Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Germany: 18,7472021
Period covered: 1980 - 202142 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 329,229United States, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries: 126Spain, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States329,2292021
China159,0192021
Germany18,7472021
South Africa9,1562021
United Kingdom7,2632021
Netherlands1,3902021
Italy7972021
Spain1262021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Africa
2021	18,747	7,263	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019	9,156
2020	19,845	8,659	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	6,146
2019	20,802	7,189	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	6,347
2018	21,281	8,076	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	6,258
2017	19,927	8,771	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	6,816
2016	19,419	8,183	973	177	314	310,244	133,522	6,506
2015	19,509	7,934		221	287	301,075	133,612	6,608
2014	17,811	7,844	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	6,750
2013	15,814	7,966	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	6,657
2012	14,720	7,865	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	6,836
2011	12,458	6,916	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	6,589
2010	12,198	6,439	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	5,562
2009	11,724	6,480	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	5,913
2008	13,177	6,856	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	7,081
2007	13,139	7,624	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	7,402
2006	12,573	8,261		316	548	204,182	88,183	6,739
2005	11,855	10,155		313	633	182,866	79,842	6,001
2004	10,786	10,776		313	556	167,407	64,598	5,833
2003	10,663	11,198		367	573	153,500	48,548	5,303
2002	10,589	10,907		371	481	150,200	40,426	5,617
2001	10,486	10,658		467	543	148,958	33,412	5,427
2000	10,406	10,697	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	2,400
1999	9,502	10,399	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	3,002
1998	10,843	10,083		476	549	102,246	33,645	7,190
1997	11,291	10,171		496	637	101,282	12,102	6,917
1996	9,511	9,821	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	6,115
1995	8,055	8,891		553	569	104,180	8,688	5,482
1994	7,261	8,081	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	4,968
1993	6,995	7,922	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	4,282
1992	7,404	7,839	486	561	555	90,922	4,387	4,423
1991	7,784	8,357		746	595	84,160	4,051	4,654
1990	8,605	8,928		1,079	764	80,520	4,305	4,943
1989	9,168	9,637		2,318	993	76,337	4,910	4,842
1988	9,332	9,935	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872	4,905
1987	9,933	10,419		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084	4,844
1986	10,945	11,063		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515	5,046
1985	12,180	12,293	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	5,849
1984	13,225	13,735		8,916	2,139	49,443		6,275
1983	15,445	14,798	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312		5,479
1982	17,158	16,563		8,555	3,212	46,309		6,585
1981	16,738	18,406		8,509	4,228	44,009		5,694
1980	19,900	22,000	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231		5,024

World Bank definition

Patent applications, nonresidents

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.

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