Lower middle income - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Lower middle income was 62,500 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 64,300 in 2019, while its lowest value was 13,200 in 1999.

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
1997 18,600
1998 17,300
1999 13,200
2000 17,100
2001 18,000
2002 15,900
2003 17,500
2004 22,900
2005 31,300
2006 37,200
2007 44,200
2008 46,400
2009 41,400
2010 52,600
2011 55,700
2012 57,000
2013 55,800
2014 54,500
2015 58,500
2016 57,400
2017 56,400
2018 62,200
2019 64,300
2020 62,500

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Lower middle income was 42,400 as of 2020. Over the past 23 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 42,400 in 2020 and 6,800 in 2002.

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
1997 9,100
1998 10,000
1999 10,000
2000 10,200
2001 12,200
2002 6,800
2003 7,800
2004 10,200
2005 10,700
2006 11,600
2007 12,300
2008 11,800
2009 11,900
2010 25,700
2011 26,200
2012 26,100
2013 28,700
2014 32,400
2015 32,800
2016 35,100
2017 38,800
2018 36,300
2019 41,100
2020 42,400

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology