Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Papua New Guinea

Patent applications by nonresidents in Papua New Guinea in 2021 — 29 filings. Ranked 81 in the world out of 121. Since 2008, the indicator has fallen by 35.6%.

2021 29 filings −45.28% vs 2020
World rank 81of 121
Period maximum 79 filings2013
Period minimum 29 filings2021

Trend over time

2008–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Papua New Guinea, 2008–202120406080200820102012201420162018202020212008: 45 filings2013: 79 filings2015: 46 filings2018: 33 filings2019: 63 filings2020: 53 filings2021: 29 filings
Change over the period: −16 (−35.56%) Average annual rate: -3.32 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 29 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 29 −24 −45.28%
2020 53 −10 −15.87%
2019 63 +30 +90.91%
2018 33
2015 46
2013 79
2008 45

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.