Ipos 2018 1st_Q - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

SINGAPORE’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LANDSCAPE Q1 2018 TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

2,709

PATENTS (Applications)

306

DESIGNS

0.1%1

(Filings)

TRADEMARKS

-14%1

(Classes)

11,749

13.2%1

TOP 5 COUNTRIES 1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

838

1

SINGAPORE

78

1

SINGAPORE

2,365

2

JAPAN

442

2

JAPAN

68

2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1,680

3

SINGAPORE

420

3

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

53

3

CHINA

1,047

4

GERMANY

138

4

20

4

JAPAN

922

5

SWITZERLAND

128

5

15

5

GERMANY

617

HONG KONG AUSTRALIA

CHINA

TOP 5 FOREIGN FILERS 1

MasterCard International Incoporated (US)

1

World Trend Enterprises Limited (HK)

1

Amazon Technologies, Inc. (US)

2

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (CH)

2

King Furniture Australia Pty Ltd (AU)

2

Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo «Tsifrovoe Televidenie» (RU)

3

Disco Corporation (JP)

3

Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.) (JP)

3

Merck KGaA (DE)

4

Applied Materials, Inc. (US)

4

Google LLC (US)

4

Shiseido Company, Limited (JP)

5

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (KY)

5

(1) SIO Co., Ltd. (JP) (2) Apple Inc. (US)

5

Japan as represented by Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (JP)

TOP 5 LOCAL FILERS 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5

Agency for Science, Technology and Research

1 1

Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.

Nanyang Technological University

2

Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd.

National University of Singapore

3

Aspial-Lee Hwa Jewellery Singapore Pte. Ltd.

4

(1) Lovesignia (2) Poh Heng Jewellery (Private) Limited (3) Ngee Ann Polytechnic (4) 11H Pte. Ltd.

5

(1) La Belle Collection Pte. Ltd. (2) Choo Yilin Artisan Jewellery Pte. Ltd.

Delta Electronics Int'l (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (1) Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (2) Singapore University of Technology and Design

1

Percentage change compared to Q1 2017 For more information, visit: www.ipos.gov.sg and www.ip2.sg

1 1

(1) Singapore Tourism Board (2) Ministry of Communications and Information (3) Economic Development Board

2

TWG Tea Company Pte. Ltd.

3

Building and Construction Authority

4

Yu Kee Group Pte. Ltd.

5

Xiaomi Singapore Pte. Ltd.