Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Dominica

Patent applications by nonresidents in Dominica in 2021 — 11 filings. Ranked 98 in the world out of 121. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 450%.

2021 11 filings +450% vs 2020
World rank 98of 121
Period maximum 11 filings2021
Period minimum 2 filings1995

Trend over time

1995–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Dominica, 1995–202105101519951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 2 filings2016: 4 filings2017: 3 filings2018: 4 filings2019: 3 filings2020: 2 filings2021: 11 filings
Change over the period: +9 (+450%) Average annual rate: 6.78 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Dominica 11 filings
World 1.02M filings
Upper-middle-income countries computed 233,639 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 11 +9 +450%
2020 2 −1 −33.33%
2019 3 −1 −25%
2018 4 +1 +33.33%
2017 3 −1 −25%
2016 4
1995 2

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.