Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — India

Patent applications by nonresidents in India in 2021 — 35,306 filings. Ranked 5 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1,843.1%.

2021 35,306 filings +4.98% vs 2020
World rank 5of 121
Period maximum 35,306 filings2021
Period minimum 1,817 filings1980

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — India, 1980–2021010,00020,00030,00040,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 1,817 filings1981: 1,834 filings1982: 1,948 filings1984: 2,291 filings1985: 2,493 filings1986: 2,497 filings1987: 2,520 filings1988: 2,504 filings1989: 2,600 filings1990: 2,673 filings1991: 2,328 filings1992: 2,176 filings1993: 2,511 filings1994: 3,212 filings1995: 5,021 filings1996: 6,901 filings1997: 8,229 filings1998: 6,707 filings1999: 2,620 filings2000: 6,332 filings2001: 8,213 filings2002: 8,772 filings2003: 9,188 filings2004: 13,452 filings2005: 19,661 filings2006: 23,242 filings2007: 28,922 filings2008: 30,387 filings2009: 27,025 filings2010: 30,909 filings2011: 33,450 filings2012: 34,402 filings2013: 32,362 filings2014: 30,814 filings2015: 33,079 filings2016: 31,858 filings2017: 31,621 filings2018: 33,766 filings2019: 34,173 filings2020: 33,630 filings2021: 35,306 filings
Change over the period: +33,489 (+1,843.09%) Average annual rate: 7.5 %

Comparison, 2021

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

India 35,306 filings
World 1.02M filings
South Asia computed 36,526 filings
Southern Asia computed 37,107 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 35,306 +1,676 +4.98%
2020 33,630 −543 −1.59%
2019 34,173 +407 +1.21%
2018 33,766 +2,145 +6.78%
2017 31,621 −237 −0.74%
2016 31,858 −1,221 −3.69%
2015 33,079 +2,265 +7.35%
2014 30,814 −1,548 −4.78%
2013 32,362 −2,040 −5.93%
2012 34,402 +952 +2.85%
2011 33,450 +2,541 +8.22%
2010 30,909 +3,884 +14.37%
2009 27,025 −3,362 −11.06%
2008 30,387 +1,465 +5.07%
2007 28,922 +5,680 +24.44%
2006 23,242 +3,581 +18.21%
2005 19,661 +6,209 +46.16%
2004 13,452 +4,264 +46.41%
2003 9,188 +416 +4.74%
2002 8,772 +559 +6.81%
2001 8,213 +1,881 +29.71%
2000 6,332 +3,712 +141.68%
1999 2,620 −4,087 −60.94%
1998 6,707 −1,522 −18.5%
1997 8,229 +1,328 +19.24%
1996 6,901 +1,880 +37.44%
1995 5,021 +1,809 +56.32%
1994 3,212 +701 +27.92%
1993 2,511 +335 +15.4%
1992 2,176 −152 −6.53%
1991 2,328 −345 −12.91%
1990 2,673 +73 +2.81%
1989 2,600 +96 +3.83%
1988 2,504 −16 −0.63%
1987 2,520 +23 +0.92%
1986 2,497 +4 +0.16%
1985 2,493 +202 +8.82%
1984 2,291
1982 1,948 +114 +6.22%
1981 1,834 +17 +0.94%
1980 1,817

Southern Asia, 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.