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Designs filed in Singapore by Country and Classification

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Designs filed in Singapore by Classification

Data from Jan 2013 to Jan 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:23 SGT

IPOS (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore)

Top 5 Designs Filing Classes in 2017

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DesignsfiledinSingaporebyClassification.csv (320 rows, 18 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Design Classification Text	Design Filings Numeric	Rank Numeric
(Null)0.0% 201310.0% 201410.0% 201510.0% 201610.0%	(Null)0.0% Brushware3.1% Foodstuffs3.1% Furnishing3.1% Miscellaneous3.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 94.4% 134.1% 224.4% 244.4%
2013	Articles of adornment	411	1
2013	Recording, communication or information retrieval equipment	255	2
2013	Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods	136	3
2013	Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, solid fuel	117	4
2013	Furnishing	107	5
2013	Means of transport or hoisting	89	6
2013	Household goods, not elsewhere specified	72	7
2013	Tools and hardware	67	8
2013	Travel goods, cases, parasols and personal belongings, not elsewhere specified	58	9
2013	Equipment for production, distribution or transformation of electricity	55	10

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Design Classification	design_class	Text	-	-
Design Filings	design_filings	Numeric	-	-
Rank	rank	Numeric	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7c5bb836baa1ac71bacec7f82323997f"
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). Designs filed in Singapore by Classification (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7c5bb836baa1ac71bacec7f82323997f/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)