Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Costa Rica

Patent applications by nonresidents in Costa Rica in 2021 — 566 filings. Ranked 42 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 590.2%.

2021 566 filings +8.02% vs 2020
World rank 42of 121
Period maximum 774 filings2008
Period minimum 25 filings1989

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Costa Rica, 1980–202102004006008001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 82 filings1981: 90 filings1982: 60 filings1983: 72 filings1984: 37 filings1985: 34 filings1986: 36 filings1987: 34 filings1988: 40 filings1989: 25 filings1990: 43 filings1991: 59 filings1992: 71 filings1993: 84 filings1994: 92 filings1995: 111 filings1996: 126 filings1997: 113 filings1998: 172 filings1999: 127 filings2000: 47 filings2001: 191 filings2002: 220 filings2003: 238 filings2004: 294 filings2005: 423 filings2006: 571 filings2007: 647 filings2008: 774 filings2009: 507 filings2010: 606 filings2011: 610 filings2012: 578 filings2013: 580 filings2014: 529 filings2015: 582 filings2016: 497 filings2017: 504 filings2018: 490 filings2019: 483 filings2020: 524 filings2021: 566 filings
Change over the period: +484 (+590.24%) Average annual rate: 4.82 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Costa Rica 566 filings
World 1.02M filings
Central America computed 16,619 filings
Upper-middle-income countries computed 233,639 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 566 +42 +8.02%
2020 524 +41 +8.49%
2019 483 −7 −1.43%
2018 490 −14 −2.78%
2017 504 +7 +1.41%
2016 497 −85 −14.6%
2015 582 +53 +10.02%
2014 529 −51 −8.79%
2013 580 +2 +0.35%
2012 578 −32 −5.25%
2011 610 +4 +0.66%
2010 606 +99 +19.53%
2009 507 −267 −34.5%
2008 774 +127 +19.63%
2007 647 +76 +13.31%
2006 571 +148 +34.99%
2005 423 +129 +43.88%
2004 294 +56 +23.53%
2003 238 +18 +8.18%
2002 220 +29 +15.18%
2001 191 +144 +306.38%
2000 47 −80 −62.99%
1999 127 −45 −26.16%
1998 172 +59 +52.21%
1997 113 −13 −10.32%
1996 126 +15 +13.51%
1995 111 +19 +20.65%
1994 92 +8 +9.52%
1993 84 +13 +18.31%
1992 71 +12 +20.34%
1991 59 +16 +37.21%
1990 43 +18 +72%
1989 25 −15 −37.5%
1988 40 +6 +17.65%
1987 34 −2 −5.56%
1986 36 +2 +5.88%
1985 34 −3 −8.11%
1984 37 −35 −48.61%
1983 72 +12 +20%
1982 60 −30 −33.33%
1981 90 +8 +9.76%
1980 82

Central America, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.