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Azerbaijan vs Latvia: Patent applications, residents

Azerbaijan
119
in 2021
Latvia
104
in 2021
Azerbaijan rank
65th
Latvia rank
68th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Latvia
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How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 119 against 104 in Latvia, a difference of 15.

That makes Azerbaijan's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Azerbaijan ahead.

Globally, Azerbaijan ranks 65th and Latvia ranks 68th of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Patent applications, residents
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
147 places, 4,224 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.