Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Bahamas

Patent applications by nonresidents in the Bahamas in 2017 — 48 filings. Ranked 85 in the world out of 132. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 5.9%.

2017 48 filings +41.18% vs 2016
World rank 85of 132
Period maximum 113 filings2014
Period minimum 25 filings1990

Trend over time

1981–2017 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Bahamas, 1981–201705010015019811985198919931997200120052009201320171981: 51 filings1982: 50 filings1984: 38 filings1985: 42 filings1986: 37 filings1988: 32 filings1990: 25 filings1991: 27 filings1992: 29 filings2012: 83 filings2013: 75 filings2014: 113 filings2015: 68 filings2016: 34 filings2017: 48 filings
Change over the period: −3 (−5.88%) Average annual rate: -0.17 %

Comparison, 2017

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

Bahamas 48 filings
World 917,600 filings
Latin America & Caribbean 48,231 filings
High-income countries computed 566,483 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2017 48 +14 +41.18%
2016 34 −34 −50%
2015 68 −45 −39.82%
2014 113 +38 +50.67%
2013 75 −8 −9.64%
2012 83
1992 29 +2 +7.41%
1991 27 +2 +8%
1990 25
1988 32
1986 37 −5 −11.9%
1985 42 +4 +10.53%
1984 38
1982 50 −1 −1.96%
1981 51

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.