Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Bulgaria. 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: 6Bulgaria, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States329,2292021
China159,0192021
Germany18,7472021
Netherlands1,3902021
Italy7972021
Spain1262021
Bulgaria62021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Bulgaria
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019	6
2020	19,845	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	7
2019	20,802	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	7
2018	21,281	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	18
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	23
2016	19,419	973	177	314	310,244	133,522	11
2015	19,509		221	287	301,075	133,612	11
2014	17,811	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	16
2013	15,814	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	15
2012	14,720	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	14
2011	12,458	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	21
2010	12,198	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	17
2009	11,724	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	24
2008	13,177	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	22
2007	13,139	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	28
2006	12,573		316	548	204,182	88,183	48
2005	11,855		313	633	182,866	79,842	52
2004	10,786		313	556	167,407	64,598	133
2003	10,663		367	573	153,500	48,548	680
2002	10,589		371	481	150,200	40,426	735
2001	10,486		467	543	148,958	33,412	785
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	709
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	616
1998	10,843		476	549	102,246	33,645	524
1997	11,291		496	637	101,282	12,102	538
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	407
1995	8,055		553	569	104,180	8,688	363
1994	7,261	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	531
1993	6,995	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	152
1992	7,404	486	561	555	90,922	4,387	351
1991	7,784		746	595	84,160	4,051	326
1990	8,605		1,079	764	80,520	4,305	331
1989	9,168		2,318	993	76,337	4,910	267
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872	253
1987	9,933		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084	311
1986	10,945		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515	211
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	248
1984	13,225		8,916	2,139	49,443		738
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312		728
1982	17,158		8,555	3,212	46,309		717
1981	16,738		8,509	4,228	44,009		871
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231		804

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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