Upper middle income - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Upper middle income was 225,900 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 236,700 in 2019, while its lowest value was 80,200 in 1997.

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 80,200
1998 101,300
1999 102,000
2000 97,600
2001 107,100
2002 108,900
2003 113,800
2004 129,600
2005 153,700
2006 166,900
2007 174,700
2008 185,000
2009 164,900
2010 174,600
2011 193,700
2012 207,200
2013 210,500
2014 219,500
2015 227,300
2016 219,700
2017 218,400
2018 228,100
2019 236,700
2020 225,900

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Upper middle income was 1,391,200 as of 2020. Over the past 23 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,441,100 in 2018 and 37,000 in 1997.

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
1997 37,000
1998 39,600
1999 45,700
2000 60,000
2001 66,900
2002 76,000
2003 95,600
2004 104,800
2005 135,300
2006 170,400
2007 207,000
2008 253,900
2009 284,200
2010 340,900
2011 462,100
2012 584,600
2013 754,800
2014 845,100
2015 1,018,100
2016 1,253,900
2017 1,292,700
2018 1,441,100
2019 1,289,800
2020 1,391,200

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology