This article presents resident and nonresident patent applications in Iraq.
Patent applications in Iraq totaled 733 in 2020. Resident applicants filed 635, while nonresident applicants filed 98. Resident applications represented 86.6% of total filings. Total patent applications changed by +67.7% over five years.
In the common comparison year 2020, Iraq ranked 56th of 155 economies by total patent applications.
Iraq Patent Applications by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Patent applications, residents (IP.PAT.RESD); Patent applications, nonresidents (IP.PAT.NRES); Population, total (population); Research and development expenditure, % of GDP (GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS); Researchers in R&D, per million people (SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6).
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About the Indicators
Patent applications, residents. Patent applications filed with a national or regional patent office by applicants resident in the country, via the Paris Convention route or a national filing.
Patent applications, nonresidents. Patent applications filed in the country by applicants resident abroad.
Research and development expenditure, % of GDP. Gross domestic spending on research and development, expressed as a share of GDP.
Researchers in R&D, per million people. Professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes or systems, per million people.