Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Seychelles

Patent applications by nonresidents in the Seychelles in 2021 — 28 filings. Ranked 82 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 833.3%.

2021 28 filings +211.11% vs 2020
World rank 82of 121
Period maximum 46 filings2017
Period minimum 1 filings1984

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Seychelles, 1980–202102040601980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 3 filings1981: 7 filings1983: 3 filings1984: 1 filings1985: 2 filings1988: 5 filings1995: 1 filings1996: 6 filings2016: 14 filings2017: 46 filings2018: 17 filings2019: 12 filings2020: 9 filings2021: 28 filings
Change over the period: +25 (+833.33%) Average annual rate: 5.6 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Seychelles 28 filings
World 1.02M filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 28 +19 +211.11%
2020 9 −3 −25%
2019 12 −5 −29.41%
2018 17 −29 −63.04%
2017 46 +32 +228.57%
2016 14
1996 6 +5 +500%
1995 1
1988 5
1985 2 +1 +100%
1984 1 −2 −66.67%
1983 3
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.