Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Albania

Patent applications by nonresidents in Albania in 2021 — 1 filings. Ranked 119 in the world out of 121. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 88.9%.

2021 1 filings +0% vs 2019
World rank 119of 121
Period maximum 391 filings2003
Period minimum 1 filings2019

Trend over time

1997–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Albania, 1997–202101002003004001997200020032006200920122015201820211997: 9 filings2001: 120 filings2002: 238 filings2003: 391 filings2005: 386 filings2009: 361 filings2011: 8 filings2013: 4 filings2014: 3 filings2015: 5 filings2016: 5 filings2017: 8 filings2018: 3 filings2019: 1 filings2021: 1 filings
Change over the period: −8 (−88.89%) Average annual rate: -8.75 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 1 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Southern Europe computed 2,290 filings
Upper-middle-income countries computed 233,639 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 1
2019 1 −2 −66.67%
2018 3 −5 −62.5%
2017 8 +3 +60%
2016 5 +0 +0%
2015 5 +2 +66.67%
2014 3 −1 −25%
2013 4
2011 8
2009 361
2005 386
2003 391 +153 +64.29%
2002 238 +118 +98.33%
2001 120
1997 9

About the indicator

The number of patent applications filed in a country by nonresident applicants. The indicator measures not the inventive activity of the country but the value of its market: a patent has force only where it is granted, so foreign companies file where they intend to sell or where they fear copying. The ratio to applications by residents splits countries into those that invent and those where others file.

Important: A measure of the appeal of a market, not of innovativeness. An application is not a patent: some applications are rejected, and the share of rejections differs across countries.

Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.