Seychelles - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Seychelles was 9.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 46.00 in 2017, while its lowest value was 1.00 in 1984.

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 3.00
1981 7.00
1983 3.00
1984 1.00
1985 2.00
1988 5.00
1995 1.00
1996 6.00
2016 14.00
2017 46.00
2018 17.00
2019 12.00
2020 9.00

Patent applications, residents

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
2020 3.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology