Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Netherlands

Patent applications by nonresidents in the Netherlands in 2021 — 1,390 filings. Ranked 31 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 74.9%.

2021 1,390 filings +68.48% vs 2020
World rank 31of 121
Period maximum 5,532 filings1980
Period minimum 240 filings2010

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Netherlands, 1980–202102,0004,0006,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 5,532 filings1981: 4,228 filings1982: 3,212 filings1983: 2,611 filings1984: 2,139 filings1985: 1,658 filings1986: 1,464 filings1987: 1,201 filings1988: 1,068 filings1989: 993 filings1990: 764 filings1991: 595 filings1992: 555 filings1993: 560 filings1994: 501 filings1995: 569 filings1996: 633 filings1997: 637 filings1998: 549 filings1999: 506 filings2000: 529 filings2001: 543 filings2002: 481 filings2003: 573 filings2004: 556 filings2005: 633 filings2006: 548 filings2007: 367 filings2008: 311 filings2009: 279 filings2010: 240 filings2011: 310 filings2012: 338 filings2013: 449 filings2014: 288 filings2015: 287 filings2016: 314 filings2017: 365 filings2018: 394 filings2019: 449 filings2020: 825 filings2021: 1,390 filings
Change over the period: −4,142 (−74.87%) Average annual rate: -3.31 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Netherlands 1,390 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 — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 1,390 +565 +68.48%
2020 825 +376 +83.74%
2019 449 +55 +13.96%
2018 394 +29 +7.95%
2017 365 +51 +16.24%
2016 314 +27 +9.41%
2015 287 −1 −0.35%
2014 288 −161 −35.86%
2013 449 +111 +32.84%
2012 338 +28 +9.03%
2011 310 +70 +29.17%
2010 240 −39 −13.98%
2009 279 −32 −10.29%
2008 311 −56 −15.26%
2007 367 −181 −33.03%
2006 548 −85 −13.43%
2005 633 +77 +13.85%
2004 556 −17 −2.97%
2003 573 +92 +19.13%
2002 481 −62 −11.42%
2001 543 +14 +2.65%
2000 529 +23 +4.55%
1999 506 −43 −7.83%
1998 549 −88 −13.81%
1997 637 +4 +0.63%
1996 633 +64 +11.25%
1995 569 +68 +13.57%
1994 501 −59 −10.54%
1993 560 +5 +0.9%
1992 555 −40 −6.72%
1991 595 −169 −22.12%
1990 764 −229 −23.06%
1989 993 −75 −7.02%
1988 1,068 −133 −11.07%
1987 1,201 −263 −17.96%
1986 1,464 −194 −11.7%
1985 1,658 −481 −22.49%
1984 2,139 −472 −18.08%
1983 2,611 −601 −18.71%
1982 3,212 −1,016 −24.03%
1981 4,228 −1,304 −23.57%
1980 5,532

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.