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South Africa
Patent applications, residents

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.

Global rank#20out of 113 countries
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Historical trend

5.1 K3.9 K2.6 K1.4 K138198020012021South Africa · 2021: 1,804.00South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 1,804.00 for Patent applications, residents in 2021, ranking #20 globally out of 113 countries.
  • Patent applications, residents declined from 3,092.00 in 1980 to 1,804.00 in 2021, a decrease of 1,288.00.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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