Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 18,747 for Germany in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (China, 159,019) to the lowest (Cyprus, 2).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	Croatia	Cyprus
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	159,019	11	2
2020	19,845	947	124	825	152,342	12	1
2019	20,802	898	159	449	157,093	16	1
2018	21,281	900	149	394	148,187	15
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	135,885	11	4
2016	19,419	973	177	314	133,522	13	1
2015	19,509		221	287	133,612	17	1
2014	17,811	781	225	288	127,042	30
2013	15,814	905	218	449	120,200	23	1
2012	14,720	871	209	338	117,464	32	8
2011	12,458	927	196	310	110,583	21	8
2010	12,198	846	213	240	98,111	21	4
2009	11,724	903	207	279	85,508	68	6
2008	13,177	861	252	311	95,259	71	10
2007	13,139	870	265	367	92,101	93	16
2006	12,573		316	548	88,183	119
2005	11,855		313	633	79,842	649	44
2004	10,786		313	556	64,598	839	85
2003	10,663		367	573	48,548	699	85
2002	10,589		371	481	40,426	703
2001	10,486		467	543	33,412	599
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	26,560	538
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	34,418	144
1998	10,843		476	549	33,645	352
1997	11,291		496	637	12,102	439
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	11,114	356
1995	8,055		553	569	8,688	335
1994	7,261	439	537	501	7,876	584
1993	6,995	483	563	560	7,534	746
1992	7,404	486	561	555	4,387	1,010	57
1991	7,784		746	595	4,051		53
1990	8,605		1,079	764	4,305		43
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		30
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	1,658	4,493		43
1984	13,225		8,916	2,139			54
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	2,611			46
1982	17,158		8,555	3,212			38
1981	16,738		8,509	4,228			34
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	5,532			66

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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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