This article presents resident and nonresident patent applications in Romania.
Patent applications in Romania totaled 817 in 2021. Resident applicants filed 772, while nonresident applicants filed 45. Resident applications represented 94.5% of total filings. Total patent applications changed by -23.1% over five years and by -44.2% over ten years.
In the common comparison year 2021, Romania ranked 53rd of 155 economies by total patent applications.
Romania 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.