Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Iran

Patent applications by nonresidents in Iran in 2021 — 581 filings. Ranked 39 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 17.8%.

2021 581 filings −8.36% vs 2020
World rank 39of 121
Period maximum 995 filings2017
Period minimum 115 filings1997

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Iran, 1980–202102505007501,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 493 filings1981: 321 filings1982: 273 filings1983: 280 filings1984: 312 filings1985: 223 filings1987: 165 filings1988: 173 filings1989: 170 filings1990: 173 filings1991: 165 filings1992: 175 filings1993: 164 filings1994: 131 filings1995: 129 filings1996: 227 filings1997: 115 filings1998: 159 filings1999: 177 filings2000: 206 filings2001: 302 filings2002: 285 filings2003: 355 filings2004: 356 filings2005: 443 filings2006: 557 filings2007: 502 filings2008: 552 filings2009: 516 filings2010: 528 filings2011: 489 filings2012: 432 filings2013: 338 filings2014: 119 filings2016: 702 filings2017: 995 filings2018: 915 filings2019: 578 filings2020: 634 filings2021: 581 filings
Change over the period: +88 (+17.85%) Average annual rate: 0.4 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Iran 581 filings
World 1.02M filings
Middle East & North Africa computed 19,929 filings
Southern Asia computed 37,107 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 581 −53 −8.36%
2020 634 +56 +9.69%
2019 578 −337 −36.83%
2018 915 −80 −8.04%
2017 995 +293 +41.74%
2016 702
2014 119 −219 −64.79%
2013 338 −94 −21.76%
2012 432 −57 −11.66%
2011 489 −39 −7.39%
2010 528 +12 +2.33%
2009 516 −36 −6.52%
2008 552 +50 +9.96%
2007 502 −55 −9.87%
2006 557 +114 +25.73%
2005 443 +87 +24.44%
2004 356 +1 +0.28%
2003 355 +70 +24.56%
2002 285 −17 −5.63%
2001 302 +96 +46.6%
2000 206 +29 +16.38%
1999 177 +18 +11.32%
1998 159 +44 +38.26%
1997 115 −112 −49.34%
1996 227 +98 +75.97%
1995 129 −2 −1.53%
1994 131 −33 −20.12%
1993 164 −11 −6.29%
1992 175 +10 +6.06%
1991 165 −8 −4.62%
1990 173 +3 +1.76%
1989 170 −3 −1.73%
1988 173 +8 +4.85%
1987 165
1985 223 −89 −28.53%
1984 312 +32 +11.43%
1983 280 +7 +2.56%
1982 273 −48 −14.95%
1981 321 −172 −34.89%
1980 493

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.