Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Colombia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Colombia in 2021 — 1,855 filings. Ranked 29 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 453.7%.

2021 1,855 filings +5.88% vs 2020
World rank 29of 121
Period maximum 1,921 filings2015
Period minimum 335 filings1980

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Colombia, 1980–202105001,0001,5002,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 335 filings1981: 604 filings1983: 527 filings1984: 471 filings1985: 441 filings1986: 404 filings1987: 532 filings1988: 420 filings1989: 516 filings1991: 527 filings1992: 575 filings1993: 769 filings1994: 867 filings1995: 1,093 filings1996: 1,172 filings1997: 1,497 filings1998: 1,670 filings1999: 1,615 filings2000: 1,694 filings2001: 432 filings2002: 858 filings2003: 1,127 filings2004: 1,365 filings2005: 1,662 filings2006: 1,861 filings2007: 1,862 filings2008: 1,818 filings2009: 1,551 filings2010: 1,739 filings2011: 1,770 filings2012: 1,848 filings2013: 1,781 filings2014: 1,898 filings2015: 1,921 filings2016: 1,658 filings2017: 1,777 filings2018: 1,808 filings2019: 1,735 filings2020: 1,752 filings2021: 1,855 filings
Change over the period: +1,520 (+453.73%) Average annual rate: 4.26 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Colombia 1,855 filings
World 1.02M filings
Upper-middle-income countries computed 233,639 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 1,855 +103 +5.88%
2020 1,752 +17 +0.98%
2019 1,735 −73 −4.04%
2018 1,808 +31 +1.74%
2017 1,777 +119 +7.18%
2016 1,658 −263 −13.69%
2015 1,921 +23 +1.21%
2014 1,898 +117 +6.57%
2013 1,781 −67 −3.63%
2012 1,848 +78 +4.41%
2011 1,770 +31 +1.78%
2010 1,739 +188 +12.12%
2009 1,551 −267 −14.69%
2008 1,818 −44 −2.36%
2007 1,862 +1 +0.05%
2006 1,861 +199 +11.97%
2005 1,662 +297 +21.76%
2004 1,365 +238 +21.12%
2003 1,127 +269 +31.35%
2002 858 +426 +98.61%
2001 432 −1,262 −74.5%
2000 1,694 +79 +4.89%
1999 1,615 −55 −3.29%
1998 1,670 +173 +11.56%
1997 1,497 +325 +27.73%
1996 1,172 +79 +7.23%
1995 1,093 +226 +26.07%
1994 867 +98 +12.74%
1993 769 +194 +33.74%
1992 575 +48 +9.11%
1991 527
1989 516 +96 +22.86%
1988 420 −112 −21.05%
1987 532 +128 +31.68%
1986 404 −37 −8.39%
1985 441 −30 −6.37%
1984 471 −56 −10.63%
1983 527
1981 604 +269 +80.3%
1980 335

South America, 2021

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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.