Spain - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Spain was 124.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 9,149.00 in 1985, while its lowest value was 124.00 in 2020.

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 9,001.00
1981 8,509.00
1982 8,555.00
1983 8,352.00
1984 8,916.00
1985 9,149.00
1986 8,581.00
1987 2,590.00
1988 2,209.00
1989 2,318.00
1990 1,079.00
1991 746.00
1992 561.00
1993 563.00
1994 537.00
1995 553.00
1996 524.00
1997 496.00
1998 476.00
1999 506.00
2000 484.00
2001 467.00
2002 371.00
2003 367.00
2004 313.00
2005 313.00
2006 316.00
2007 265.00
2008 252.00
2009 207.00
2010 213.00
2011 196.00
2012 209.00
2013 218.00
2014 225.00
2015 221.00
2016 177.00
2017 176.00
2018 149.00
2019 159.00
2020 124.00

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Spain was 1,431 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,632 in 2008 and 1,288 in 2019.

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 1,876
1981 1,718
1982 1,646
1983 1,498
1984 1,784
1985 2,149
1986 1,649
1987 1,720
1988 1,816
1989 2,087
1990 2,218
1991 2,156
1992 2,076
1993 2,165
1994 2,136
1995 2,047
1996 2,274
1997 2,237
1998 2,271
1999 2,439
2000 2,710
2001 2,528
2002 2,763
2003 2,813
2004 2,871
2005 3,040
2006 3,111
2007 3,267
2008 3,632
2009 3,596
2010 3,566
2011 3,430
2012 3,266
2013 3,026
2014 2,953
2015 2,799
2016 2,745
2017 2,167
2018 1,525
2019 1,288
2020 1,431

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology