PAINTMAPS.comPatent applications, nonresidents (Africa) - 2021
* Data Description : 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.
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
* By changing the date from the drop-down menu, you can view statistics on maps since 2000.
* Countries with the highest value of "Patent applications, nonresidents" in the Africa (2021) : South Africa(9.156), Morocco(2.549), Egypt(1.343), Algeria(581), Gambia(91), Kenya(37), Seychelles(28), Madagascar(22), Mozambique(16), Mauritius(14).