Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Malaysia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Malaysia in 2021 — 6,651 filings. Ranked 20 in the world out of 121. Since 1985, the indicator has risen by 400.5%.

2021 6,651 filings +13.91% vs 2020
World rank 20of 121
Period maximum 6,651 filings2021
Period minimum 233 filings1986

Trend over time

1985–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Malaysia, 1985–202102,0004,0006,0008,00019851989199319972001200520092013201720211985: 1,329 filings1986: 233 filings1987: 3,195 filings1988: 1,547 filings1989: 1,803 filings1990: 2,213 filings1991: 2,321 filings1992: 2,260 filings1993: 2,684 filings1994: 3,364 filings1995: 3,911 filings1996: 5,354 filings1997: 6,272 filings1998: 5,770 filings1999: 5,624 filings2000: 6,021 filings2001: 5,663 filings2002: 4,615 filings2003: 4,686 filings2004: 4,920 filings2005: 5,764 filings2006: 4,269 filings2007: 1,702 filings2008: 4,485 filings2009: 4,503 filings2010: 5,152 filings2011: 5,376 filings2012: 5,826 filings2013: 6,006 filings2014: 6,267 filings2015: 6,455 filings2016: 6,127 filings2017: 5,906 filings2018: 6,179 filings2019: 6,480 filings2020: 5,839 filings2021: 6,651 filings
Change over the period: +5,322 (+400.45%) Average annual rate: 4.57 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Malaysia 6,651 filings
World 1.02M filings
South-Eastern Asia computed 45,503 filings
Upper-middle-income countries computed 233,639 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 6,651 +812 +13.91%
2020 5,839 −641 −9.89%
2019 6,480 +301 +4.87%
2018 6,179 +273 +4.62%
2017 5,906 −221 −3.61%
2016 6,127 −328 −5.08%
2015 6,455 +188 +3%
2014 6,267 +261 +4.35%
2013 6,006 +180 +3.09%
2012 5,826 +450 +8.37%
2011 5,376 +224 +4.35%
2010 5,152 +649 +14.41%
2009 4,503 +18 +0.4%
2008 4,485 +2,783 +163.51%
2007 1,702 −2,567 −60.13%
2006 4,269 −1,495 −25.94%
2005 5,764 +844 +17.15%
2004 4,920 +234 +4.99%
2003 4,686 +71 +1.54%
2002 4,615 −1,048 −18.51%
2001 5,663 −358 −5.95%
2000 6,021 +397 +7.06%
1999 5,624 −146 −2.53%
1998 5,770 −502 −8%
1997 6,272 +918 +17.15%
1996 5,354 +1,443 +36.9%
1995 3,911 +547 +16.26%
1994 3,364 +680 +25.34%
1993 2,684 +424 +18.76%
1992 2,260 −61 −2.63%
1991 2,321 +108 +4.88%
1990 2,213 +410 +22.74%
1989 1,803 +256 +16.55%
1988 1,547 −1,648 −51.58%
1987 3,195 +2,962 +1,271.24%
1986 233 −1,096 −82.47%
1985 1,329

South-Eastern Asia, 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.