5% 170,632
계 1,367,633 68.9% 618,081 31.1% 1,985,714
1947 237 100.0% 0.0% 237
1948 166 100.0% 0.0% 166
1949 229 100.0% 0.0% 229
1950 123 100.0% 0.0% 123
1951 29 100.0% 0.0% 29
1952 69 100.0% 0.0% 69
1953 152 100.0% 0.0% 152
1954 175 100.0% 0.0% 175
1955 281 100.0% 0.0% 281
1956 494 100.0% 0.0% 494
1957 758 100.0% 0.0% 758
1958 1,105 100.0% 0.0% 1,105
1959 1,395 100.0% 0.0% 1,395
1960 1,207 100.0% 0.0% 1,207
1961 1,683 100.0% 0.0% 1,683
1962 1,791 99.9% 2 0.1% 1,793
1963 1,788 99.9% 2 0.1% 1,790
1964 2,244 100.0% 0.0% 2,244
1965 2,818 98.9% 31 1.1% 2,849
1966 3,237 99.5% 15 0.5% 3,252
1967 3,585 99.7% 9 0.3% 3,594
1968 5,114 99.7% 15 0.3% 5,129
1969 5,562 99.8% 11 0.2% 5,573
1970 6,143 99.6% 24 0.4% 6,167
1971 6,789 99.7% 21 0.3% 6,810
1972 7,736 99.9% 11 0.1% 7,747
1973 7,536 99.7% 25 0.3% 7,561
1974 5,817 85.1% 1,016 14.9% 6,833
1975 7,052 96.7% 238 3.3% 7,290
1976 8,117 96.9% 261 3.1% 8,378
1977 7,199 94.7% 402 5.3% 7,601
Utility Models 1978 6,212 93.5% 433 6.5% 6,645
1979 7,215 90.7% 742 9.3% 7,957
1980 7,936 92.7% 622 7.3% 8,558
1981 8,519 94.0% 545 6.0% 9,064

6. Utility Models
1982 9,500 89.0% 1,169 11.0% 10,669
1983 10,345 90.1% 1,140 9.9% 11,485
1984 13,814 93.6% 951 6.4% 14,765
1985 17,615 95.0% 933 5.0% 18,548
1986 21,434 95.7% 967 4.3% 22,401
1987 23,684 95.6% 1,089 4.4% 24,773
1988 21,666 95.5% 1,011 4.5% 22,677
1989 20,655 95.9% 875 4.1% 21,530
1990 21,661 95.6% 993 4.4% 22,654
1991 25,125 97.0% 770 3.0% 25,895
1992 27,923 97.4% 742 2.6% 28,665
1993 31,505 97.8% 713 2.2% 32,218
1994 39,232 98.6% 574 1.4% 39,806
1995 59,362 99.2% 504 0.8% 59,866
1996 68,462 99.5% 360 0.5% 68,822
1997 45,450 99.2% 359 0.8% 45,809
1998 28,604 99.0% 292 1.0% 28,896
1999 30,344 99.0% 306 1.0% 30,650
2000 36,817 99.1% 346 0.9% 37,163
2001 40,389 99.0% 415 1.0% 40,804
2002 38,662 98.6% 531 1.4% 39,193
2003 40,174 98.4% 651 1.6% 40,825
2004 37,167 98.4% 586 1.6% 37,753
2005 36,534 98.3% 641 1.7% 37,175
2006 32,193 97.8% 715 2.2% 32,908
2007 20,632 97.9% 452 2.1% 21,084
2008 16,971 97.5% 434 2.5% 17,405
계 936,433 97.6% 22,944 2.4% 959,377
1947 23 100.0% 0.0% 23
1948 38 100.0% 0.0% 38
1949 46 100.0% 0.0% 46
1950 30 100.0% 0.0% 30
1951 3 100.0% 0.0% 3
1952 19 100.0% 0.0% 19
1953 62 100.0% 0.0% 62
1954 76 100.0% 0.0% 76
1955 216 100.0% 0.0% 216
1956 179 100.0% 0.0% 179
1957 276 100.0% 0.0% 276
1958 358 100.0% 0.0% 358
1959 361 99.7% 1 0.3% 362
1960 328 99.7% 1 0.3% 329
1961 465 98.9% 5 1.1% 470
1962 565 99.1% 5 0.9% 570
1963 726 99.6% 3 0.4% 729
1964 801 99.6% 3 0.4% 804
1965 824 99.9% 1 0.1% 825
1966 1,328 99.3% 10 0.7% 1,338
1967 1,901 99.1% 18 0.9% 1,919
1968 3,237 98.8% 40 1.2% 3,277
1969 4,509 99.4% 27 0.6% 4,536
1970 4,499 99.5% 23 0.5% 4,522

