Singapore's Patent Stock Is Shrinking Even as Applications Climb
Singapore's private sector shed nearly 1,900 active patents in 2022, lowering the total to 14,810, while new applications climbed to a fresh record of
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Contains information from "Patents Owned, Applied And Awarded, Annual" accessed on 8 July 2026 from Singapore Department of Statistics (data.gov.
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from Singapore In a glass-walled patent law office near Raffles Place, the binder of active patent certificates got noticeably thinner last year.
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The total number of patents owned across Singapore fell to 14,810 by the end of 2022, the first contraction after a multi-year pandemic-era surge that peaked at 16,430 a year earlier.
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The city-state's stock of active patents hadn't declined in more than two decades. The private sector shoulders the biggest drop Corporate patent ownership bore almost all the pain.
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Private-sector holdings shrank from 14,623 at end-2021 to 12,765 a year later, a decline of more than 1,850 patents that wiped out three years of growth.
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The drop pulled the city-state's patent stock back to a level last seen in 2018. Public-sector ownership, meanwhile, continued its methodical rise.
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Government agencies, universities and research institutes added more than 200 patents, lifting their holdings to 2,045.
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Singapore's private sector shed nearly 1,900 active patents in 2022, lowering the total to 14,810, while new applications climbed to a fresh record of 4,107.