Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Portugal

Patent applications by nonresidents in Portugal in 2021 — 42 filings. Ranked 77 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 97.6%.

2021 42 filings −84.03% vs 2020
World rank 77of 121
Period maximum 3,541 filings1990
Period minimum 18 filings2014

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Portugal, 1980–202101,0002,0003,0004,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 1,731 filings1981: 1,843 filings1982: 1,734 filings1983: 1,760 filings1984: 1,756 filings1985: 1,906 filings1986: 2,191 filings1987: 2,258 filings1988: 2,410 filings1989: 3,311 filings1990: 3,541 filings1991: 3,453 filings1992: 1,138 filings1993: 180 filings1994: 88 filings1995: 120 filings1996: 76 filings1997: 101 filings1998: 61 filings1999: 114 filings2000: 65 filings2001: 56 filings2002: 49 filings2003: 40 filings2004: 64 filings2005: 47 filings2006: 36 filings2007: 31 filings2008: 24 filings2009: 46 filings2010: 46 filings2011: 75 filings2012: 26 filings2013: 22 filings2014: 18 filings2015: 20 filings2016: 27 filings2017: 36 filings2018: 29 filings2019: 104 filings2020: 263 filings2021: 42 filings
Change over the period: −1,689 (−97.57%) Average annual rate: -8.67 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Portugal 42 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Southern Europe computed 2,290 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 42 −221 −84.03%
2020 263 +159 +152.88%
2019 104 +75 +258.62%
2018 29 −7 −19.44%
2017 36 +9 +33.33%
2016 27 +7 +35%
2015 20 +2 +11.11%
2014 18 −4 −18.18%
2013 22 −4 −15.38%
2012 26 −49 −65.33%
2011 75 +29 +63.04%
2010 46 +0 +0%
2009 46 +22 +91.67%
2008 24 −7 −22.58%
2007 31 −5 −13.89%
2006 36 −11 −23.4%
2005 47 −17 −26.56%
2004 64 +24 +60%
2003 40 −9 −18.37%
2002 49 −7 −12.5%
2001 56 −9 −13.85%
2000 65 −49 −42.98%
1999 114 +53 +86.89%
1998 61 −40 −39.6%
1997 101 +25 +32.89%
1996 76 −44 −36.67%
1995 120 +32 +36.36%
1994 88 −92 −51.11%
1993 180 −958 −84.18%
1992 1,138 −2,315 −67.04%
1991 3,453 −88 −2.49%
1990 3,541 +230 +6.95%
1989 3,311 +901 +37.39%
1988 2,410 +152 +6.73%
1987 2,258 +67 +3.06%
1986 2,191 +285 +14.95%
1985 1,906 +150 +8.54%
1984 1,756 −4 −0.23%
1983 1,760 +26 +1.5%
1982 1,734 −109 −5.91%
1981 1,843 +112 +6.47%
1980 1,731

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.