7. 1971 5,320 99.5% 28 0.5% 5,348
1972 5,980 99.8% 11 0.2% 5,991
1973 6,313 99.7% 20 0.3% 6,333
1974 6,193 99.6% 27 0.4% 6,220
1975 6,674 99.5% 33 0.5% 6,707
1976 5,995 99.6% 23 0.4% 6,018
1977 5,404 97.9% 116 2.1% 5,520
1978 6,148 98.1% 117 1.9% 6,265
1979 8,132 97.1% 239 2.9% 8,371
1980 9,736 96.6% 339 3.4% 10,075
1981 9,946 95.7% 448 4.3% 10,394
1982 11,231 94.4% 671 5.6% 11,902
1983 13,173 94.7% 744 5.3% 13,917
Designs 1984 14,951 94.2% 919 5.8% 15,870
1985 18,113 95.6% 836 4.4% 18,949
1986 17,735 94.7% 996 5.3% 18,731
1987 18,902 93.4% 1,329 6.6% 20,231
1988 16,737 92.2% 1,425 7.8% 18,162
1989 16,509 90.7% 1,687 9.3% 18,196
1990 17,406 92.7% 1,363 7.3% 18,769
1991 18,813 93.6% 1,284 6.4% 20,097
1992 21,760 94.8% 1,188 5.2% 22,948
1993 26,200 95.0% 1,368 5.0% 27,568
1994 27,664 95.3% 1,369 4.7% 29,033
1995 28,382 94.7% 1,596 5.3% 29,978
1996 28,091 94.1% 1,768 5.9% 29,859
1997 26,675 93.6% 1,816 6.4% 28,491
1998 22,144 93.3% 1,588 6.7% 23,732
(23,524) (93.5%) (1,631) (6.5%) (25,155)
1999 30,871 95.3% 1,533 4.7% 32,404
(33,011) (95.4%) (1,578) (4.6%) (34,589)
2000 32,110 94.9% 1,731 5.1% 33,841
(33,894) (95.0%) (1,784) (5.0%) (35,678)
2001 35,074 95.1% 1,793 4.9% 36,867
(36,657) (95.2%) (1,865) (4.8%) (38,522)
2002 35,399 94.2% 2,188 5.8% 37,587
(37,729) (94.4%) (2,223) (5.6%) (39,952)
2003 34,994 93.1% 2,613 6.9% 37,607
(36,689) (93.2%) (2,657) (6.8%) (39,346)
2004 38,041 92.4% 3,143 7.6% 41,184
(39,656) (92.5%) (3,223) (7.5%) (42,879)
2005 41,918 92.7% 3,304 7.3% 45,222
(43,247) (92.8%) (3,368) (7.2%) (46,615)
2006 48,018 94.1% 3,021 5.9% 51,039
(49,766) (94.1%) (3,113) (5.9%) (52,879)
2007 50,868 93.6% 3,494 6.4% 54,362
(52,055) (93.5%) (3,607) (6.5%) (55,662)
2008 52,786 93.0% 3,964 7.0% 56,750
(54,278) 92.1% (4,634) 7.9% 58,912
계 1,751,034 96.1% 71,397 3.9% 1,822,431
(859,559) (94.3%) (51,580) (5.7%) (911,139)
1947

