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Ethiopia vs Romania: Patent applications, nonresidents

Ethiopia
54
in 2020
Romania
45
in 2021
Ethiopia rank
85th
Romania rank
87th

Patent applications, nonresidents over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Romania
0200400600800198020002021

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 54 against 45 in Romania, a difference of 9.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.2 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Romania ahead.

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 85th and Romania ranks 87th 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.