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Of the total number of 316 industrial design applications filed in 2009, 181 applications were filed by foreign applicants under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, while 135 applications were filed directly with the IPO by domestic and foreign applicants (of which 28 were multiple applications, making a total of 232 industrial designs).
The year 2009 saw the registration of 268 industrial designs, of which
181 were, registered in accordance with the Hague Agreement, and 87 on the basis of applications filed directly with the IPO.
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