8. 1948
1949
1950 599 100.0% 0.0% 599
1951 40 100.0% 0.0% 40
1952 151 100.0% 0.0% 151
1953 221 96.5% 8 3.5% 229
1954 225 60.0% 150 40.0% 375
1955 271 58.3% 194 41.7% 465
1956 869 79.9% 218 20.1% 1,087
1957 1,201 81.8% 268 18.2% 1,469
1958 1,129 78.5% 310 21.5% 1,439
1959 1,072 82.0% 235 18.0% 1,307
1960 916 75.8% 293 24.2% 1,209
1961 1,363 81.9% 302 18.1% 1,665
1962 1,554 82.2% 336 17.8% 1,890
1963 992 76.6% 303 23.4% 1,295
1964 1,435 77.8% 410 22.2% 1,845
1965 1,547 75.4% 506 24.6% 2,053
1966 1,869 67.9% 883 32.1% 2,752
1967 2,085 64.6% 1,143 35.4% 3,228
1968 2,704 40.9% 3,915 59.1% 6,619
1969 3,014 33.1% 6,097 66.9% 9,111
1970 3,105 60.6% 2,019 39.4% 5,124
1971 3,910 67.2% 1,906 32.8% 5,816
1972 4,804 69.8% 2,074 30.2% 6,878
1973 6,210 64.9% 3,352 35.1% 9,562
1974 6,265 69.2% 2,788 30.8% 9,053
1975 7,232 76.3% 2,244 23.7% 9,476
1976 8,381 75.9% 2,656 24.1% 11,037
1977 6,682 71.0% 2,733 29.0% 9,415
1978 7,913 65.7% 4,127 34.3% 12,040
1979 9,123 66.2% 4,666 33.8% 13,789
1980 8,785 64.8% 4,773 35.2% 13,558
1981 9,292 59.0% 6,463 41.0% 15,755
1982 12,238 62.6% 7,299 37.4% 19,537
1983 15,617 65.1% 8,365 34.9% 23,982
Trademarks 1984 15,924 64.3% 8,840 35.7% 24,764
1985 18,962 72.7% 7,107 27.3% 26,069
1986 20,446 72.9% 7,585 27.1% 28,031
1987 22,175 72.1% 8,587 27.9% 30,762
1988 24,201 69.8% 10,480 30.2% 34,681
1989 26,918 67.6% 12,914 32.4% 39,832
1990 33,564 71.7% 13,262 28.3% 46,826
1991 33,468 71.8% 13,144 28.2% 46,612
1992 33,163 73.5% 11,961 26.5% 45,124
1993 46,559 78.1% 13,034 21.9% 59,593
1994 56,319 77.6% 16,262 22.4% 72,581
1995 55,218 76.8% 16,634 23.2% 71,852
1996 66,441 78.1% 18,621 21.9% 85,062
1997 66,222 76.1% 20,843 23.9% 87,065
1998 42,901 74.7% 14,492 25.3% 57,393
(54,078) (72.9%) (20,136) (27.1%) (74,214)

9. 1999 71,262 81.6% 16,070 18.4% 87,332
(92,780) (79.1%) (24,505) (20.9%) (117,285)
2000 90,596 82.3% 19,477 17.7% 110,073
(120,419) (79.6%) (30,792) (20.4%) (151,211)
2001 86,408 80.7% 20,729 19.3% 107,137
(111,105) (78.0%) (31,387) (22.0%) (142,492)
2002 90,014 83.4% 17,862 16.6% 107,876
(116,760) (80.7%) (27,918) (19.3%) (144,678)
2003 92,368 84.8% 16,549 15.2% 108,917
(122,080) (82.1%) (26,611) (17.9%) (148,691)
2004 91,935 84.8% 16,529 15.2% 108,464
(119,836) (81.3%) (27,483) (18.7%) (147,319)
2005 99,435 85.8% 16,454 14.2% 115,889
(129,635) (83.0%) (26,635) (17.0%) (156,270)
2006 105,544 86.2% 16,840 13.8% 122,384
(136,590) (83.1%) (27,842) (16.9%) (164,432)
2007 112,157 (84.8%) 20,131 (15.2%) 132,288
(147,489) (81.8%) (32,768) (18.2%) (180,257)
2008 107,487 (84.0%) 20,423 (16.0%) (127,910)
(144,920) (81.3%) (33,291) (18.7%) (178,211)
계 1,642,501 78.7% 445,866 21.3% 2,088,367
### (77.6%) (574,162) (22.4%) ###
Note 1: Figures in parenthesis include multiple applications.

