2021 Agent Appointment Statistics

CIPO received 78,405 trademark applications¹ in 2021.  This post provides an agent-focused statistical summary² of those filings.

The following tables include both Madrid and Non-Madrid filings.

The first table is self-explanatory:

The second table groups the number of applications filed by agents (or firms) in 2021.  For example, the first row indicates that 76 agents were appointed in only one application as of 31-Dec-2021; the second row indicates that 138 agents were appointed in between 2 and 5 applications as of 31-Dec-2021; etc.

See the previous posts for 2021 Agent Rankings and a breakdown of 2021 Agent vs. no Agent Filings.

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1 This includes all types of applications handled by CIPO’s Trademarks Branch, e.g. trademarks, certification marks, official / prohibited (i.e. Section 9) marks, geographical indications, plant variety denominations, etc.^↩

2 The summary reflects CIPO’s trademark .xml data as of 31-Dec-2021. Note that filings per se are not tracked; rather, current appointments of agents are tracked as of 31-Dec-2021. For example, if an application filed in 2021 initially appointed agent A, and if agent A’s appointment was revoked, with agent B being subsequently appointed in 2021 to continue prosecution of the application, then that application is counted only in respect of the currently appointed agent B.^↩