Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Saint Lucia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Saint Lucia in 2001 — 7 filings. Ranked 94 in the world out of 98. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 50%.

2001 7 filings +40% vs 1996
World rank 94of 98
Period maximum 14 filings1980
Period minimum 1 filings1984

Trend over time

1980–2001 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Saint Lucia, 1980–2001051015198019831986198919921995199820011980: 14 filings1981: 10 filings1983: 5 filings1984: 1 filings1990: 2 filings1992: 1 filings1995: 4 filings1996: 5 filings2001: 7 filings
Change over the period: −7 (−50%) Average annual rate: -3.25 %

Comparison, 2001

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

Saint Lucia 7 filings
World 560,400 filings
Latin America & Caribbean 38,671 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2001 7
1996 5 +1 +25%
1995 4
1992 1
1990 2
1984 1 −4 −80%
1983 5
1981 10 −4 −28.57%
1980 14

Caribbean, 2001

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.