Patent applications, nonresidents in World
World: Patent applications, nonresidents was 1.02 million in 2021. ▲ Rising
Patent applications, nonresidents in World, 1985–2021
Source: 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.
Analysis
In 2021, patent applications, nonresidents in World stood at 1.02 million. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents in World peaked at 1.02 million in 2021 and was at its lowest, 270,700, in 1985.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Patent applications, nonresidents in World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 270,700 | — |
| 1986 | 272,700 | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 282,500 | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 294,800 | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 309,000 | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 309,800 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 287,200 | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 307,900 | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 294,100 | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 305,800 | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 345,000 | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 380,800 | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 426,100 | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 458,500 | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 477,200 | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 502,700 | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 560,400 | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 555,000 | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 559,100 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 601,600 | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 664,400 | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 716,500 | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 749,700 | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 767,800 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 709,500 | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 760,500 | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 793,000 | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 836,800 | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 855,400 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 880,700 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 913,700 | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 909,900 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 917,600 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 946,300 | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 993,600 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 970,400 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 1.02 million | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 285,940 | 270,700 | 309,000 | 5 |
| 1990s | 359,240 | 287,200 | 477,200 | 10 |
| 2000s | 638,670 | 502,700 | 767,800 | 10 |
| 2010s | 880,750 | 760,500 | 993,600 | 10 |
| 2020s | 993,150 | 970,400 | 1.02 million | 2 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 United States 329,229 compare
- 2 China 159,019 compare
- 3 Japan 66,748 compare
- 4 South Korea 51,753 compare
More science & technology data for World
- Scientific and technical journal articles 3.27 million (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0004 units per person (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per square kilometre 0.0252 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Digital connectivity composite index 0.1245 standard deviations from the yearly mean (2025)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Patents in OECD selected technologies — Patent applications 140,083 Patents (2023)
- Domestic ownership of inventions made abroad — Patent applications 2 Patents (2023)
- Foreign ownership of domestic inventions — Patent applications 3 Patents (2023)
- Indicators of international co-operation — Patent applications 3 Patents (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, nonresidents in World?
- Patent applications, nonresidents in World was 1.02 million in 2021, according to 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.
- What is the highest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million in 2021.
- What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 270,700 in 1985.
- How does World rank for patent applications, nonresidents?
- World ranks 1st out of 12 groups with data for 2021.
- Is patent applications, nonresidents rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Patent applications, nonresidents. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.