Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Sweden

Patent applications by nonresidents in Sweden in 2021 — 425 filings. Ranked 45 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 91.6%.

2021 425 filings −1.62% vs 2020
World rank 45of 121
Period maximum 5,086 filings1980
Period minimum 148 filings2012

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Sweden, 1980–202102,0004,0006,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 5,086 filings1981: 3,968 filings1982: 3,442 filings1983: 2,958 filings1984: 2,705 filings1985: 2,322 filings1986: 1,939 filings1987: 1,695 filings1988: 1,462 filings1989: 1,270 filings1990: 1,073 filings1991: 702 filings1992: 657 filings1993: 614 filings1994: 636 filings1995: 924 filings1996: 857 filings1997: 940 filings1998: 753 filings1999: 853 filings2000: 844 filings2001: 574 filings2002: 597 filings2003: 703 filings2004: 462 filings2005: 438 filings2006: 413 filings2007: 398 filings2008: 306 filings2009: 463 filings2010: 353 filings2011: 337 filings2012: 148 filings2013: 163 filings2014: 441 filings2015: 390 filings2016: 352 filings2017: 305 filings2018: 442 filings2019: 388 filings2020: 432 filings2021: 425 filings
Change over the period: −4,661 (−91.64%) Average annual rate: -5.87 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Sweden 425 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Northern Europe computed 8,671 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 425 −7 −1.62%
2020 432 +44 +11.34%
2019 388 −54 −12.22%
2018 442 +137 +44.92%
2017 305 −47 −13.35%
2016 352 −38 −9.74%
2015 390 −51 −11.56%
2014 441 +278 +170.55%
2013 163 +15 +10.14%
2012 148 −189 −56.08%
2011 337 −16 −4.53%
2010 353 −110 −23.76%
2009 463 +157 +51.31%
2008 306 −92 −23.12%
2007 398 −15 −3.63%
2006 413 −25 −5.71%
2005 438 −24 −5.19%
2004 462 −241 −34.28%
2003 703 +106 +17.76%
2002 597 +23 +4.01%
2001 574 −270 −31.99%
2000 844 −9 −1.06%
1999 853 +100 +13.28%
1998 753 −187 −19.89%
1997 940 +83 +9.68%
1996 857 −67 −7.25%
1995 924 +288 +45.28%
1994 636 +22 +3.58%
1993 614 −43 −6.54%
1992 657 −45 −6.41%
1991 702 −371 −34.58%
1990 1,073 −197 −15.51%
1989 1,270 −192 −13.13%
1988 1,462 −233 −13.75%
1987 1,695 −244 −12.58%
1986 1,939 −383 −16.49%
1985 2,322 −383 −14.16%
1984 2,705 −253 −8.55%
1983 2,958 −484 −14.06%
1982 3,442 −526 −13.26%
1981 3,968 −1,118 −21.98%
1980 5,086

Northern Europe, 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.