Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Oman

Patent applications by nonresidents in Oman in 2021 — 511 filings. Ranked 44 in the world out of 121. Since 2015, the indicator has risen by 49.9%.

2021 511 filings −1.54% vs 2020
World rank 44of 121
Period maximum 519 filings2020
Period minimum 341 filings2015

Trend over time

2015–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Oman, 2015–202130035040045050055020152016201720182019202020212015: 341 filings2016: 366 filings2017: 387 filings2018: 404 filings2019: 476 filings2020: 519 filings2021: 511 filings
Change over the period: +170 (+49.85%) Average annual rate: 6.97 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Oman 511 filings
World 1.02M filings
Middle East & North Africa computed 19,929 filings
Western Asia computed 15,307 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 511 −8 −1.54%
2020 519 +43 +9.03%
2019 476 +72 +17.82%
2018 404 +17 +4.39%
2017 387 +21 +5.74%
2016 366 +25 +7.33%
2015 341

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.