Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Norway

Patent applications by nonresidents in Norway in 2021 — 634 filings. Ranked 38 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 80.5%.

2021 634 filings +12.41% vs 2020
World rank 38of 121
Period maximum 5,431 filings2007
Period minimum 457 filings2014

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Norway, 1980–202102,0004,0006,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 3,247 filings1981: 3,785 filings1982: 3,733 filings1983: 4,068 filings1984: 4,332 filings1985: 3,694 filings1986: 3,519 filings1987: 4,616 filings1988: 4,933 filings1989: 4,324 filings1990: 4,745 filings1991: 4,213 filings1992: 4,120 filings1993: 3,886 filings1994: 4,072 filings1995: 4,280 filings1996: 4,336 filings1997: 4,959 filings1998: 5,006 filings1999: 5,255 filings2000: 5,389 filings2001: 5,242 filings2002: 5,109 filings2003: 4,782 filings2004: 4,348 filings2005: 4,843 filings2006: 4,957 filings2007: 5,431 filings2008: 4,280 filings2009: 2,358 filings2010: 696 filings2011: 654 filings2012: 555 filings2013: 648 filings2014: 457 filings2015: 652 filings2016: 833 filings2017: 908 filings2018: 592 filings2019: 582 filings2020: 564 filings2021: 634 filings
Change over the period: −2,613 (−80.47%) Average annual rate: -3.91 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Norway 634 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Northern Europe computed 8,671 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 634 +70 +12.41%
2020 564 −18 −3.09%
2019 582 −10 −1.69%
2018 592 −316 −34.8%
2017 908 +75 +9%
2016 833 +181 +27.76%
2015 652 +195 +42.67%
2014 457 −191 −29.48%
2013 648 +93 +16.76%
2012 555 −99 −15.14%
2011 654 −42 −6.03%
2010 696 −1,662 −70.48%
2009 2,358 −1,922 −44.91%
2008 4,280 −1,151 −21.19%
2007 5,431 +474 +9.56%
2006 4,957 +114 +2.35%
2005 4,843 +495 +11.38%
2004 4,348 −434 −9.08%
2003 4,782 −327 −6.4%
2002 5,109 −133 −2.54%
2001 5,242 −147 −2.73%
2000 5,389 +134 +2.55%
1999 5,255 +249 +4.97%
1998 5,006 +47 +0.95%
1997 4,959 +623 +14.37%
1996 4,336 +56 +1.31%
1995 4,280 +208 +5.11%
1994 4,072 +186 +4.79%
1993 3,886 −234 −5.68%
1992 4,120 −93 −2.21%
1991 4,213 −532 −11.21%
1990 4,745 +421 +9.74%
1989 4,324 −609 −12.35%
1988 4,933 +317 +6.87%
1987 4,616 +1,097 +31.17%
1986 3,519 −175 −4.74%
1985 3,694 −638 −14.73%
1984 4,332 +264 +6.49%
1983 4,068 +335 +8.97%
1982 3,733 −52 −1.37%
1981 3,785 +538 +16.57%
1980 3,247

Northern Europe, 2021

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.