Patent applications by residents in Belgium in 2021 — 799 filings. Ranked 36 in the world out of 113. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 7.6%.
1980–2021 · applications
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 799 | −63 | −7.31% |
| 2020 | 862 | −14 | −1.6% |
| 2019 | 876 | −16 | −1.79% |
| 2018 | 892 | −109 | −10.89% |
| 2017 | 1,001 | −53 | −5.03% |
| 2016 | 1,054 | +105 | +11.06% |
| 2015 | 949 | +60 | +6.75% |
| 2014 | 889 | +174 | +24.34% |
| 2013 | 715 | −40 | −5.3% |
| 2012 | 755 | +119 | +18.71% |
| 2011 | 636 | +16 | +2.58% |
| 2010 | 620 | −49 | −7.32% |
| 2009 | 669 | +94 | +16.35% |
| 2008 | 575 | +121 | +26.65% |
| 2007 | 454 | −36 | −7.35% |
| 2006 | 490 | −27 | −5.22% |
| 2005 | 517 | +3 | +0.58% |
| 2004 | 514 | −5 | −0.96% |
| 2003 | 519 | −82 | −13.64% |
| 2002 | 601 | +30 | +5.25% |
| 2001 | 571 | −6 | −1.04% |
| 2000 | 577 | −14 | −2.37% |
| 1999 | 591 | −99 | −14.35% |
| 1998 | 690 | −102 | −12.88% |
| 1997 | 792 | +16 | +2.06% |
| 1996 | 776 | +44 | +6.01% |
| 1995 | 732 | −12 | −1.61% |
| 1994 | 744 | −65 | −8.03% |
| 1993 | 809 | +134 | +19.85% |
| 1992 | 675 | +50 | +8% |
| 1991 | 625 | −18 | −2.8% |
| 1990 | 643 | −38 | −5.58% |
| 1989 | 681 | +45 | +7.08% |
| 1988 | 636 | +88 | +16.06% |
| 1987 | 548 | −246 | −30.98% |
| 1986 | 794 | +23 | +2.98% |
| 1985 | 771 | −98 | −11.28% |
| 1984 | 869 | +64 | +7.95% |
| 1983 | 805 | −109 | −11.93% |
| 1982 | 914 | +108 | +13.4% |
| 1981 | 806 | −59 | −6.82% |
| 1980 | 865 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The number of applications for a patent filed by residents of a country with a national or regional patent office during the year. An application is not a patent: the share of titles actually granted differs across countries and offices. The indicator reflects inventive activity, but it is sensitive to national patenting practice, which in some countries is encouraged administratively.
Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
