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Brazil vs Singapore: Patent applications, nonresidents

Brazil
19,566
in 2021
Singapore
12,566
in 2021
Brazil rank
9th
Singapore rank
12th

Patent applications, nonresidents over time

  • Brazil
  • Singapore
010.0k20.0k30.0k198020002021

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 19,566 against 12,566 in Singapore, a difference of 7,000.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.6 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Brazil ahead.

Globally, Brazil ranks 9th and Singapore ranks 12th of 150 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Patent applications, nonresidents
Source
WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
162 places, 4,548 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

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.