10. Applications in 2008 by country of origin
Utility
Classification Patents Designs Trademarks
models
Japan 17,552 41 1,688 (1,728) 4,563 (8,254)
U.S.A. 12,389 27 1,073 (1,637) 7,623 (12,015)
Germany 3,603 4 261 (261) 1,113 (1,715)
Netherlands 1,283 2 94 (94) 470 (711)
France 1,486 1 117 (118) 926 (1,383)
Taiwan 550 299 58 (58) 378 (434)
Switzerland 1,230 99 (129) 851 (1,386)
United Kingdom 753 104 (125) 892 (1,657)
Italy 328 5 50 (50) 612 (1,017)
Sweden 730 2 90 (94) 123 (200)
Finland 575 1 67 (67) 50 (83)
China 481 39 53 (53) 533 (699)
Canada 387 1 12 (12) 276 (515)
Australia 230 19 (19) 184 (307)
Singapore 163 22 (22) 133 (201)
Belgium 288 22 (22) 72 (106)
Hong Kong 9 1 3 (3) 86 (116)
Israel 294 8 (8) 60 (79)
Denmark 194 11 (11) 71 (98)
Spain 95 8 (8) 144 (232)
Virgin Islands 28 3 5 (5) 105 (203)
Austria 147 1 7 (7) 46 (56)
Luxembourg 60 154 (314)
India 108 1 (1) 40 (80)
New Zealand 27 1 6 (6) 63 (87)
Norway 68 4 (4) 16 (39)
Ireland 70 1 (1) 77 (104)
Malaysia 14 1 (1) 65 (99)
Liechtenstein 13 46 (49) 16 (51)
Brazil 26 6 (13) 56 (70)
Mexico 4 28 (30)
Bermuda 5 16 (34)
Chile 3 46 (52)
South Africa 33 1 (1) 28 (34)
Tailand 7 1 (1) 45 (61)
Rusia 36 4 3 (3) 18 (18)
United Arab Emirates 28 (54)
Monaco 12 (16)
Hungary 14 1 1 (1) 21 (38)
Turkey 16 9 (18)
Saudi Arabia 12 25 (46)
Indonesia 35 (43)
Cayman Islands 7 36 (51)
Portugal 11 6 (6) 17 (23)
Philippines 27 (41)
Greece 19 21 (47)

11. Barbados 41 11 (11) 9 (11)
Cyprus 12 26 (51)
Argentina 3 1 19 (24)
Antilles 3 (6)
Viet Nam 9 (9)
Bahamas 6 16 (42)
Czech Republic 14 2 (2) 8 (11)
Colombia 5 (8)
Cuba 20 16 (19)
seychelles 1 4 (4)
Slovenia 4 1 (1)
Poland 3 3 (5)
Puerto Rico 3 7 (7)
Bulgaria 2
San Marino 1 3 (3)
Panama 5 6 (13)
Belarus 4
Sri Lanka 6 (12)
Lebanon 1 (1)
Macao 3 (7)
Mauritius 8 2 (5)
Aruba
Iran 1 (1)
Belize 4 (9)
Slovakia 1 (1)
Jordan 2 1 (1)
Uruguay
Egypt 4 (4)
Kuwait 10 (56)
Croatia 1
Pakistan 1 (1)
Niue
Malta 1 11 (14)
Venezuela
Western Samoa 2 (2) 2 (2)
Andorra
Yemen 1 (1)
Oman 2 (2)
Ukraine 1 6 (6)
Kazakhstan 2
Peru
Fiji
Iceland 5 2 (2)
Others 31 1 (1) 20 (35)
계 Total 43,518 434 3,964 (4,634) 20,423 (33,291)
Note 1: Figures in parenthesis include multiple applications.

