El Salvador - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador was 143.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 217.00 in 2012, while its lowest value was 26.00 in 1991.

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 79.00
1982 61.00
1983 84.00
1984 65.00
1985 40.00
1989 34.00
1990 44.00
1991 26.00
1992 97.00
1993 75.00
1994 76.00
1995 64.00
2012 217.00
2013 183.00
2014 187.00
2015 196.00
2016 171.00
2017 178.00
2018 136.00
2019 147.00
2020 143.00

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in El Salvador was 4.00 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 39.00 in 1983 and 1.00 in 2019.

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 12.00
1982 22.00
1983 39.00
1984 31.00
1985 16.00
1989 19.00
1990 10.00
1991 10.00
1992 11.00
1993 10.00
1994 10.00
1995 3.00
2015 7.00
2016 4.00
2017 4.00
2018 3.00
2019 1.00
2020 4.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology