What is the latest figure for Germany patent and trademark applications?

The latest reading is 42,349 Applications, for 2025. That is +5.6% from 2024.

Is Germany patent and trademark applications at a high or a low right now?

The reading of 42,349 Applications is the highest since 2019.

How far back does the Germany patent and trademark applications data go?

The series on this page is annual and runs from 2000 to 2025. Source: German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.

Are the German patent statistics broken down by region?

Yes, the annual applications for patents, utility models, trademarks and designs are broken down by the federal state of the applicant. A national total is provided for renewable-energy technologies.

What renewable energy technologies are included in the German patent data?

The patent applications data for Germany includes a national total for renewable-energy technologies, which specifically lists wind turbines as an available breakdown.

Germany patent and trademark applications

Name: Germany patent and trademark applications
Creator: German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)

Germany's annual patent and trademark applications by federal state, from the DPMA.

Source: German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)Last updated: Sep 22, 2026, 05:37 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Patent applications1
Germany16	42,349	40,099	38,508	37,206	39,830	42,269	46,631	46,632	47,786	48,496	47,389	48,158	47,591	46,904	47,240	47,487	47,574	49,463	48,837	48,278	48,550	52,633	51,633	50,504	52,346	52,447
Baden-Württemberg	15,161	15,505	14,654	13,444	13,573	13,686	15,239	14,609	14,530	14,416	14,251	14,568	14,806	14,404	14,627	14,792	15,237	15,073	13,842	13,348	12,824	13,496	13,292	12,297	11,610	12,302
Bavaria	12,575	11,365	10,819	10,552	11,880	12,702	14,034	14,903	15,455	15,833	15,312	15,506	14,817	14,384	13,750	13,087	12,713	13,616	13,950	14,131	13,759	14,412	13,761	13,599	14,304	13,010
Berlin	462	472	477	484	526	675	677	719	716	829	840	869	897	861	812	917	984	930	1,030	971	888	1,017	1,109	1,099	1,228	1,242
Brandenburg	217	202	196	229	257	295	297	292	329	333	359	327	322	302	354	322	366	362	395	428	317	362	408	379	399	398
Bremen	120	136	109	104	102	121	142	136	129	142	157	143	160	150	153	166	162	147	183	148	178	185	158	143	198	164
Hamburg	684	445	401	377	463	622	762	882	790	816	822	834	764	779	1,011	920	937	1,100	1,009	949	919	1,105	955	1,166	1,427	1,185
Hesse	1,114	1,044	1,090	1,202	1,479	1,568	1,542	1,615	1,930	1,934	1,912	2,047	2,167	2,299	2,379	2,430	2,460	2,673	3,013	3,248	3,448	4,186	4,003	4,113	4,159	4,688
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	111	58	122	177	98	107	89	145	135	104	155	169	181	181	168	170	199	184	177	182	200	218	243	194	183	206
Lower Saxony	3,765	3,142	2,826	2,792	2,985	3,233	3,852	3,605	3,515	3,703	3,485	3,138	2,927	2,965	2,994	2,930	2,906	3,352	2,759	2,610	2,724	2,972	2,893	2,861	3,200	3,427
North Rhine-Westphalia	5,701	5,343	5,538	5,292	5,675	6,398	7,019	6,846	7,208	7,082	6,878	7,113	7,080	6,787	7,114	7,542	7,350	7,831	8,348	8,219	8,168	8,875	8,975	9,117	9,929	10,274
Rhineland-Palatinate	673	682	606	805	856	781	834	911	922	1,076	938	1,032	1,036	1,130	1,186	1,240	1,259	1,296	1,265	1,336	2,224	2,719	2,677	2,591	2,535	2,341
