Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Latvia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Latvia in 2021 — 4 filings. Ranked 111 in the world out of 121. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 94.3%.

2021 4 filings +300% vs 2020
World rank 111of 121
Period maximum 273 filings1996
Period minimum 1 filings2015

Trend over time

1992–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Latvia, 1992–20210100200300199219951998200120042007201020132016201920211992: 70 filings1993: 163 filings1994: 87 filings1995: 90 filings1996: 273 filings1997: 40 filings1998: 90 filings1999: 91 filings2000: 81 filings2001: 63 filings2002: 64 filings2003: 24 filings2004: 43 filings2005: 57 filings2006: 37 filings2007: 8 filings2008: 9 filings2009: 3 filings2010: 7 filings2011: 10 filings2012: 12 filings2013: 8 filings2014: 4 filings2015: 1 filings2016: 18 filings2017: 7 filings2018: 24 filings2019: 5 filings2020: 1 filings2021: 4 filings
Change over the period: −66 (−94.29%) Average annual rate: -9.4 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Latvia 4 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 — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 4 +3 +300%
2020 1 −4 −80%
2019 5 −19 −79.17%
2018 24 +17 +242.86%
2017 7 −11 −61.11%
2016 18 +17 +1,700%
2015 1 −3 −75%
2014 4 −4 −50%
2013 8 −4 −33.33%
2012 12 +2 +20%
2011 10 +3 +42.86%
2010 7 +4 +133.33%
2009 3 −6 −66.67%
2008 9 +1 +12.5%
2007 8 −29 −78.38%
2006 37 −20 −35.09%
2005 57 +14 +32.56%
2004 43 +19 +79.17%
2003 24 −40 −62.5%
2002 64 +1 +1.59%
2001 63 −18 −22.22%
2000 81 −10 −10.99%
1999 91 +1 +1.11%
1998 90 +50 +125%
1997 40 −233 −85.35%
1996 273 +183 +203.33%
1995 90 +3 +3.45%
1994 87 −76 −46.63%
1993 163 +93 +132.86%
1992 70

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.