Annual Report 2016 German Patent and Trade Mark Office Annual Report 2016Annual at a Glance
Annual Report 2016 German Patent and Trade Mark Office Annual 2016 Report At a glance Changes Industrial property rights 2015 2016 in % Patents Applications 1 66,897 67,898 + 1.5 Examination procedures concluded 33,495 35,673 + 6.5 - published decisions to grant 14,795 15,652 + 5.8 a patent Patents in force at the end of the year 2 129,550 129,511 - 0.0 Applications Trade marks 73,479 72,807 - 0.9 (national and international) National marks Applications 68,951 69,340 + 0.6 Registration procedures concluded 65,723 75,501 + 14.9 - with registration 46,526 52,194 + 12.2 Trade marks in force at the end of 797,317 804,618 + 0.9 the year International marks Requests for grant of protection 4,528 3,467 - 23.4 in Germany Grants of protection 3,743 3,426 - 8.5 Utility models Applications 14,274 14,024 - 1.8 Registration procedures concluded 14,199 14,324 + 0.9 - with registration 12,256 12,441 + 1.5 Utility models in force at the end of 85,162 83,183 - 2.3 the year Designs Designs applied for 57,741 54,588 - 5.5 Registration procedures concluded 54,417 52,966 - 2.7 - with registration 50,765 49,113 - 3.3 Registered designs in force at the end 313,696 313,296 - 0.1 of the year 1 Patent applications at the DPMA and PCT patent applications upon their entry into the national phase 2 Including patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) with effect in the Federal Republic of Germany, a total of 615,404 patents were valid in Germany in 2016.
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