Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Nepal

Patent applications by nonresidents in Nepal in 2017 — 43 filings. Ranked 88 in the world out of 132. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 1,333.3%.

2017 43 filings +65.38% vs 2016
World rank 88of 132
Period maximum 71 filings2015
Period minimum 1 filings1985

Trend over time

1982–2017 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Nepal, 1982–201702040608019821986199019941998200220062010201420171982: 3 filings1985: 1 filings1992: 2 filings1993: 3 filings1994: 1 filings1995: 5 filings2011: 15 filings2012: 13 filings2013: 12 filings2014: 36 filings2015: 71 filings2016: 26 filings2017: 43 filings
Change over the period: +40 (+1,333.33%) Average annual rate: 7.9 %

Comparison, 2017

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

Nepal 43 filings
World 917,600 filings
South Asia 32,679 filings
Southern Asia computed 33,674 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2017 43 +17 +65.38%
2016 26 −45 −63.38%
2015 71 +35 +97.22%
2014 36 +24 +200%
2013 12 −1 −7.69%
2012 13 −2 −13.33%
2011 15
1995 5 +4 +400%
1994 1 −2 −66.67%
1993 3 +1 +50%
1992 2
1985 1
1982 3

Southern Asia, 2017

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.