Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Luxembourg

Patent applications by nonresidents in Luxembourg in 2021 — 1,441 filings. Ranked 30 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 60.6%.

2021 1,441 filings +112.22% vs 2020
World rank 30of 121
Period maximum 1,441 filings2021
Period minimum 8 filings2003

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Luxembourg, 1980–202105001,0001,5001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 897 filings1981: 708 filings1982: 616 filings1984: 496 filings1985: 439 filings1986: 407 filings1987: 300 filings1988: 248 filings1989: 169 filings1990: 165 filings1991: 119 filings1993: 166 filings1994: 74 filings1995: 69 filings1996: 77 filings1997: 102 filings1998: 68 filings1999: 86 filings2000: 91 filings2001: 70 filings2002: 42 filings2003: 8 filings2004: 18 filings2005: 64 filings2006: 26 filings2007: 25 filings2008: 23 filings2009: 24 filings2010: 21 filings2011: 43 filings2012: 52 filings2013: 56 filings2014: 90 filings2015: 119 filings2016: 301 filings2017: 512 filings2018: 243 filings2019: 359 filings2020: 679 filings2021: 1,441 filings
Change over the period: +544 (+60.65%) Average annual rate: 1.16 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Luxembourg 1,441 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Western Europe computed 23,808 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Luxembourg, by year Luxembourg All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 1,441 +762 +112.22%
2020 679 +320 +89.14%
2019 359 +116 +47.74%
2018 243 −269 −52.54%
2017 512 +211 +70.1%
2016 301 +182 +152.94%
2015 119 +29 +32.22%
2014 90 +34 +60.71%
2013 56 +4 +7.69%
2012 52 +9 +20.93%
2011 43 +22 +104.76%
2010 21 −3 −12.5%
2009 24 +1 +4.35%
2008 23 −2 −8%
2007 25 −1 −3.85%
2006 26 −38 −59.38%
2005 64 +46 +255.56%
2004 18 +10 +125%
2003 8 −34 −80.95%
2002 42 −28 −40%
2001 70 −21 −23.08%
2000 91 +5 +5.81%
1999 86 +18 +26.47%
1998 68 −34 −33.33%
1997 102 +25 +32.47%
1996 77 +8 +11.59%
1995 69 −5 −6.76%
1994 74 −92 −55.42%
1993 166
1991 119 −46 −27.88%
1990 165 −4 −2.37%
1989 169 −79 −31.85%
1988 248 −52 −17.33%
1987 300 −107 −26.29%
1986 407 −32 −7.29%
1985 439 −57 −11.49%
1984 496
1982 616 −92 −12.99%
1981 708 −189 −21.07%
1980 897

Western Europe, 2021

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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.