Costa Rica - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Costa Rica was 524.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 774.00 in 2008, while its lowest value was 25.00 in 1989.

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 82.00
1981 90.00
1982 60.00
1983 72.00
1984 37.00
1985 34.00
1986 36.00
1987 34.00
1988 40.00
1989 25.00
1990 43.00
1991 59.00
1992 71.00
1993 84.00
1994 92.00
1995 111.00
1996 126.00
1997 113.00
1998 172.00
1999 127.00
2000 47.00
2001 191.00
2002 220.00
2003 238.00
2004 294.00
2005 423.00
2006 571.00
2007 647.00
2008 774.00
2009 507.00
2010 606.00
2011 610.00
2012 578.00
2013 580.00
2014 529.00
2015 582.00
2016 497.00
2017 504.00
2018 490.00
2019 483.00
2020 524.00

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Costa Rica was 12.00 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 63.00 in 1991 and 8.00 in 2010.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1980 30.00
1981 41.00
1982 39.00
1983 16.00
1984 24.00
1985 16.00
1986 11.00
1987 10.00
1988 10.00
1989 13.00
1990 15.00
1991 63.00
1992 18.00
1993 27.00
1994 32.00
1995 25.00
1996 23.00
1997 25.00
1998 22.00
1999 31.00
2000 28.00
2001 21.00
2002 23.00
2003 33.00
2004 26.00
2005 17.00
2006 22.00
2007 20.00
2008 24.00
2009 16.00
2010 8.00
2011 13.00
2012 9.00
2013 18.00
2014 15.00
2015 17.00
2016 9.00
2017 19.00
2018 8.00
2019 16.00
2020 12.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology