Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Estonia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Estonia in 2021 — 1 filings. Ranked 119 in the world out of 121. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 99.8%.

2021 1 filings −50% vs 2020
World rank 119of 121
Period maximum 791 filings2000
Period minimum 1 filings2016

Trend over time

1994–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Estonia, 1994–2021020040060080019941997200020032006200920122015201820211994: 452 filings1995: 63 filings1996: 198 filings1997: 360 filings1998: 443 filings1999: 604 filings2000: 791 filings2001: 699 filings2002: 700 filings2003: 584 filings2004: 97 filings2005: 15 filings2006: 9 filings2007: 19 filings2008: 10 filings2009: 20 filings2010: 13 filings2011: 15 filings2012: 5 filings2013: 17 filings2014: 6 filings2015: 6 filings2016: 1 filings2017: 4 filings2018: 6 filings2019: 1 filings2020: 2 filings2021: 1 filings
Change over the period: −451 (−99.78%) Average annual rate: -20.26 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Estonia 1 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Northern Europe computed 8,671 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 1 −1 −50%
2020 2 +1 +100%
2019 1 −5 −83.33%
2018 6 +2 +50%
2017 4 +3 +300%
2016 1 −5 −83.33%
2015 6 +0 +0%
2014 6 −11 −64.71%
2013 17 +12 +240%
2012 5 −10 −66.67%
2011 15 +2 +15.38%
2010 13 −7 −35%
2009 20 +10 +100%
2008 10 −9 −47.37%
2007 19 +10 +111.11%
2006 9 −6 −40%
2005 15 −82 −84.54%
2004 97 −487 −83.39%
2003 584 −116 −16.57%
2002 700 +1 +0.14%
2001 699 −92 −11.63%
2000 791 +187 +30.96%
1999 604 +161 +36.34%
1998 443 +83 +23.06%
1997 360 +162 +81.82%
1996 198 +135 +214.29%
1995 63 −389 −86.06%
1994 452

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.