This article presents patent, trademark and industrial design applications in Dominican Republic.
Intellectual property applications in Dominican Republic in 2021 included 227 patent applications, 15,776 trademark applications and 21 industrial design applications. The largest category was trademarks, representing 98.5% of all included applications. Resident applicants accounted for 3.1% of patent filings, 62.2% of trademark filings and 19.0% of industrial design filings. Total included IP applications were equivalent to 1390.9 per 1 million people.
Dominican Republic Intellectual Property Activity by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Patent applications, residents (IP.PAT.RESD); Patent applications, nonresidents (IP.PAT.NRES); Trademark applications, resident, by count (IP.TMK.RSCT); Trademark applications, nonresident, by count (IP.TMK.NRCT); Industrial design applications, resident, by count (IP.IDS.RSCT); Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count (IP.IDS.NRCT); Population, total (population); Research and development expenditure, % of GDP (GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS); Researchers in R&D, per million people (SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6).
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About the Indicators
Patent applications, residents. Patent applications filed with a national or regional patent office by applicants resident in the country, via the Paris Convention route or a national filing.
Patent applications, nonresidents. Patent applications filed in the country by applicants resident abroad.
Trademark applications, resident, by count. Trademark applications filed by applicants resident in the country.
Trademark applications, nonresident, by count. Trademark applications filed in the country by applicants resident abroad.
Industrial design applications, resident, by count. Industrial design applications filed by applicants resident in the country.
Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count. Industrial design applications filed in the country by applicants resident abroad.
Research and development expenditure, % of GDP. Gross domestic spending on research and development, expressed as a share of GDP.
Researchers in R&D, per million people. Professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes or systems, per million people.