Saarland	109	113	98	137	178	192	215	175	197	196	214	223	251	249	251	257	307	296	334	313	361	368	332	342	358	351
Saxony	568	544	546	592	604	642	668	595	717	811	907	967	968	1,063	1,070	1,224	1,198	1,013	950	814	859	853	859	873	933	1,000
Saxony-Anhalt	173	98	141	122	154	159	194	204	186	226	199	227	230	251	314	337	311	367	339	345	369	414	492	375	408	447
Schleswig-Holstein	406	430	384	426	475	481	469	452	490	475	447	436	445	503	489	561	561	592	626	586	598	660	627	607	679	678
Thuringia	510	520	501	471	525	607	598	543	537	520	513	559	540	596	568	592	624	631	617	650	714	791	849	748	796	734
Utility models1
Germany16	6,264	5,243	5,516	5,524	7,028	8,894	8,435	8,799	9,481	10,100	10,361	10,948	11,650	11,989	12,779	13,672	14,420	14,169	14,968	16,484	17,212	17,123	16,962	16,830	17,859	18,718
Baden-Württemberg	1,158	935	1,002	1,092	1,292	1,579	1,580	1,624	1,735	1,883	1,889	1,942	2,094	2,073	2,380	2,585	2,658	2,698	2,854	3,271	3,340	3,136	3,077	3,052	3,212	3,392
Bavaria	1,280	1,229	1,254	1,204	1,535	2,019	1,902	1,983	2,054	2,272	2,356	2,432	2,517	2,575	2,859	3,052	3,133	2,983	3,216	3,649	3,792	3,838	3,618	3,591	4,031	4,016
Berlin	226	139	200	189	254	343	342	308	322	300	335	368	398	383	414	464	474	403	452	583	506	527	523	449	481	578
Brandenburg	97	71	69	62	97	106	164	98	134	151	110	163	162	206	221	232	212	199	196	204	201	213	247	204	221	225
Bremen	20	18	24	28	32	46	34	44	52	52	47	57	60	74	72	64	74	66	76	126	122	144	127	78	96	113
Hamburg	122	94	90	97	128	154	140	177	156	159	197	194	204	202	191	234	323	285	304	367	323	385	363	338	356	394
Hesse	491	304	377	330	493	615	479	614	629	622	624	666	681	751	744	842	889	844	927	1,086	1,172	1,214	1,253	1,360	1,332	1,534
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	41	33	61	37	55	61	43	56	54	71	77	79	96	82	96	89	82	139	126	107	138	128	99	116	110	110
Lower Saxony	434	351	344	419	541	596	563	618	652	698	714	760	861	817	870	891	942	948	999	1,089	1,130	1,114	1,129	1,214	1,160	1,323
North Rhine-Westphalia	1,616	1,419	1,472	1,399	1,699	2,250	2,174	2,181	2,527	2,647	2,708	2,868	3,071	3,158	3,245	3,437	3,719	3,804	3,945	4,004	4,218	4,105	4,212	4,184	4,499	4,591
Rhineland-Palatinate	276	218	198	208	283	352	352	303	390	402	452	445	474	520	512	586	647	555	626	682	785	764	759	790	768	784
Saarland	44	45	29	26	49	68	49	65	72	72	73	83	103	126	123	99	122	102	142	157	180	189	161	143	166	191
Saxony	185	152	156	150	198	286	222	294	258	301	330	390	388	402	386	445	443	462	462	457	492	501	517	499	526	499
Saxony-Anhalt	55	37	59	60	69	109	98	116	102	128	121	128	109	159	169	144	158	201	162	166	169	194	179	165	175	175
Schleswig-Holstein	146	109	107	137	175	180	167	183	202	192	188	237	248	255	293	288	344	298	297	329	415	452	449	360	403	464
Thuringia	73	89	74	86	128	130	126	135	142	150	140	136	184	206	204	220	200	182	184	207	229	219	249	287	323	329
National trademarks1
Germany16	78,722	70,264	69,577	68,191	81,817	78,713	68,252	65,668	67,441	65,321	65,259	63,003	57,046	56,745	60,605	65,549	65,914	69,864	72,829	69,089	67,270
Baden-Württemberg	9,249	8,057	8,342	8,361	9,992	10,141	8,539	8,340	8,767	8,240	8,414	8,217	7,461	7,456	8,126	8,554	8,255	9,117	9,227	9,169	8,850
Bavaria	12,316	11,423	11,190	12,519	14,846	14,470	12,280	12,310	12,506	11,837	11,351	11,649	10,283	10,135	10,948	11,802	11,890	12,960	12,901	12,463	12,858
