Patent Applications (Residents) rose 6.16% to 1,552 in Denmark in 2016

Patent applications of residents reached 1,552 in 2016 in Denmark, according to World Bank. This is 6.16 % more than in the previous year.

Historically, patent applications of residents in Denmark reached an all time high of 1,877 in 2004 and an all time low of 787 in 1971. When compared to Denmark's main peers, patent applications of residents in Germany amounted to 48,480, 2,290 in Netherlands, 1,227 in Norway and 2,032 in Sweden in 2016.

Denmark has been ranked 25th within the group of 114 countries we follow in terms of patent applications of residents, 1 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

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 a process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem.