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Patent applications by nonresidents — Mercosur

Patent applications by nonresidents in Mercosur in 2021 — 23,410 filings. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 143.3%.

2021 23,410 filings +5.96% vs 2020
World rank —
Period maximum 30,789 filings2014
Period minimum 4,746 filings1985

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Mercosur, 1980–2021010,00020,00030,00040,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 9,621 filings1981: 9,781 filings1982: 8,601 filings1983: 7,637 filings1984: 7,546 filings1985: 4,746 filings1989: 4,802 filings1990: 7,139 filings1991: 6,613 filings1992: 6,477 filings1993: 6,762 filings1994: 7,288 filings1995: 8,656 filings1996: 9,640 filings1997: 18,884 filings1998: 19,474 filings1999: 20,776 filings2000: 20,461 filings2001: 20,294 filings2002: 17,984 filings2003: 16,987 filings2004: 17,186 filings2005: 19,489 filings2006: 21,572 filings2007: 23,309 filings2008: 24,642 filings2009: 23,467 filings2010: 26,044 filings2011: 28,754 filings2012: 30,393 filings2014: 30,789 filings2015: 29,689 filings2016: 25,976 filings2017: 24,005 filings2018: 23,434 filings2019: 23,516 filings2020: 22,094 filings2021: 23,410 filings
Change over the period: +13,789 (+143.32%) Average annual rate: 2.19 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Mercosur 23,410 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 23,410 +1,316 +5.96%
2020 22,094 −1,422 −6.05%
2019 23,516 +82 +0.35%
2018 23,434 −571 −2.38%
2017 24,005 −1,971 −7.59%
2016 25,976 −3,713 −12.51%
2015 29,689 −1,100 −3.57%
2014 30,789 — —
2012 30,393 +1,639 +5.7%
2011 28,754 +2,710 +10.41%
2010 26,044 +2,577 +10.98%
2009 23,467 −1,175 −4.77%
2008 24,642 +1,333 +5.72%
2007 23,309 +1,737 +8.05%
2006 21,572 +2,083 +10.69%
2005 19,489 +2,303 +13.4%
2004 17,186 +199 +1.17%
2003 16,987 −997 −5.54%
2002 17,984 −2,310 −11.38%
2001 20,294 −167 −0.82%
2000 20,461 −315 −1.52%
1999 20,776 +1,302 +6.69%
1998 19,474 +590 +3.12%
1997 18,884 +9,244 +95.89%
1996 9,640 +984 +11.37%
1995 8,656 +1,368 +18.77%
1994 7,288 +526 +7.78%
1993 6,762 +285 +4.4%
1992 6,477 −136 −2.06%
1991 6,613 −526 −7.37%
1990 7,139 +2,337 +48.67%
1989 4,802 — —
1985 4,746 −2,800 −37.11%
1984 7,546 −91 −1.19%
1983 7,637 −964 −11.21%
1982 8,601 −1,180 −12.06%
1981 9,781 +160 +1.66%
1980 9,621 — —

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.

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