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Patents Owned, Applied And Awarded, Annual

Description

Annual counts from 1994 through 2023 of patents owned, applied for, and awarded in Singapore, compiled by the Singapore Department of Statistics from Agency for Science, Technology and Research data in CSV time-series form. Innovation analysts track domestic patenting activity and R&D commercialisation indicators.

Official description

Source: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH Data Last Updated: 06/07/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M081351

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Coverage
1994-01-01 – 2023-12-31
Rows
9
Columns
31

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Patents Owned, As At End Of Period 17631.000000 15384.000000 16430.000000 12985.000000 10253.000000 10114.000000 9784.000000 11534.000000 8575.000000 6579.000000 5275.000000 5048.000000 4763.000000 5450.000000 6061.000000 5455.000000 5786.000000 4717.000000 3475.000000 2570.000000 2314.000000 1739.000000 1456.000000 1268.000000 1077 847 831 614 256 204
Public Sector 1921.000000 2059.000000 1807.000000 1657.000000 1558.000000 1536.000000 1679.000000 1612.000000 1463.000000 1356.000000 1295.000000 1251.000000 1208.000000 998.000000 1519.000000 1011.000000 1122.000000 965.000000 772.000000 624.000000 430.000000 315.000000 242.000000 223.000000 na na na na na na
Private Sector 15710.000000 13325.000000 14623.000000 11328.000000 8695.000000 8578.000000 8105.000000 9922.000000 7112.000000 5223.000000 3980.000000 3797.000000 3555.000000 4452.000000 4542.000000 4444.000000 4664.000000 3752.000000 2703.000000 1946.000000 1884.000000 1424.000000 1214.000000 1045.000000 na na na na na na
Patents Applied 5139.000000 4107.000000 3644.000000 2967.000000 2594.000000 2896.000000 2852.000000 1997.000000 2090.000000 1965.000000 2144.000000 1722.000000 1913.000000 1762.000000 1562.000000 1581.000000 1727.000000 2036.000000 1594.000000 1257.000000 1001.000000 936.000000 903.000000 774.000000 673 579 490 316 242 263
Public Sector 854.000000 915.000000 952.000000 904.000000 669.000000 655.000000 682.000000 912.000000 858.000000 834.000000 821.000000 698.000000 610.000000 499.000000 445.000000 354.000000 312.000000 475.000000 427.000000 480.000000 272.000000 276.000000 277.000000 116.000000 na na na na na na
Private Sector 4285.000000 3192.000000 2692.000000 2063.000000 1925.000000 2241.000000 2170.000000 1085.000000 1232.000000 1131.000000 1323.000000 1024.000000 1303.000000 1263.000000 1117.000000 1227.000000 1415.000000 1561.000000 1167.000000 777.000000 729.000000 660.000000 626.000000 658.000000 na na na na na na
Patents Awarded 3116.000000 2523.000000 1919.000000 1510.000000 1478.000000 1356.000000 1290.000000 988.000000 988.000000 911.000000 934.000000 817.000000 855.000000 653.000000 747.000000 730.000000 953.000000 933.000000 877.000000 599.000000 460.000000 451.000000 410.000000 239.000000 161 136 132 91 51 58
Public Sector 234.000000 232.000000 238.000000 234.000000 221.000000 255.000000 272.000000 267.000000 254.000000 204.000000 217.000000 155.000000 176.000000 131.000000 176.000000 144.000000 162.000000 156.000000 151.000000 166.000000 115.000000 101.000000 64.000000 32.000000 na na na na na na
Private Sector 2882.000000 2291.000000 1681.000000 1276.000000 1257.000000 1101.000000 1018.000000 721.000000 734.000000 707.000000 717.000000 662.000000 679.000000 522.000000 571.000000 586.000000 791.000000 777.000000 726.000000 433.000000 345.000000 350.000000 346.000000 207.000000 na na na na na na

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2023 Numeric No
2022 Numeric No
2021 Numeric No
2020 Numeric No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No
2015 Numeric No
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
2009 Numeric No
2008 Numeric No
2007 Numeric No
2006 Numeric No
2005 Numeric No
2004 Numeric No
2003 Numeric No
2002 Numeric No
2001 Numeric No
2000 Numeric No
1999 Text No
1998 Text No
1997 Text No
1996 Text No
1995 Text No
1994 Text No