Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Singapore

Patent applications by nonresidents in Singapore in 2021 — 12,566 filings. Ranked 12 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1,891.4%.

2021 12,566 filings +9.39% vs 2020
World rank 12of 121
Period maximum 12,566 filings2021
Period minimum 603 filings1981

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Singapore, 1980–202105,00010,00015,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 631 filings1981: 603 filings1983: 852 filings1984: 927 filings1985: 1,003 filings1995: 2,412 filings1996: 12,357 filings1997: 6,048 filings1998: 6,367 filings1999: 6,679 filings2000: 7,720 filings2001: 7,726 filings2002: 7,575 filings2003: 7,248 filings2004: 7,944 filings2005: 8,036 filings2006: 8,537 filings2007: 9,255 filings2008: 8,899 filings2009: 7,986 filings2010: 8,878 filings2011: 8,738 filings2012: 8,604 filings2013: 8,579 filings2014: 9,009 filings2015: 9,345 filings2016: 9,379 filings2017: 9,321 filings2018: 10,270 filings2019: 12,409 filings2020: 11,487 filings2021: 12,566 filings
Change over the period: +11,935 (+1,891.44%) Average annual rate: 7.57 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Singapore 12,566 filings
World 1.02M filings
South-Eastern Asia computed 45,503 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 12,566 +1,079 +9.39%
2020 11,487 −922 −7.43%
2019 12,409 +2,139 +20.83%
2018 10,270 +949 +10.18%
2017 9,321 −58 −0.62%
2016 9,379 +34 +0.36%
2015 9,345 +336 +3.73%
2014 9,009 +430 +5.01%
2013 8,579 −25 −0.29%
2012 8,604 −134 −1.53%
2011 8,738 −140 −1.58%
2010 8,878 +892 +11.17%
2009 7,986 −913 −10.26%
2008 8,899 −356 −3.85%
2007 9,255 +718 +8.41%
2006 8,537 +501 +6.23%
2005 8,036 +92 +1.16%
2004 7,944 +696 +9.6%
2003 7,248 −327 −4.32%
2002 7,575 −151 −1.95%
2001 7,726 +6 +0.08%
2000 7,720 +1,041 +15.59%
1999 6,679 +312 +4.9%
1998 6,367 +319 +5.27%
1997 6,048 −6,309 −51.06%
1996 12,357 +9,945 +412.31%
1995 2,412
1985 1,003 +76 +8.2%
1984 927 +75 +8.8%
1983 852
1981 603 −28 −4.44%
1980 631

South-Eastern Asia, 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.