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

Patent applications among residents (number)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Antigua and Barbuda5
Argentina9551,0621,054552688735643509546884393425442930406
Barbados312973
Bolivia9125985
Brazil2,3893,1794,0544,2284,6954,7984,9594,6594,6415,2005,4804,9805,4645,2804,666
Chile169241361328339336340452443386425406438372402
Colombia7599133183213251260321545595415422369432
Costa Rica15281781391815179198161215
Cuba10562382724322929273321
Dominican Republic5815151912162528201723107
Ecuador1011472420451634293335
El Salvador107443142
Guatemala2754177474107336779
Guyana11240
Haiti122
Honduras6428641048
Jamaica4111014202522337191126141016
Mexico6614315849511,0651,2941,2101,2461,3641,3101,3341,5551,3051,1321,117
Nicaragua142431
Panama15721913146833135342235
Paraguay161124183441410
Peru494027393954738367721008913712594
St. Lucia532
Bahamas, The2311234
Trinidad and Tobago124334112
Uruguay4424232022372623
Venezuela, RB262561217061657455473596