Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Qatar

Patent applications by nonresidents in Qatar in 2021 — 722 filings. Ranked 36 in the world out of 121. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 1,144.8%.

2021 722 filings +19.54% vs 2020
World rank 36of 121
Period maximum 799 filings2019
Period minimum 58 filings2012

Trend over time

2012–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Qatar, 2012–2021020040060080020122013201420152016201720182019202020212012: 58 filings2013: 323 filings2014: 477 filings2016: 548 filings2017: 574 filings2019: 799 filings2020: 604 filings2021: 722 filings
Change over the period: +664 (+1,144.83%) Average annual rate: 32.34 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Qatar 722 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 — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 722 +118 +19.54%
2020 604 −195 −24.41%
2019 799
2017 574 +26 +4.74%
2016 548
2014 477 +154 +47.68%
2013 323 +265 +456.9%
2012 58

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.