Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Italy

Patent applications by nonresidents in Italy in 2021 — 797 filings. Ranked 35 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 92%.

2021 797 filings −15.84% vs 2020
World rank 35of 121
Period maximum 12,080 filings1983
Period minimum 439 filings1994

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Italy, 1980–202105,00010,00015,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 9,971 filings1983: 12,080 filings1985: 7,851 filings1988: 8,000 filings1992: 486 filings1993: 483 filings1994: 439 filings1996: 1,678 filings1999: 1,172 filings2000: 1,396 filings2007: 870 filings2008: 861 filings2009: 903 filings2010: 846 filings2011: 927 filings2012: 871 filings2013: 905 filings2014: 781 filings2016: 973 filings2017: 1,031 filings2018: 900 filings2019: 898 filings2020: 947 filings2021: 797 filings
Change over the period: −9,174 (−92.01%) Average annual rate: -5.98 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Italy 797 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Southern Europe computed 2,290 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 797 −150 −15.84%
2020 947 +49 +5.46%
2019 898 −2 −0.22%
2018 900 −131 −12.71%
2017 1,031 +58 +5.96%
2016 973
2014 781 −124 −13.7%
2013 905 +34 +3.9%
2012 871 −56 −6.04%
2011 927 +81 +9.57%
2010 846 −57 −6.31%
2009 903 +42 +4.88%
2008 861 −9 −1.03%
2007 870
2000 1,396 +224 +19.11%
1999 1,172
1996 1,678
1994 439 −44 −9.11%
1993 483 −3 −0.62%
1992 486
1988 8,000
1985 7,851
1983 12,080
1980 9,971

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.