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El Salvador has been a member of WIPO since 1979 and is a signatory to over 14 WIPO treaties.

The national IP office of El Salvador is the Salvadoran Institute of Intellectual Property. The office is located in San Salvador.

Intellectual property landscape: El Salvador

IP legal information

IP statistics

  • Statistical IP profile including data on patent, utility models, trademark and industrial design applications

Global Innovation Index ranking

El Salvador ranks 98th among the 136 economies featured in the GII 2024.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.

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Year GII position Innovation inputs Innovation outputs
2024 98th 107th 89th
2023 95th 102nd 90th
2022 100th 101st 95th
2021 96th 100th 89th
2020 92nd 95th 87th

Use of WIPO global IP services & products: El Salvador

Patents

PATENTSCOPE

PCT System – the international patent system

IP in action: El Salvador