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.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1963 | 1654 |
| 1964 | 1785 |
| 1965 | 2015 |
| 1966 | 2466 |
| 1967 | |
| 1968 | 2392 |
| 1969 | |
| 1970 | 2428 |
| 1971 | 2592 |
| 1972 | 2649 |
| 1973 | 2683 |
| 1974 | 2490 |
| 1975 | 2546 |
| 1976 | 2442 |
| 1977 | 2966 |
| 1978 | 2965 |
| 1979 | 2535 |
| 1980 | 3092 |
| 1981 | 3340 |
| 1982 | 3017 |
| 1983 | 4240 |
| 1984 | 3874 |
| 1985 | 4051 |
| 1986 | 4730 |
| 1987 | 4922 |
| 1988 | 4829 |
| 1989 | 5134 |
| 1990 | 1093 |
| 1991 | 1023 |
| 1992 | 888 |
| 1993 | 904 |
| 1994 | 935 |
| 1995 | 883 |
| 1996 | 757 |
| 1997 | 355 |
| 1998 | 200 |
| 1999 | 138 |
| 2000 | 895 |
| 2001 | 966 |
| 2002 | 983 |
| 2003 | 922 |
| 2004 | 956 |
| 2005 | 1003 |
| 2006 | 866 |
| 2007 | 915 |
| 2008 | 860 |
| 2009 | 822 |
| 2010 | 821 |
| 2011 | 656 |
| 2012 |
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.