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Patent applications by nonresidents — Northern Europe

Patent applications by nonresidents in Northern Europe in 2021 — 8,671 filings. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 44.5%.

2021 8,671 filings −13.7% vs 2020
World rank —
Period maximum 19,152 filings2000
Period minimum 7,777 filings2010

Trend over time

1994–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Northern Europe, 1994–20215,00010,00015,00020,00019941997200020032006200920122015201820211994: 15,634 filings1995: 16,307 filings1996: 16,317 filings1997: 17,231 filings1998: 17,078 filings1999: 18,104 filings2000: 19,152 filings2001: 18,462 filings2002: 18,178 filings2003: 18,456 filings2004: 16,580 filings2005: 16,494 filings2006: 14,427 filings2007: 13,961 filings2008: 11,852 filings2009: 9,620 filings2010: 7,777 filings2011: 8,289 filings2012: 8,965 filings2013: 9,169 filings2014: 9,139 filings2015: 9,404 filings2016: 9,924 filings2017: 10,545 filings2018: 9,545 filings2019: 8,551 filings2020: 10,047 filings2021: 8,671 filings
Change over the period: −6,963 (−44.54%) Average annual rate: -2.16 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Northern Europe 8,671 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 8,671 −1,376 −13.7%
2020 10,047 +1,496 +17.5%
2019 8,551 −994 −10.41%
2018 9,545 −1,000 −9.48%
2017 10,545 +621 +6.26%
2016 9,924 +520 +5.53%
2015 9,404 +265 +2.9%
2014 9,139 −30 −0.33%
2013 9,169 +204 +2.28%
2012 8,965 +676 +8.16%
2011 8,289 +512 +6.58%
2010 7,777 −1,843 −19.16%
2009 9,620 −2,232 −18.83%
2008 11,852 −2,109 −15.11%
2007 13,961 −466 −3.23%
2006 14,427 −2,067 −12.53%
2005 16,494 −86 −0.52%
2004 16,580 −1,876 −10.16%
2003 18,456 +278 +1.53%
2002 18,178 −284 −1.54%
2001 18,462 −690 −3.6%
2000 19,152 +1,048 +5.79%
1999 18,104 +1,026 +6.01%
1998 17,078 −153 −0.89%
1997 17,231 +914 +5.6%
1996 16,317 +10 +0.06%
1995 16,307 +673 +4.3%
1994 15,634 — —

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.

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