Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Eastern Europe

Patent applications by nonresidents in Eastern Europe in 2021 — 13,868 filings. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 11.6%.

2021 13,868 filings +3.68% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 28,242 filings2002
Period minimum 12,422 filings1993

Trend over time

1993–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Eastern Europe, 1993–202110,00015,00020,00025,00030,00019931996199920022005200820112014201720201993: 12,422 filings1994: 13,250 filings1995: 16,638 filings1996: 17,668 filings1997: 21,499 filings1998: 21,865 filings1999: 25,208 filings2000: 26,988 filings2001: 26,953 filings2002: 28,242 filings2003: 25,031 filings2004: 17,571 filings2005: 16,481 filings2006: 13,825 filings2007: 15,776 filings2008: 17,905 filings2009: 16,011 filings2010: 17,208 filings2011: 18,150 filings2012: 18,753 filings2013: 19,310 filings2014: 19,182 filings2015: 19,074 filings2016: 17,099 filings2017: 16,342 filings2018: 15,291 filings2019: 14,315 filings2020: 13,376 filings2021: 13,868 filings
Change over the period: +1,446 (+11.64%) Average annual rate: 0.39 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Eastern Europe 13,868 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 13,868 +492 +3.68%
2020 13,376 −939 −6.56%
2019 14,315 −976 −6.38%
2018 15,291 −1,051 −6.43%
2017 16,342 −757 −4.43%
2016 17,099 −1,975 −10.35%
2015 19,074 −108 −0.56%
2014 19,182 −128 −0.66%
2013 19,310 +557 +2.97%
2012 18,753 +603 +3.32%
2011 18,150 +942 +5.47%
2010 17,208 +1,197 +7.48%
2009 16,011 −1,894 −10.58%
2008 17,905 +2,129 +13.5%
2007 15,776 +1,951 +14.11%
2006 13,825 −2,656 −16.12%
2005 16,481 −1,090 −6.2%
2004 17,571 −7,460 −29.8%
2003 25,031 −3,211 −11.37%
2002 28,242 +1,289 +4.78%
2001 26,953 −35 −0.13%
2000 26,988 +1,780 +7.06%
1999 25,208 +3,343 +15.29%
1998 21,865 +366 +1.7%
1997 21,499 +3,831 +21.68%
1996 17,668 +1,030 +6.19%
1995 16,638 +3,388 +25.57%
1994 13,250 +828 +6.67%
1993 12,422

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.