Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — United Arab Emirates

Patent applications by nonresidents in the United Arab Emirates in 2021 — 2,354 filings. Ranked 27 in the world out of 121. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 86.4%.

2021 2,354 filings +25.95% vs 2020
World rank 27of 121
Period maximum 2,354 filings2021
Period minimum 1,263 filings2010

Trend over time

2010–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — United Arab Emirates, 2010–20211,0001,5002,0002,50020102012201420162018202020212010: 1,263 filings2011: 1,318 filings2012: 1,327 filings2013: 1,402 filings2014: 1,438 filings2015: 1,714 filings2016: 1,642 filings2017: 1,733 filings2018: 1,723 filings2019: 1,843 filings2020: 1,869 filings2021: 2,354 filings
Change over the period: +1,091 (+86.38%) Average annual rate: 5.82 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 2,354 filings
World 1.02M filings
Middle East & North Africa computed 19,929 filings
Western Asia computed 15,307 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 2,354 +485 +25.95%
2020 1,869 +26 +1.41%
2019 1,843 +120 +6.96%
2018 1,723 −10 −0.58%
2017 1,733 +91 +5.54%
2016 1,642 −72 −4.2%
2015 1,714 +276 +19.19%
2014 1,438 +36 +2.57%
2013 1,402 +75 +5.65%
2012 1,327 +9 +0.68%
2011 1,318 +55 +4.35%
2010 1,263

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.