Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Rwanda

Patent applications by nonresidents in Rwanda in 2021 — 2 filings. Ranked 115 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 33.3%.

2021 2 filings +100% vs 2018
World rank 115of 121
Period maximum 30 filings2012
Period minimum 1 filings1985

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Rwanda, 1980–202101020301980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 3 filings1981: 7 filings1982: 2 filings1983: 3 filings1984: 6 filings1985: 1 filings1986: 1 filings1987: 2 filings1988: 5 filings1989: 1 filings1990: 4 filings1991: 1 filings1992: 2 filings1994: 3 filings1999: 4 filings2012: 30 filings2014: 7 filings2015: 1 filings2016: 3 filings2017: 2 filings2018: 1 filings2021: 2 filings
Change over the period: −1 (−33.33%) Average annual rate: -0.98 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Rwanda 2 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 2
2018 1 −1 −50%
2017 2 −1 −33.33%
2016 3 +2 +200%
2015 1 −6 −85.71%
2014 7
2012 30
1999 4
1994 3
1992 2 +1 +100%
1991 1 −3 −75%
1990 4 +3 +300%
1989 1 −4 −80%
1988 5 +3 +150%
1987 2 +1 +100%
1986 1 +0 +0%
1985 1 −5 −83.33%
1984 6 +3 +100%
1983 3 +1 +50%
1982 2 −5 −71.43%
1981 7 +4 +133.33%
1980 3

Eastern Africa, 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.