Berlin	5,300	4,762	4,785	5,193	6,009	5,930	5,459	5,458	5,334	5,244	5,049	5,032	4,251	4,393	4,814	4,723	4,731	5,090	5,052	4,804	4,581
Brandenburg	1,470	1,127	1,167	1,166	1,388	1,440	1,208	1,075	1,177	1,120	999	949	1,017	927	1,077	1,134	1,076	1,021	1,099	998	906
Bremen	612	567	486	533	749	633	604	535	587	521	543	479	455	519	509	611	521	597	711	622	571
Hamburg	3,437	3,114	3,186	3,258	4,188	4,090	3,442	3,501	3,377	3,568	3,606	3,334	3,167	3,092	3,303	3,497	3,453	3,832	4,110	3,792	3,760
Hesse	5,756	5,123	5,270	5,272	6,445	6,311	5,552	5,215	5,512	5,343	5,342	4,975	4,699	4,601	4,978	5,563	5,593	5,623	6,047	5,919	5,805
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	663	555	574	614	852	765	670	578	628	651	605	545	513	515	508	646	654	653	622	629	561
Lower Saxony	5,391	5,054	5,069	4,692	6,086	5,709	5,118	4,673	4,826	4,557	4,882	4,516	3,865	4,037	4,236	4,600	4,565	4,827	4,921	4,869	4,592
North Rhine-Westphalia	24,499	21,502	20,360	17,709	19,858	18,123	15,547	14,559	15,135	14,879	14,703	13,707	12,639	12,472	13,023	14,770	15,474	15,684	17,221	16,353	15,953
Rhineland-Palatinate	3,154	2,858	3,042	2,801	3,805	3,606	3,155	3,043	3,085	3,052	3,047	3,057	2,870	2,852	2,660	2,960	2,977	3,231	3,408	2,823	2,739
Saarland	616	569	541	499	639	723	581	548	616	563	716	557	453	473	506	553	583	593	743	688	600
Saxony	2,050	1,839	1,931	1,840	2,276	2,314	2,067	2,049	2,109	2,077	2,091	2,154	1,935	1,951	2,110	2,254	2,277	2,537	2,734	2,180	1,975
Saxony-Anhalt	874	815	705	707	818	852	814	766	644	690	716	713	808	753	749	847	824	986	841	757	685
Schleswig-Holstein	2,445	2,162	2,136	2,148	2,789	2,648	2,275	2,208	2,198	2,180	2,316	2,235	1,797	1,818	1,959	2,107	2,057	2,190	2,165	2,114	1,983
Thuringia	890	737	793	879	1,077	958	941	810	940	799	879	884	833	751	1,099	928	984	923	1,027	909	851
Registered designs1
Germany16	24,133	25,978	25,411	34,132	28,329	33,213	36,193	42,467	39,844	40,728	38,568	42,079	41,874	37,559	38,591	35,716
Baden-Württemberg	3,964	4,610	4,762	5,868	4,869	5,056	6,726	6,645	6,259	5,752	5,710	6,044	6,186	5,227	5,479	5,601
Bavaria	3,379	4,681	4,246	5,227	4,853	6,139	7,950	8,521	8,424	10,597	8,753	8,264	8,699	7,660	7,164	6,991
Berlin	1,442	1,544	1,579	2,362	1,875	1,731	1,778	1,960	1,633	1,917	2,117	2,153	2,344	1,577	2,009	1,382
Brandenburg	477	284	200	277	150	172	297	321	531	394	265	398	378	377	567	318
Bremen	25	110	257	185	135	98	110	133	272	166	211	202	211	160	258	199
Hamburg	629	758	697	681	719	715	844	916	1,210	924	951	1,429	1,213	1,354	1,125	1,446
Hesse	1,327	1,306	1,091	1,511	1,351	1,544	1,362	1,590	1,820	1,969	1,987	2,109	2,006	2,063	2,809	1,813
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	56	128	294	88	134	188	92	143	165	257	272	369	435	190	201	142
Lower Saxony	1,833	1,723	1,582	2,670	1,729	2,546	2,425	2,747	3,041	2,996	2,680	2,427	2,457	2,480	2,530	3,043
North Rhine-Westphalia	6,642	7,352	7,785	10,581	9,178	10,584	10,957	13,287	10,983	10,905	9,908	11,405	12,285	11,064	10,479	9,874
Rhineland-Palatinate	1,319	1,456	1,012	2,089	930	1,114	1,020	1,595	1,462	1,201	2,039	2,796	1,900	1,773	2,709	2,481
Saarland	140	124	123	110	115	308	163	210	243	308	193	469	246	321	236	182
Saxony	677	585	657	903	953	1,268	1,298	1,825	1,268	1,668	1,414	1,910	1,219	1,310	1,160	776
Saxony-Anhalt	190	152	164	244	220	580	274	458	326	246	357	590	299	422	294	293
