Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 6.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 76.00 in 2007, while its lowest value was 2.00 in 2017.

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
1986 8.00
1987 32.00
1988 13.00
1989 13.00
1990 38.00
1991 8.00
1992 8.00
2005 66.00
2006 56.00
2007 76.00
2009 55.00
2010 39.00
2011 39.00
2012 27.00
2017 2.00
2018 8.00
2019 7.00
2020 6.00

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 6,937 as of 2020. Over the past 15 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 8,354 in 2012 and 5,861 in 2005.

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
2005 5,861
2006 6,350
2007 6,846
2009 7,956
2010 8,018
2011 7,956
2012 8,354
2017 8,095
2018 7,846
2019 7,377
2020 6,937

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology