Malta - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Malta was 5.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 805.00 in 2006, while its lowest value was 1.00 in 2016.

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 17.00
1981 17.00
1982 15.00
1983 16.00
1984 15.00
1985 20.00
1986 12.00
1987 17.00
1988 14.00
1989 13.00
1990 17.00
1991 21.00
1992 22.00
1993 16.00
1994 21.00
1995 13.00
1996 18.00
1997 24.00
1998 26.00
1999 72.00
2000 93.00
2001 107.00
2002 180.00
2004 471.00
2006 805.00
2007 29.00
2008 34.00
2009 21.00
2010 7.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 4.00
2014 8.00
2015 2.00
2016 1.00
2017 7.00
2018 15.00
2019 7.00
2020 5.00

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Malta was 6.00 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 26.00 in 2001 and 2.00 in 1989.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1980 7.00
1981 6.00
1982 3.00
1983 4.00
1986 5.00
1987 5.00
1988 3.00
1989 2.00
1990 2.00
1991 6.00
1992 3.00
1993 8.00
1994 21.00
1995 11.00
1996 6.00
1997 22.00
1998 8.00
1999 11.00
2000 23.00
2001 26.00
2002 22.00
2007 10.00
2008 14.00
2009 8.00
2010 12.00
2011 9.00
2012 11.00
2013 13.00
2014 5.00
2015 9.00
2016 3.00
2017 5.00
2018 2.00
2019 5.00
2020 6.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology