APPLICATION AND GRANTED PATENTS AND UTILITY INNOVATIONS FROM 1986

YEAR APPLICATION GRANTED
Malaysia Foreign Total Malaysia Foreign Total
1986 29 233 262 – – –
1987 71 3,195 3,266 – – –
1988 73 1,547 1,620 0 6 6
1989 84 1,803 1,887 11 121 132
1990 92 2,213 2,305 20 498 518
1991 106 2,321 2,427 29 1,021 1,050
1992 151 2,260 2,411 10 1,124 1,134
1993 198 2,684 2,882 14 1,270 1,284
1994 223 3,364 3,587 21 1,608 1,629
1995 185 3,992 4,177 29 1,724 1,753
1996 221 5,354 5,575 79 1,722 1,801
1997 179 6,278 6,457 52 741 793
1998 193 5,770 5,963 21 545 566
1999 218 5,624 5,842 39 683 722
2000 206 6,021 6,227 24 381 405
2001 271 5,663 5,934 18 1,452 1,470
2002 322 4,615 4,937 32 1,460 1,492
2003 376 4,686 5,062 31 1,547 1,578
2004 522 4,920 5,442 24 2,323 2,347
2005 522 5,764 6,286 37 2,471 2,508
2006 531 4,269 4,800 187 6,562 6,749
2007 670 1,702 2,372 338 6,645 6,983
2008 864 4,539 5,403 198 2,044 2,242
2009 1,234 4,503 5,737 270 3,198 3,468
2010 1,275 5,189 6,464 204 1,973 2,177
2011 1,136 5,423 6,559 335 2,057 2,392
2012 1,160 5,867 7,027 308 2,193 2,501
2013 1,269 6,081 7,350 305 2,386 2,691
2014 1,439 6,321 7,760 381 2,381 2,762
2015 1,375 6,532 7,907 360 2,548 2,908
2016 1,219 6,176 7,395 373 2,980 3,353
2017 1,300 5,978 7,278 474 4,653 5,127
2018 1,248 6,245 7,493 527 3,855 4,382
2019 1,182 6,561 7,743 655 3,558 4,213
2020 1,110 5,905 7,015 1,363 7,140 8,503
Apr-21 264 2,069 2,333 513 3,094 3,607
Total 21,518 161,667 183,185 7,282 77,964 85,246


Patent and Utility Innovations Grants only start from 1988

PCT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM AUGUST 2006 – 2020

YEAR MONTH TOTAL
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006 – – – – – – – 7 7 10 6 4 34
2007 9 4 4 9 9 10 5 12 3 5 16 7 93
2008 5 11 5 15 13 13 15 15 26 7 43 32 200
2009 21 14 12 12 6 24 21 20 32 19 19 24 224
2010 19 7 22 18 23 25 19 22 43 45 71 20 334
2011 10 7 12 12 21 103 17 15 15 21 5 13 251
2012 20 21 32 24 18 80 24 29 10 8 27 7 300
2013 20 23 22 25 14 17 21 10 27 10 32 51 272
2014 12 15 18 45 59 58 8 10 18 21 13 12 289
2015 10 13 17 13 32 19 28 24 28 32 21 15 252
2016 10 10 17 14 16 10 7 26 16 21 16 18 181
2017 10 7 9 10 8 13 14 10 12 14 13 9 129
2018 8 10 12 11 16 9 10 8 10 13 14 16 137
2019 14 7 13 7 13 2 14 16 19 17 24 43 189
2020 11 2 10 7 12 11 19 17 20 39 57 29 234
2021 5 8 12 15 40
TOTAL 3,159


PATENTS GRANTED BASED ON FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY 2020

YEAR SECTION TOTAL
A B C D E F G H
1993 215 169 503 15 37 52 155 138 1,284
1994 260 267 505 12 71 79 192 243 1,629
1995 336 268 542 27 48 61 194 277 1,753
1996 285 323 483 31 76 103 178 322 1,801
1997 151 138 196 13 32 45 82 132 789
1998 104 98 141 4 18 31 64 106 566
1999 132 112 191 9 21 49 68 139 721
2000 61 59 110 8 19 42 36 70 405
2001 155 233 288 18 44 102 231 399 1,470
2002 206 236 334 19 42 104 228 323 1,492
2003 224 242 396 28 38 119 190 341 1,578
2004 325 377 625 25 50 132 321 492 2,347
2005 333 452 600 30 82 164 316 531 2,508
2006 948 1,155 1,275 101 197 448 1,042 1,583 6,749
2007 1,179 1,213 1,748 109 221 407 883 1,223 6,983
2008 423 421 451 33 98 159 293 364 2,242
2009 656 633 837 53 119 185 488 497 3,468
2010 364 390 599 22 75 125 274 328 2,177
2011 404 402 693 28 90 126 283 366 2,392
2012 445 424 722 25 72 101 328 384 2,501
2013 523 393 840 36 98 108 315 378 2,691
2014 538 430 729 27 154 150 331 403 2,762
2015 542 494 642 25 161 198 352 494 2,908
2016 688 472 1,045 36 183 170 304 455 3,353
2017 1,103 852 1,526 44 265 287 460 590 5,127
2018 798 749 895 50 327 336 541 686 4,382
2019 868 644 1,292 43 235 175 412 544 4,213
2020 1,641 1,287 2,145 75 573 522 1,056 1,204 8,503
Apr-21 765 579 916 36 154 245 444 468 3,607
TOTAL 14,672 13,512 21,269 982 3,600 4,825 10,061 13,480 82,401

Section A : Human Necessities
Section B : Performing Operations; Transporting
Section C : Chemistry ; Metallurgy
Section D : Textiles ; Paper
Section E : Fixed Constructions
Section F : Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
Section G : Physics
Section H : Electricity

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