Brazil - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Brazil was 19,058 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 25,925 in 2013, while its lowest value was 4,221 in 1993.

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 6,228
1981 6,113
1982 5,562
1983 4,900
1984 4,657
1985 4,565
1986 4,413
1987 4,702
1988 4,546
1989 4,657
1990 5,148
1991 4,625
1992 4,374
1993 4,221
1994 4,228
1995 4,741
1996 5,446
1997 13,479
1998 13,546
1999 14,693
2000 14,104
2001 14,410
2002 13,204
2003 12,545
2004 12,669
2005 14,444
2006 15,886
2007 17,469
2008 18,890
2009 18,135
2010 20,771
2011 23,954
2012 25,637
2013 25,925
2014 25,683
2015 25,578
2016 22,810
2017 20,178
2018 19,877
2019 19,932
2020 19,058

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Brazil was 5,280 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,480 in 2017 and 1,855 in 1986.

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 2,149
1981 2,171
1982 2,116
1983 2,302
1984 2,062
1985 1,954
1986 1,855
1987 2,451
1988 2,338
1989 2,323
1990 2,389
1991 2,319
1992 2,100
1993 2,429
1994 2,269
1995 2,707
1996 2,611
1997 2,756
1998 2,491
1999 2,816
2000 3,179
2001 3,439
2002 3,481
2003 3,866
2004 4,044
2005 4,054
2006 3,956
2007 4,194
2008 4,280
2009 4,271
2010 4,228
2011 4,695
2012 4,798
2013 4,959
2014 4,659
2015 4,641
2016 5,200
2017 5,480
2018 4,980
2019 5,464
2020 5,280

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology