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 (United States, 329,229) to the lowest (Latvia, 4).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Bulgaria	Latvia	Poland
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	329,229	6	4	111
2020	19,845	947	124	825	327,586	7	1	88
2019	20,802	898	159	449	336,340	7	5	112
2018	21,281	900	149	394	312,046	18	24	115
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	313,052	23	7	117
2016	19,419	973	177	314	310,244	11	18	135
2015	19,509		221	287	301,075	11	1	139
2014	17,811	781	225	288	293,706	16	4	155
2013	15,814	905	218	449	283,781	15	8	174
2012	14,720	871	209	338	274,033	14	12	247
2011	12,458	927	196	310	255,832	21	10	244
2010	12,198	846	213	240	248,249	17	7	227
2009	11,724	903	207	279	231,194	24	3	241
2008	13,177	861	252	311	224,733	22	9	290
2007	13,139	870	265	367	214,807	28	8	361
2006	12,573		316	548	204,182	48	37	655
2005	11,855		313	633	182,866	52	57	4,555
2004	10,786		313	556	167,407	133	43	5,359
2003	10,663		367	573	153,500	680	24	3,973
2002	10,589		371	481	150,200	735	64	4,292
2001	10,486		467	543	148,958	785	63	4,328
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	131,100	709	81	4,899
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	116,512	616	91	4,671
1998	10,843		476	549	102,246	524	90	4,128
1997	11,291		496	637	101,282	538	40	3,950
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	105,054	407	273	1,297
1995	8,055		553	569	104,180	363	90	1,265
1994	7,261	439	537	501	95,522	531	87	1,327
1993	6,995	483	563	560	84,241	152	163	1,013
1992	7,404	486	561	555	90,922	351	70	1,354
1991	7,784		746	595	84,160	326		1,086
1990	8,605		1,079	764	80,520	331		1,315
1989	9,168		2,318	993	76,337	267		843
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	253		763
1987	9,933		2,590	1,201	63,522	311		769
1986	10,945		8,581	1,464	55,721	211		713
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	248		770
1984	13,225		8,916	2,139	49,443	738		798
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312	728		783
1982	17,158		8,555	3,212	46,309	717		990
1981	16,738		8,509	4,228	44,009	871		1,188
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231	804		1,644

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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