Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Uruguay

Patent applications by nonresidents in Uruguay in 2017 — 500 filings. Ranked 42 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 134.7%.

2017 500 filings −6.02% vs 2015
World rank 42of 132
Period maximum 761 filings2010
Period minimum 101 filings1987

Trend over time

1980–2017 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Uruguay, 1980–2017020040060080019801984198819921996200020042008201220161980: 213 filings1981: 227 filings1982: 157 filings1983: 174 filings1984: 147 filings1985: 105 filings1986: 124 filings1987: 101 filings1988: 144 filings1989: 111 filings1991: 137 filings1992: 140 filings1993: 147 filings1994: 151 filings1995: 221 filings1996: 182 filings1997: 370 filings1998: 469 filings1999: 525 filings2000: 572 filings2001: 543 filings2002: 466 filings2003: 504 filings2004: 514 filings2005: 589 filings2006: 725 filings2007: 739 filings2008: 706 filings2009: 750 filings2010: 761 filings2011: 667 filings2012: 678 filings2014: 639 filings2015: 532 filings2017: 500 filings
Change over the period: +287 (+134.74%) Average annual rate: 2.33 %

Comparison, 2017

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

Uruguay 500 filings
World 917,600 filings
Latin America & Caribbean 48,231 filings
South America computed 30,132 filings
High-income countries computed 566,483 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2017 500
2015 532 −107 −16.74%
2014 639
2012 678 +11 +1.65%
2011 667 −94 −12.35%
2010 761 +11 +1.47%
2009 750 +44 +6.23%
2008 706 −33 −4.47%
2007 739 +14 +1.93%
2006 725 +136 +23.09%
2005 589 +75 +14.59%
2004 514 +10 +1.98%
2003 504 +38 +8.15%
2002 466 −77 −14.18%
2001 543 −29 −5.07%
2000 572 +47 +8.95%
1999 525 +56 +11.94%
1998 469 +99 +26.76%
1997 370 +188 +103.3%
1996 182 −39 −17.65%
1995 221 +70 +46.36%
1994 151 +4 +2.72%
1993 147 +7 +5%
1992 140 +3 +2.19%
1991 137
1989 111 −33 −22.92%
1988 144 +43 +42.57%
1987 101 −23 −18.55%
1986 124 +19 +18.1%
1985 105 −42 −28.57%
1984 147 −27 −15.52%
1983 174 +17 +10.83%
1982 157 −70 −30.84%
1981 227 +14 +6.57%
1980 213

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.