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Qatar vs United Arab Emirates: Patent applications, residents

Qatar
47
in 2021
United Arab Emirates
69
in 2021
Qatar rank
82nd
United Arab Emirates rank
79th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Qatar
  • United Arab Emirates
020406080201020152021

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 69 against 47 in Qatar, a difference of 22.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.5 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2012 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Globally, Qatar ranks 82nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 79th 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.