Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. Direct resident trademark applications are those filed by domestic applicants directly at a given national IP office.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 57,769 | 86,960 | 83,099 | 1,04,168 | 1,22,671 | 1,20,530 | 1,32,330 | 1,27,925 | 1,30,720 | 1,37,878 | 1,59,192 | 1,76,063 | 2,18,764 |
| India | 18,713 | 67,262 | 73,308 | 1,72,120 | 1,76,386 | 1,76,044 | 1,83,172 | 2,00,140 | 2,50,585 | 2,64,662 | 2,42,482 | 2,97,750 | 3,22,293 |
| South Africa | 7,528 | 13,509 | 16,985 | 18,040 | 19,522 | 20,499 | 20,871 | 20,475 | 21,594 | 22,676 | 22,381 | 22,542 | 21,583 |
| China | 50,853 | 1,81,717 | 5,93,388 | 9,73,514 | 12,73,859 | 15,02,582 | 17,33,387 | 19,97,058 | |||||
| Russian Federation | 30,338 | 26,460 | 32,758 | 33,256 | 34,859 | 34,634 | 34,189 | 34,314 | 41,529 | 46,602 | 49,132 | 58,626 |