Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Ireland

Patent applications by nonresidents in Ireland in 2021 — 42 filings. Ranked 77 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 98.2%.

2021 42 filings −22.22% vs 2020
World rank 77of 121
Period maximum 4,001 filings1990
Period minimum 32 filings2018

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Ireland, 1980–202102,0004,0006,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 2,355 filings1981: 2,649 filings1982: 2,676 filings1983: 2,527 filings1984: 2,721 filings1985: 2,614 filings1986: 2,678 filings1987: 2,846 filings1988: 3,174 filings1989: 3,494 filings1990: 4,001 filings1991: 3,794 filings2016: 70 filings2017: 75 filings2018: 32 filings2019: 35 filings2020: 54 filings2021: 42 filings
Change over the period: −2,313 (−98.22%) Average annual rate: -9.35 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Ireland 42 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 — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 42 −12 −22.22%
2020 54 +19 +54.29%
2019 35 +3 +9.38%
2018 32 −43 −57.33%
2017 75 +5 +7.14%
2016 70
1991 3,794 −207 −5.17%
1990 4,001 +507 +14.51%
1989 3,494 +320 +10.08%
1988 3,174 +328 +11.52%
1987 2,846 +168 +6.27%
1986 2,678 +64 +2.45%
1985 2,614 −107 −3.93%
1984 2,721 +194 +7.68%
1983 2,527 −149 −5.57%
1982 2,676 +27 +1.02%
1981 2,649 +294 +12.48%
1980 2,355

Northern Europe, 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.