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Dominican Republic vs Madagascar: Patent applications, residents

Dominican Republic
7
in 2021
Madagascar
6
in 2021
Dominican Republic rank
109th
Madagascar rank
111th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Dominican Republic
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 7 against 6 in Madagascar, a difference of 1.

That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Dominican Republic ranks 109th and Madagascar ranks 111th 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
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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.