Australia - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Australia was 26,926 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 27,200 in 2018, while its lowest value was 9,354 in 1980.

Definition: Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
1980 9,354
1981 9,807
1982 9,572
1983 9,529
1984 10,212
1995 12,277
1996 13,221
1997 15,398
1998 16,063
1999 17,960
2000 20,073
2001 20,548
2002 20,181
2003 19,176
2004 20,274
2005 21,302
2006 23,166
2007 24,122
2008 23,525
2009 21,187
2010 22,478
2011 23,143
2012 23,731
2013 26,656
2014 23,968
2015 26,314
2016 25,774
2017 26,403
2018 27,200
2019 27,121
2020 26,926

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Australia was 2,368 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 7,170 in 1984 and 1,760 in 1997.

Definition: Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
1980 6,582
1981 6,341
1982 6,603
1983 6,930
1984 7,170
1995 1,784
1996 1,797
1997 1,760
1998 1,862
1999 1,858
2000 1,928
2001 2,187
2002 2,364
2003 2,418
2004 2,559
2005 2,555
2006 2,837
2007 2,718
2008 2,821
2009 2,494
2010 2,409
2011 2,383
2012 2,627
2013 3,061
2014 1,988
2015 2,291
2016 2,620
2017 2,503
2018 2,757
2019 2,637
2020 2,368

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology