Costa Rica: Patent applications by residents

Pour cet indicateur, The World Intellectual Property Organization fournit des données pour la Costa Rica de 1980 à 2021. La valeur moyenne pour Costa Rica pendant cette période était de 21 patent applications avec un minimum de 8 patent applications en 2010 et un maximum de 63 patent applications en 1991. Global rankings for that indicator are available here. You can compare trends over time here.

Définition: 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.