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Patents filed in Singapore by Country and Classification

Patents filed in Singapore by Classes

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Patents filed in Singapore by Classes

Data from Jan 2013 to Jan 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:18 SGT

IPOS (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore)

Top 5 Patents Filing Classes in 2017

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PatentsfiledinSingaporebyClasses.csv (80 rows, 2.7 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Patent field of invention Text	Patent grants Numeric	Rank Numeric
(Null)0.0% 201310.0% 201410.0% 201510.0% 201610.0%	(Null)0.0% Physics12.5% Electricity12.5% Textiles; Paper12.5% Human Necessities12.5%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 112.5% 212.5% 312.5% 412.5%
2013	Chemistry; Metallurgy	1884	1
2013	Human Necessities	1371	2
2013	Electricity	1282	3
2013	Physics	1076	4
2013	Performing Operations; Transporting	1059	5
2013	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons	351	6
2013	Fixed Constructions	240	7
2013	Textiles; Paper	33	8
2014	Chemistry; Metallurgy	1794	1
2014	Human Necessities	1305	2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Patent field of invention	patent_field_of_invention	Text	-	-
Patent grants	patent_grants	Numeric	-	-
Rank	rank	Numeric	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1a32f83189602167e67eb38bc0013efe"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. (2018). Patents filed in Singapore by Classes (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 2, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1a32f83189602167e67eb38bc0013efe/view

About this dataset

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IPOS_Enquiry@ipos.gov.sg

Created on

27 Aug 2018

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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IPOS (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore)