Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Greece

Patent applications by nonresidents in Greece in 2021 — 532 filings. Ranked 43 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 66.1%.

2021 532 filings +46.56% vs 2020
World rank 43of 121
Period maximum 2,142 filings1984
Period minimum 16 filings2010

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Greece, 1980–202101,0002,0003,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 1,570 filings1981: 1,843 filings1982: 1,911 filings1983: 1,936 filings1984: 2,142 filings1985: 2,035 filings1986: 1,714 filings1987: 586 filings1988: 457 filings1989: 454 filings1990: 466 filings1991: 192 filings1992: 211 filings1993: 171 filings1994: 139 filings1995: 46 filings1996: 37 filings1997: 57 filings1998: 34 filings1999: 33 filings2000: 34 filings2001: 49 filings2002: 36 filings2003: 27 filings2004: 28 filings2005: 20 filings2006: 30 filings2007: 20 filings2008: 30 filings2009: 22 filings2010: 16 filings2011: 19 filings2012: 28 filings2013: 19 filings2014: 19 filings2015: 23 filings2016: 40 filings2017: 91 filings2018: 149 filings2019: 238 filings2020: 363 filings2021: 532 filings
Change over the period: −1,038 (−66.11%) Average annual rate: -2.6 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Greece 532 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Southern Europe computed 2,290 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 532 +169 +46.56%
2020 363 +125 +52.52%
2019 238 +89 +59.73%
2018 149 +58 +63.74%
2017 91 +51 +127.5%
2016 40 +17 +73.91%
2015 23 +4 +21.05%
2014 19 +0 +0%
2013 19 −9 −32.14%
2012 28 +9 +47.37%
2011 19 +3 +18.75%
2010 16 −6 −27.27%
2009 22 −8 −26.67%
2008 30 +10 +50%
2007 20 −10 −33.33%
2006 30 +10 +50%
2005 20 −8 −28.57%
2004 28 +1 +3.7%
2003 27 −9 −25%
2002 36 −13 −26.53%
2001 49 +15 +44.12%
2000 34 +1 +3.03%
1999 33 −1 −2.94%
1998 34 −23 −40.35%
1997 57 +20 +54.05%
1996 37 −9 −19.57%
1995 46 −93 −66.91%
1994 139 −32 −18.71%
1993 171 −40 −18.96%
1992 211 +19 +9.9%
1991 192 −274 −58.8%
1990 466 +12 +2.64%
1989 454 −3 −0.66%
1988 457 −129 −22.01%
1987 586 −1,128 −65.81%
1986 1,714 −321 −15.77%
1985 2,035 −107 −5%
1984 2,142 +206 +10.64%
1983 1,936 +25 +1.31%
1982 1,911 +68 +3.69%
1981 1,843 +273 +17.39%
1980 1,570

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.