Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Samoa

Patent applications by nonresidents in Samoa in 2020 — 2 filings. Ranked 126 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2020 2 filings +100% vs 2019
World rank 126of 132
Period maximum 99 filings2014
Period minimum 1 filings2019

Trend over time

1980–2020 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Samoa, 1980–20200255075100198019841988199219962000200420082012201620201980: 2 filings1985: 4 filings1991: 2 filings1995: 2 filings1996: 3 filings2003: 7 filings2004: 2 filings2007: 11 filings2014: 99 filings2015: 3 filings2019: 1 filings2020: 2 filings
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Samoa 2 filings
World 970,400 filings
East Asia & Pacific 354,833 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 2 +1 +100%
2019 1
2015 3 −96 −96.97%
2014 99
2007 11
2004 2 −5 −71.43%
2003 7
1996 3 +1 +50%
1995 2
1991 2
1985 4
1980 2

Polynesia, 2020

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.