Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 18,747 for Germany in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 159,019) to the lowest (Moldova, 12).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	Belarus	Slovakia	Moldova
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	159,019	110	13	12
2020	19,845	947	124	825	152,342	77	15	11
2019	20,802	898	159	449	157,093	95	28	15
2018	21,281	900	149	394	148,187	94	14	21
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	135,885	90	23	37
2016	19,419	973	177	314	133,522	66	15	64
2015	19,509		221	287	133,612	148	28	60
2014	17,811	781	225	288	127,042	105	23	72
2013	15,814	905	218	449	120,200	145	26	29
2012	14,720	871	209	338	117,464	190	35	22
2011	12,458	927	196	310	110,583	146	33	11
2010	12,198	846	213	240	98,111	174	48	11
2009	11,724	903	207	279	85,508	173	63	5
2008	13,177	861	252	311	95,259	220	75	22
2007	13,139	870	265	367	92,101	257	106	14
2006	12,573		316	548	88,183	337	90	9
2005	11,855		313	633	79,842	296	95	11
2004	10,786		313	556	64,598	200	238	9
2003	10,663		367	573	48,548	298	1,437	3
2002	10,589		371	481	40,426	379	1,599	30
2001	10,486		467	543	33,412	214	1,696	17
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	26,560	204	1,804	10
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	34,418	345	1,683	15
1998	10,843		476	549	33,645	79	1,612	23
1997	11,291		496	637	12,102	414	1,578	57
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	11,114	361	1,498	135
1995	8,055		553	569	8,688	415	1,400	39
1994	7,261	439	537	501	7,876	1,005	620	296
1993	6,995	483	563	560	7,534	666	681	36
1992	7,404	486	561	555	4,387
1991	7,784		746	595	4,051
1990	8,605		1,079	764	4,305
1989	9,168		2,318	993	4,910
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	1,068	4,872
1987	9,933		2,590	1,201	4,084
1986	10,945		8,581	1,464	4,515
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	1,658	4,493
1984	13,225		8,916	2,139
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	2,611
1982	17,158		8,555	3,212
1981	16,738		8,509	4,228
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	5,532

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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