Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Southern Asia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Southern Asia in 2021 — 37,107 filings. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 1,082.5%.

2021 37,107 filings +4.69% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 37,107 filings2021
Period minimum 3,138 filings1992

Trend over time

1992–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Southern Asia, 1992–2021010,00020,00030,00040,000199219951998200120042007201020132016201920211992: 3,138 filings1993: 3,443 filings1994: 4,064 filings1995: 6,102 filings2011: 35,319 filings2012: 35,933 filings2013: 33,930 filings2015: 34,396 filings2016: 33,783 filings2017: 33,674 filings2018: 35,835 filings2019: 35,929 filings2020: 35,445 filings2021: 37,107 filings
Change over the period: +33,969 (+1,082.5%) Average annual rate: 8.89 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Asia 37,107 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 37,107 +1,662 +4.69%
2020 35,445 −484 −1.35%
2019 35,929 +94 +0.26%
2018 35,835 +2,161 +6.42%
2017 33,674 −109 −0.32%
2016 33,783 −613 −1.78%
2015 34,396
2013 33,930 −2,003 −5.57%
2012 35,933 +614 +1.74%
2011 35,319
1995 6,102 +2,038 +50.15%
1994 4,064 +621 +18.04%
1993 3,443 +305 +9.72%
1992 3,138

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.