Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Nicaragua

Patent applications by nonresidents in Nicaragua in 2014 — 145 filings. Ranked 64 in the world out of 122. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 126.6%.

2014 145 filings +16.94% vs 2013
World rank 64of 122
Period maximum 208 filings2011
Period minimum 33 filings1985

Trend over time

1983–2014 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Nicaragua, 1983–201401002003001983198719911995199920032007201120141983: 64 filings1984: 49 filings1985: 33 filings1986: 39 filings1992: 39 filings1993: 34 filings1995: 35 filings1999: 136 filings2000: 129 filings2011: 208 filings2012: 172 filings2013: 124 filings2014: 145 filings
Change over the period: +81 (+126.56%) Average annual rate: 2.67 %

Comparison, 2014

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

Nicaragua 145 filings
World 880,700 filings
Latin America & Caribbean 55,532 filings
Central America computed 16,348 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2014 145 +21 +16.94%
2013 124 −48 −27.91%
2012 172 −36 −17.31%
2011 208
2000 129 −7 −5.15%
1999 136
1995 35
1993 34 −5 −12.82%
1992 39
1986 39 +6 +18.18%
1985 33 −16 −32.65%
1984 49 −15 −23.44%
1983 64

Central America, 2014

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.