France (2024)
1,378
number of applications
-29.8% YoY
YoY Change
-29.8%
number of applications
Trend
down
Series length
35
years of data

Data

France Patent Applications by Non-Residents (2024) — source data. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center.
Year number of applications YoY Change
2024 1,378 -29.8%
2023 1,964 +37.9%
2022 1,424 +3.7%
2021 1,373 -11.0%
2020 1,542 -12.7%
2019 1,766 -8.0%
2018 1,919 +4.7%
2017 1,832 -8.9%
2016 2,012 +0.9%
2015 1,994 -1.9%
2014 2,033 -7.4%
2013 2,196 +5.0%
2012 2,092 -0.3%
2011 2,099 +14.6%
2010 1,832 +15.0%
2009 1,593 -9.5%
2008 1,761 -26.2%
2007 2,387 -12.2%
2006 2,720 -7.7%
2005 2,948 -3.7%

About this Dataset

France recorded 1,378 number of applications in 2024. The latest change was -29.8%. Across 1990–2024 the series ranges from 1,373 in 2021 to 4,260 in 1990.

This page tracks patent applications filed in France by non-resident inventors from 1990 to present. Non-resident filings measure the attractiveness of a country's IP regime for foreign innovators and the depth of its technology import flows.

Data sourced from WIPO IP Statistics Data Center via its public REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks patent applications filed in France by non-resident inventors from 1990 to present. Non-resident filings measure the attractiveness of a country's IP regime for foreign innovators and the depth of its technology import flows. It is published by WIPO IP Statistics Data Center and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1990–2024 (35 observations).

The series peaked at 4,260 number of applications in 1990 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1,373 in 2021. The latest reading of 1,378 in 2024 represents a change of -29.8%.