Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. Direct nonresident trademark applications are those filed by applicants from abroad directly at a given national IP office.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 19,791 | 22,004 | 21,131 | 21,013 | 22,343 | 23,718 | 23,636 | 24,575 | 26,906 | 29,672 | 34,154 | 38,423 | 39,460 |
| France | 23,639 | 22,463 | 10,774 | 7,503 | 7,326 | 7,153 | 6,782 | 8,494 | 7,953 | 7,761 | 7,859 | 7,718 | 7,413 |
| Germany | 15,913 | 12,000 | 8,713 | 8,127 | 7,879 | 7,447 | 7,855 | 7,544 | 8,122 | 9,237 | 9,566 | 10,013 | |
| Italy | 5,675 | 5,356 | 4,952 | 4,616 | 4,635 | 4,762 | 5,098 | 5,275 | 5,209 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 19,618 | 17,112 | 11,316 | 9,441 | 7,840 | 7,674 | 7,838 | 8,408 | 8,669 | 12,980 | 20,598 | 28,120 | 36,892 |
| Canada | 11,733 | 24,172 | 23,055 | 24,771 | 27,135 | 28,369 | 28,370 | 29,680 | 29,872 | 31,013 | 33,060 | 35,738 | 39,669 |
| United States | 20,653 | 41,244 | 39,377 | 44,597 | 48,368 | 51,366 | 53,115 | 59,288 | 71,743 | 92,690 | 117,716 | 122,683 | 140,906 |