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Merely 242 applications for industrial designs were filed with the Office in 2003, which is in total 14.2 % decrease in comparison with 2002. From the foreign applicants the most active are Germans (28), Czechs (24) and Dutch (15).
The Slovak applicants filed 49 applications less than in 2002. The share of domestic application is 54 %.
By 31. December 2003 there were 1 512 valid industrial designs in the Slovak Republic.
For the comparison we provide statistics of the years 1999 - 2003 in industrial design area.
Tables_3.doc - Industrial design statistical data
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