Patent applications - Patent applications among nonresidents

ACS Topics Research and Development Patent applications

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Antigua and Barbuda					8	7	7	15	10	12	8	5		3	8
Barbados			76	88	71	36	39	38	45	41			31
Belize			33		49	51	32	36	26	37	32	24	32	23	27
Colombia		1,694	1,662	1,739	1,770	1,848	1,781	1,898	1,921	1,658	1,777	1,808	1,735	1,752	1,855
Costa Rica	43	47	423	606	610	578	580	529	582	497	504	490	483	524	566
Cuba	26		180		184	140	143	126		163	145	126	88	76	86
Dominica										4	3	4	3	2	11
Dominican Republic		63	217	328	318	265	256	244	227	242	251	211	220	207	220
El Salvador	44					217	183	187	196	171	178	136	147	143	144
Grenada						26	33	17	9	17				16	16
Guatemala	97	250	388	374	327	337	319	288	341	266	275	228	231	205	249
Guyana	6					14	16	19	13	17	23	18
Haiti					13	15	11	19
Honduras	17	135			253	233	211		224	185	189	148	187		188
Jamaica	77	90	59	142	93	82	97	122	63	59	57	53	51	47	60
Mexico	4,400	12,630	13,851	13,625	12,990	14,020	14,234	14,889	16,707	16,103	15,850	14,869	14,636	13,180	15,044
Nicaragua		129			208	172	124	145
Panama	53	153		468	420	234	78	274	389	349	376	362	328	297	401
St. Kitts and Nevis									4	5	9	4
St. Lucia	2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines		2				2	8	8	7		3	4	3	5	11
Bahamas, The	25					83	75	113	68	34	48
Trinidad and Tobago		154	205			213	174	184	165	133	171	135	112	111	149
Venezuela, RB	1,090	2,292	2,232	1,773	1,564	1,461	1,389	1,377	928	560	338