Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — North Macedonia

Patent applications by nonresidents in North Macedonia in 2013 — 4 filings. Ranked 113 in the world out of 123. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 92%.

2013 4 filings +33.33% vs 2012
World rank 113of 123
Period maximum 209 filings2002
Period minimum 1 filings2010

Trend over time

1993–2013 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — North Macedonia, 1993–20130100200300199319951997199920012003200520072009201120131993: 50 filings1994: 178 filings1995: 76 filings1996: 13 filings1997: 118 filings1998: 60 filings1999: 2 filings2000: 53 filings2001: 59 filings2002: 209 filings2003: 23 filings2004: 9 filings2005: 15 filings2006: 4 filings2007: 13 filings2008: 5 filings2009: 11 filings2010: 1 filings2011: 3 filings2012: 3 filings2013: 4 filings
Change over the period: −46 (−92%) Average annual rate: -11.86 %

Comparison, 2013

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

North Macedonia 4 filings
World 855,400 filings
Europe & Central Asia 127,925 filings
Southern Europe computed 1,396 filings
Upper-middle-income countries computed 196,539 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2013 4 +1 +33.33%
2012 3 +0 +0%
2011 3 +2 +200%
2010 1 −10 −90.91%
2009 11 +6 +120%
2008 5 −8 −61.54%
2007 13 +9 +225%
2006 4 −11 −73.33%
2005 15 +6 +66.67%
2004 9 −14 −60.87%
2003 23 −186 −89%
2002 209 +150 +254.24%
2001 59 +6 +11.32%
2000 53 +51 +2,550%
1999 2 −58 −96.67%
1998 60 −58 −49.15%
1997 118 +105 +807.69%
1996 13 −63 −82.89%
1995 76 −102 −57.3%
1994 178 +128 +256%
1993 50

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.