Switzerland: Patent applications by residents

Switzerland: Patent applications by residents

: For that indicator, The World Intellectual Property Organization provides data for Switzerland from 1960 to 2015. The average value for Switzerland during that period was 3500 patent applications with a minumum of 1477 patent applications in 2015 and a maximum of 6141 patent applications in 1971. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: 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.