12. in
Total
23,844 (27,575)
21,112 (26,068)
4,981 (5,583)
1,849 (2,090)
2,530 (2,988)
1,285 (1,341)
2,180 (2,745)
1,749 (2,535)
995 (1,400)
945 (1,026)
693 (726)
1,106 (1,272)
676 (915)
433 (556)
318 (386)
382 (416)
99 (129)
362 (381)
276 (303)
247 (335)
141 (239)
201 (211)
214 (374)
149 (189)
97 (121)
88 (111)
148 (175)
80 (114)
75 (113)
88 (109)
32 (34)
21 (39)
49 (55)
62 (68)
53 (69)
61 (61)
28 (54)
12 (16)
37 (54)
25 (34)
37 (58)
35 (43)
43 (58)
34 (40)
27 (41)
40 (66)

13. 61 (63)
38 (63)
23 (28)
3 (6)
9 (9)
22 (48)
24 (27)
5 (8)
36 (39)
5 (5)
5 (5)
6 (8)
10 (10)
2 (2)
4 (4)
11 (18)
4 (4)
6 (12)
1 (1)
3 (7)
10 (13)
()
1 (1)
4 (9)
1 (1)
3 (3)
()
4 (4)
10 (56)
1 (1)
1 (1)
()
12 (15)
()
4 (4)
()
1 (1)
2 (2)
7 (7)
2 (2)
()
()
7 (7)
52 (67)
68,339 (81,877)

14. International patent applications under the PCT
Receiving Office Designated Office
Year Application language Translation for national phase
Increasing
rate Utility
Korean English Japanese Total Patents Total
models
1984 6 4 10
1985 11 12 23 130.0% 418 1 419
1986 15 5 20 -13.0% 976 4 980
1987 12 3 15 -25.0% 1,272 5 1,277
1988 22 1 23 53.3% 1,797 3 1,800
1989 12 1 13 -43.5% 2,522 1 2,523
1990 21 3 24 84.6% 2,713 8 2,721
1991 30 6 36 50.0% 2,028 14 2,042
1992 75 9 84 133.3% 3,439 6 3,445
1993 117 10 127 51.2% 4,134 13 4,147
1994 177 11 188 48.0% 4,889 16 4,905
1995 182 7 189 0.5% 6,074 10 6,084
1996 275 6 281 48.7% 7,639 8 7,647
1997 280 8 288 2.5% 10,019 13 10,032
1998 479 16 495 71.9% 11,016 16 11,032
1999 57 780 18 855 72.7% 12,639 10 12,649
2000 703 870 1,573 84.0% 15,124 9 15,133
2001 1,485 828 1 2,314 47.1% 16,686 4 16,690
2002 1,663 847 1 2,511 8.5% 17,868 6 17,874
2003 1,764 1,176 2 2,942 17.2% 16,974 7 16,981
2004 2,088 1,475 2 3,565 21.2% 21,168 15 21,183
2005 2,856 1,833 1 4,690 31.6% 24,473 9 24,482
2006 3,714 2,204 1 5,919 26.2% 26,635 14 26,649
2007 4,558 2,505 7,063 50.6% 29,023 22 29,045
2008 4,982 2,926 3 7,911 33.7% 30,030 18 30,048

15. ed Office
Increasing
rate
133.9%
30.3%
41.0%
40.2%
7.8%
-25.0%
68.7%
20.4%
18.3%
24.0%
25.7%
31.2%
10.0%
14.7%
19.6%
10.3%
7.1%
-5.0%
24.7%
15.6%
8.9%
18.6%
12.8%

16. Number of international trademark applications under Madrid Protocol
Office of the Designated
Year Office of Origin total
Contracting Party
2003 108 1,548 1,656
2004 141 4,874 5,015
2005 154 6,699 6,853
2006 208 8,483 8,691
2007 283 9,072 9,355
2008 216 9,745 9,961