Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Bahrain

Patent applications by nonresidents in Bahrain in 2021 — 326 filings. Ranked 51 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 593.6%.

2021 326 filings +26.85% vs 2020
World rank 51of 121
Period maximum 326 filings2021
Period minimum 16 filings1985

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Bahrain, 1980–202101002003004001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 47 filings1981: 28 filings1982: 41 filings1983: 28 filings1984: 65 filings1985: 16 filings1986: 20 filings1992: 31 filings2011: 139 filings2012: 161 filings2013: 167 filings2014: 199 filings2015: 185 filings2016: 171 filings2017: 237 filings2018: 219 filings2019: 322 filings2020: 257 filings2021: 326 filings
Change over the period: +279 (+593.62%) Average annual rate: 4.84 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Bahrain 326 filings
World 1.02M filings
Middle East & North Africa computed 19,929 filings
Western Asia computed 15,307 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 326 +69 +26.85%
2020 257 −65 −20.19%
2019 322 +103 +47.03%
2018 219 −18 −7.59%
2017 237 +66 +38.6%
2016 171 −14 −7.57%
2015 185 −14 −7.04%
2014 199 +32 +19.16%
2013 167 +6 +3.73%
2012 161 +22 +15.83%
2011 139
1992 31
1986 20 +4 +25%
1985 16 −49 −75.38%
1984 65 +37 +132.14%
1983 28 −13 −31.71%
1982 41 +13 +46.43%
1981 28 −19 −40.43%
1980 47

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.