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 (Latvia, 4).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	Latvia	Lithuania	Bosnia
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	159,019	4	9	8
2020	19,845	947	124	825	152,342	1	18	5
2019	20,802	898	159	449	157,093	5	33	14
2018	21,281	900	149	394	148,187	24	24	12
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	135,885	7	46	12
2016	19,419	973	177	314	133,522	18	58	6
2015	19,509		221	287	133,612	1	18
2014	17,811	781	225	288	127,042	4	42	2
2013	15,814	905	218	449	120,200	8	20	22
2012	14,720	871	209	338	117,464	12	15	14
2011	12,458	927	196	310	110,583	10	15	12
2010	12,198	846	213	240	98,111	7	6	9
2009	11,724	903	207	279	85,508	3	16
2008	13,177	861	252	311	95,259	9	18	12
2007	13,139	870	265	367	92,101	8	20
2006	12,573		316	548	88,183	37	34	162
2005	11,855		313	633	79,842	57	47	306
2004	10,786		313	556	64,598	43	44	346
2003	10,663		367	573	48,548	24	49	242
2002	10,589		371	481	40,426	64	46
2001	10,486		467	543	33,412	63	55	309
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	26,560	81	61	242
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	34,418	91	71	105
1998	10,843		476	549	33,645	90	71
1997	11,291		496	637	12,102	40	77
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	11,114	273	78
1995	8,055		553	569	8,688	90	27
1994	7,261	439	537	501	7,876	87	180
1993	6,995	483	563	560	7,534	163	1,036
1992	7,404	486	561	555	4,387	70	117
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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