Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Iceland

Patent applications by nonresidents in Iceland in 2021 — 2 filings. Ranked 115 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 96.6%.

2021 2 filings −33.33% vs 2020
World rank 115of 121
Period maximum 825 filings2000
Period minimum 2 filings2021

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Iceland, 1980–202102505007501,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 58 filings1981: 79 filings1982: 62 filings1983: 62 filings1984: 70 filings1985: 71 filings1986: 92 filings1987: 91 filings1988: 110 filings1989: 87 filings1990: 113 filings1991: 99 filings1992: 121 filings1993: 112 filings1994: 108 filings1995: 49 filings1996: 75 filings1997: 216 filings1998: 254 filings1999: 357 filings2000: 825 filings2001: 713 filings2002: 379 filings2003: 748 filings2004: 463 filings2005: 545 filings2006: 326 filings2007: 53 filings2008: 31 filings2009: 22 filings2010: 19 filings2011: 21 filings2012: 7 filings2013: 13 filings2014: 13 filings2015: 6 filings2016: 3 filings2017: 8 filings2018: 10 filings2019: 15 filings2020: 3 filings2021: 2 filings
Change over the period: −56 (−96.55%) Average annual rate: -7.88 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Iceland 2 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 — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 2 −1 −33.33%
2020 3 −12 −80%
2019 15 +5 +50%
2018 10 +2 +25%
2017 8 +5 +166.67%
2016 3 −3 −50%
2015 6 −7 −53.85%
2014 13 +0 +0%
2013 13 +6 +85.71%
2012 7 −14 −66.67%
2011 21 +2 +10.53%
2010 19 −3 −13.64%
2009 22 −9 −29.03%
2008 31 −22 −41.51%
2007 53 −273 −83.74%
2006 326 −219 −40.18%
2005 545 +82 +17.71%
2004 463 −285 −38.1%
2003 748 +369 +97.36%
2002 379 −334 −46.84%
2001 713 −112 −13.58%
2000 825 +468 +131.09%
1999 357 +103 +40.55%
1998 254 +38 +17.59%
1997 216 +141 +188%
1996 75 +26 +53.06%
1995 49 −59 −54.63%
1994 108 −4 −3.57%
1993 112 −9 −7.44%
1992 121 +22 +22.22%
1991 99 −14 −12.39%
1990 113 +26 +29.89%
1989 87 −23 −20.91%
1988 110 +19 +20.88%
1987 91 −1 −1.09%
1986 92 +21 +29.58%
1985 71 +1 +1.43%
1984 70 +8 +12.9%
1983 62 +0 +0%
1982 62 −17 −21.52%
1981 79 +21 +36.21%
1980 58

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.