Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — BRICS

Patent applications by nonresidents in BRICS in 2021 — 244,793 filings. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1,643.9%.

2021 244,793 filings +5.63% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 244,793 filings2021
Period minimum 14,037 filings1980

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — BRICS, 1980–20210100,000200,000300,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 14,037 filings1982: 15,004 filings1984: 14,094 filings1985: 18,354 filings1986: 17,062 filings1987: 16,916 filings1988: 17,000 filings1989: 17,840 filings1990: 17,242 filings1991: 17,103 filings1992: 31,290 filings1993: 24,717 filings1994: 27,215 filings1995: 33,767 filings1996: 41,740 filings1997: 52,904 filings1998: 71,299 filings1999: 65,638 filings2000: 62,295 filings2001: 74,791 filings2002: 81,509 filings2003: 88,939 filings2004: 107,554 filings2005: 133,069 filings2006: 148,738 filings2007: 163,180 filings2008: 171,053 filings2009: 154,166 filings2010: 176,044 filings2011: 196,599 filings2012: 201,608 filings2013: 209,820 filings2014: 215,403 filings2015: 224,934 filings2016: 220,370 filings2017: 218,366 filings2018: 232,104 filings2019: 240,528 filings2020: 231,755 filings2021: 244,793 filings
Change over the period: +230,756 (+1,643.91%) Average annual rate: 7.22 %

Comparison, 2021

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

BRICS 244,793 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 244,793 +13,038 +5.63%
2020 231,755 −8,773 −3.65%
2019 240,528 +8,424 +3.63%
2018 232,104 +13,738 +6.29%
2017 218,366 −2,004 −0.91%
2016 220,370 −4,564 −2.03%
2015 224,934 +9,531 +4.42%
2014 215,403 +5,583 +2.66%
2013 209,820 +8,212 +4.07%
2012 201,608 +5,009 +2.55%
2011 196,599 +20,555 +11.68%
2010 176,044 +21,878 +14.19%
2009 154,166 −16,887 −9.87%
2008 171,053 +7,873 +4.82%
2007 163,180 +14,442 +9.71%
2006 148,738 +15,669 +11.78%
2005 133,069 +25,515 +23.72%
2004 107,554 +18,615 +20.93%
2003 88,939 +7,430 +9.12%
2002 81,509 +6,718 +8.98%
2001 74,791 +12,496 +20.06%
2000 62,295 −3,343 −5.09%
1999 65,638 −5,661 −7.94%
1998 71,299 +18,395 +34.77%
1997 52,904 +11,164 +26.75%
1996 41,740 +7,973 +23.61%
1995 33,767 +6,552 +24.07%
1994 27,215 +2,498 +10.11%
1993 24,717 −6,573 −21.01%
1992 31,290 +14,187 +82.95%
1991 17,103 −139 −0.81%
1990 17,242 −598 −3.35%
1989 17,840 +840 +4.94%
1988 17,000 +84 +0.5%
1987 16,916 −146 −0.86%
1986 17,062 −1,292 −7.04%
1985 18,354 +4,260 +30.23%
1984 14,094
1982 15,004
1980 14,037

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.