Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Laos

Patent applications by nonresidents in Laos in 2018 — 58 filings. Ranked 80 in the world out of 130. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 427.3%.

2018 58 filings −40.21% vs 2017
World rank 80of 130
Period maximum 97 filings2017
Period minimum 4 filings2005

Trend over time

2004–2018 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Laos, 2004–20180255075100200420062008201020122014201620182004: 11 filings2005: 4 filings2006: 14 filings2007: 21 filings2008: 36 filings2009: 18 filings2010: 20 filings2011: 43 filings2012: 53 filings2013: 69 filings2014: 43 filings2015: 61 filings2016: 63 filings2017: 97 filings2018: 58 filings
Change over the period: +47 (+427.27%) Average annual rate: 12.61 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Laos 58 filings
World 946,300 filings
East Asia & Pacific 345,379 filings
South-Eastern Asia computed 41,550 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2018 58 −39 −40.21%
2017 97 +34 +53.97%
2016 63 +2 +3.28%
2015 61 +18 +41.86%
2014 43 −26 −37.68%
2013 69 +16 +30.19%
2012 53 +10 +23.26%
2011 43 +23 +115%
2010 20 +2 +11.11%
2009 18 −18 −50%
2008 36 +15 +71.43%
2007 21 +7 +50%
2006 14 +10 +250%
2005 4 −7 −63.64%
2004 11

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.