India - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in India was 33,630 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 34,402 in 2012, while its lowest value was 1,817 in 1980.

Definition: Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
1980 1,817
1981 1,834
1982 1,948
1984 2,291
1985 2,493
1986 2,497
1987 2,520
1988 2,504
1989 2,600
1990 2,673
1991 2,328
1992 2,176
1993 2,511
1994 3,212
1995 5,021
1996 6,901
1997 8,229
1998 6,707
1999 2,620
2000 6,332
2001 8,213
2002 8,772
2003 9,188
2004 13,452
2005 19,661
2006 23,242
2007 28,922
2008 30,387
2009 27,025
2010 30,909
2011 33,450
2012 34,402
2013 32,362
2014 30,814
2015 33,079
2016 31,858
2017 31,621
2018 33,766
2019 34,173
2020 33,630

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in India was 23,141.00 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 23,141.00 in 2020 and 982.00 in 1985.

Definition: Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
1980 1,207.00
1981 1,067.00
1982 1,128.00
1984 1,003.00
1985 982.00
1986 999.00
1987 988.00
1988 1,033.00
1989 1,048.00
1990 1,147.00
1991 1,267.00
1992 1,248.00
1993 1,209.00
1994 1,588.00
1995 1,545.00
1996 1,661.00
1997 1,926.00
1998 2,247.00
1999 2,206.00
2000 2,206.00
2001 2,379.00
2002 2,693.00
2003 3,425.00
2004 4,014.00
2005 4,721.00
2006 5,686.00
2007 6,296.00
2008 6,425.00
2009 7,262.00
2010 8,853.00
2011 8,841.00
2012 9,553.00
2013 10,669.00
2014 12,040.00
2015 12,579.00
2016 13,199.00
2017 14,961.00
2018 16,289.00
2019 19,454.00
2020 23,141.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology