Korea vs Lower middle income: Patent applications, nonresidents
Patent applications, nonresidents over time
- Korea
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 62,500 against 51,753 in Korea, a difference of 10,747.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 1.2 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 4th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 150 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 2 and Lower middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24,878 | 16,367 | 8,511 | Korea |
| 2000s | 35,578 | 29,190 | 6,388 | Korea |
| 2010s | 44,311 | 57,440 | 13,129 | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 46,282 | 62,500 | 16,218 | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patent applications, nonresidents, Korea or Lower middle income?
- Lower middle income, at 62,500 against 51,753 in Korea as of 2020.
- What is the difference in patent applications, nonresidents between Korea and Lower middle income?
- 10,747, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Lower middle income?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2020.
- How do Korea and Lower middle income rank globally for patent applications, nonresidents?
- Korea ranks 4th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 150 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans, published as Patent applications, nonresidents. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.