Schleswig-Holstein	1,744	887	712	788	925	892	658	1,728	1,878	1,107	1,454	1,190	1,523	1,278	947	814
Thuringia	289	278	250	548	193	278	239	388	329	321	257	324	473	303	624	361
University patent applications1
Germany16	481	473	469	502	588	629	655	658	698	699	765	637
Baden-Württemberg	49	52	42	49	72	67	72	75	67	80	98	75
Bavaria	49	51	43	58	44	59	61	59	66	75	84	87
Berlin	11	12	10	15	12	16	22	19	28	20	33	21
Brandenburg	13	10	5	12	15	14	13	9	19	6	15	13
Bremen	12	10	7	12	8	12	12	16	20	9	12	10
Hamburg	11	9	9	7	16	17	15	17	26	21	21	15
Hesse	21	24	33	22	44	45	42	54	61	60	64	39
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	13	7	8	11	20	19	14	29	19	22	40	32
Lower Saxony	29	25	26	29	29	43	45	55	62	50	58	39
North Rhine-Westphalia	135	134	116	114	131	131	141	129	124	106	94	70
Rhineland-Palatinate	13	14	14	13	15	10	11	16	7	7	10	7
Saarland	3	5	1	2	7	5	13	6	4	7	3	5
Saxony	76	75	96	105	109	118	120	81	97	135	157	142
Saxony-Anhalt	10	8	17	10	26	27	26	34	32	40	30	25
Schleswig-Holstein	13	9	21	15	17	22	19	22	22	19	9	12
Thuringia	26	27	26	28	24	26	30	40	46	43	40	45
Renewable-energy technologies (all of Germany)1
Total4	1,370	1,350	1,287	1,090	1,114
Solar technology	682	687	598	456	433
Wind turbines	536	506	538	525	574
Hydropower, waves and tides	39	43	47	32	27
Geothermal, biogas and other energy sources	113	114	104	76	80

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The series on this page is annual and runs from 2000 to 2025. Source: German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA).

About this data

Germany's annual patent and trademark applications by federal state, from the DPMA. The data covers patents, utility models, national trademarks and registered designs, plus university applications. It includes a national count for renewable-energy technologies such as wind turbines. The series have been published annually since 2000 by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

Frequently asked questions

What is the latest figure for Germany patent and trademark applications?: The latest reading is 42,349 Applications, for 2025. That is +5.6% from 2024.
Is Germany patent and trademark applications at a high or a low right now?: The reading of 42,349 Applications is the highest since 2019.
How far back does the Germany patent and trademark applications data go?: The series on this page is annual and runs from 2000 to 2025. Source: German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.
What exactly does the DPMA count in Germany patent applications?: The German Patent and Trade Mark Office counts the number of applications filed for patents, utility models, national trademarks and registered designs. These include specific subsets like university applications and renewable-energy technologies.
Are the German patent statistics broken down by region?: Yes, the annual applications for patents, utility models, trademarks and designs are broken down by the federal state of the applicant. A national total is provided for renewable-energy technologies.
What renewable energy technologies are included in the German patent data?: The patent applications data for Germany includes a national total for renewable-energy technologies, which specifically lists wind turbines as an available breakdown.