Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Kenya

Patent applications by nonresidents in Kenya in 2021 — 37 filings. Ranked 79 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 61.5%.

2021 37 filings +5.71% vs 2020
World rank 79of 121
Period maximum 136 filings2012
Period minimum 20 filings1991

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Kenya, 1980–20210501001501980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 96 filings1981: 75 filings1982: 76 filings1983: 100 filings1984: 122 filings1985: 98 filings1986: 107 filings1987: 108 filings1988: 55 filings1989: 65 filings1991: 20 filings1993: 37 filings1996: 38 filings1997: 40 filings1998: 34 filings1999: 30 filings2002: 49 filings2003: 73 filings2004: 53 filings2005: 59 filings2006: 41 filings2007: 91 filings2008: 89 filings2009: 123 filings2010: 120 filings2011: 122 filings2012: 136 filings2013: 114 filings2014: 75 filings2015: 56 filings2016: 59 filings2017: 43 filings2018: 42 filings2019: 41 filings2020: 35 filings2021: 37 filings
Change over the period: −59 (−61.46%) Average annual rate: -2.3 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Kenya 37 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 37 +2 +5.71%
2020 35 −6 −14.63%
2019 41 −1 −2.38%
2018 42 −1 −2.33%
2017 43 −16 −27.12%
2016 59 +3 +5.36%
2015 56 −19 −25.33%
2014 75 −39 −34.21%
2013 114 −22 −16.18%
2012 136 +14 +11.48%
2011 122 +2 +1.67%
2010 120 −3 −2.44%
2009 123 +34 +38.2%
2008 89 −2 −2.2%
2007 91 +50 +121.95%
2006 41 −18 −30.51%
2005 59 +6 +11.32%
2004 53 −20 −27.4%
2003 73 +24 +48.98%
2002 49
1999 30 −4 −11.76%
1998 34 −6 −15%
1997 40 +2 +5.26%
1996 38
1993 37
1991 20
1989 65 +10 +18.18%
1988 55 −53 −49.07%
1987 108 +1 +0.93%
1986 107 +9 +9.18%
1985 98 −24 −19.67%
1984 122 +22 +22%
1983 100 +24 +31.58%
1982 76 +1 +1.33%
1981 75 −21 −21.88%
1980 96

Eastern Africa, 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.