Registered designs in Brandenburg, Germany
Registered designs in Brandenburg, Germany stood at 477 Registered designs in 2025, according to German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). It is one of the indicators in the Intellectual property applications table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2010 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Intellectual property applications table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 24,133 | 25,978 | 25,411 | 34,132 | 28,329 | 33,213 | 36,193 | 42,467 | 39,844 | 40,728 | |
| Brandenburg | 477 | 284 | 200 | 277 | 150 | 172 | 297 | 321 | 531 | 394 | |
| Bremen | 25 | 110 | 257 | 185 | 135 | 98 | 110 | 133 | 272 | 166 |
Understanding registered designs in Brandenburg, Germany
Industrial and artisan design registrations originating from owners with their registered legal base in Brandenburg are presented in this row. The scope includes all officially entered design protections for product silhouettes, surface textures, structural configurations, and decorative patterns. Inclusion depends strictly on the applicant maintaining an official address in Brandenburg at the time of entry on the national register. Functional solutions and engineering inventions are excluded, being governed by patent and utility model frameworks, whereas commercial trade names and brand identifiers are logged under trademarks. Sibling rows in this table display parallel figures for other federal states or consolidate the entire country, whereas this row isolates design registrations from Brandenburg.
Assessing this regional series requires recognizing how collective filings operate: an enterprise registering a whole family of product shapes will register multiple designs within one administrative process. For this reason, annual totals are best evaluated by comparing complete calendar periods, which absorbs the volatility of occasional large-scale design portfolios. The annual frequency prevents seasonal biases related to calendar holidays or administrative processing cycles from skewing the data. Once published, these statistics rarely undergo revision, except in rare instances of retrospective legal invalidation or applicant address transfers. Users must avoid equating registered designs with consumer sales figures, as design protections frequently safeguard preliminary models or defensive shapes that are never commercialized.
Frequently asked questions
- Are product packaging shapes included in the Brandenburg registered designs count?
- Yes, packaging containers and aesthetic casing forms qualify for design registration provided they meet statutory novelty and character requirements.
- Does this series track design applications currently pending review for Brandenburg applicants?
- No, the series counts only designs that have successfully passed formal administrative checks and achieved official registration.
- How are multi-party design applications involving a Brandenburg co-owner categorized?
- Registry procedures allocate the filing according to the domicile of the designated lead applicant listed on the official registration record.