Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Iraq

Patent applications by nonresidents in Iraq in 2020 — 98 filings. Ranked 71 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 22.2%.

2020 98 filings −7.55% vs 2019
World rank 71of 132
Period maximum 129 filings1982
Period minimum 18 filings1996

Trend over time

1980–2020 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Iraq, 1980–2020050100150198019841988199219962000200420082012201620201980: 126 filings1981: 107 filings1982: 129 filings1983: 128 filings1984: 94 filings1985: 77 filings1986: 54 filings1987: 49 filings1988: 52 filings1989: 75 filings1992: 25 filings1993: 28 filings1994: 25 filings1995: 24 filings1996: 18 filings2015: 102 filings2017: 101 filings2018: 77 filings2019: 106 filings2020: 98 filings
Change over the period: −28 (−22.22%) Average annual rate: -0.63 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Iraq 98 filings
World 970,400 filings
Western Asia computed 12,825 filings
Upper-middle-income countries computed 218,617 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 98 −8 −7.55%
2019 106 +29 +37.66%
2018 77 −24 −23.76%
2017 101
2015 102
1996 18 −6 −25%
1995 24 −1 −4%
1994 25 −3 −10.71%
1993 28 +3 +12%
1992 25
1989 75 +23 +44.23%
1988 52 +3 +6.12%
1987 49 −5 −9.26%
1986 54 −23 −29.87%
1985 77 −17 −18.09%
1984 94 −34 −26.56%
1983 128 −1 −0.78%
1982 129 +22 +20.56%
1981 107 −19 −15.08%
1980 126

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.