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 (Bulgaria, 6).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Switzerland	Slovenia	Bulgaria
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	329,229	267	17	6
2020	19,845	947	124	825	327,586	301	12	7
2019	20,802	898	159	449	336,340	348		7
2018	21,281	900	149	394	312,046	332	23	18
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	313,052	291		23
2016	19,419	973	177	314	310,244	309		11
2015	19,509		221	287	301,075	446		11
2014	17,811	781	225	288	293,706	568		16
2013	15,814	905	218	449	283,781	631		15
2012	14,720	871	209	338	274,033	1,508		14
2011	12,458	927	196	310	255,832	446	11	21
2010	12,198	846	213	240	248,249	533	11	17
2009	11,724	903	207	279	231,194	394	12	24
2008	13,177	861	252	311	224,733	439	6	22
2007	13,139	870	265	367	214,807	342	15	28
2006	12,573		316	548	204,182	362	12	48
2005	11,855		313	633	182,866	455	29	52
2004	10,786		313	556	167,407	434	42	133
2003	10,663		367	573	153,500	396	60	680
2002	10,589		371	481	150,200	466	101	735
2001	10,486		467	543	148,958	594	107	785
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	131,100	468	124	709
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	116,512	535	138	616
1998	10,843		476	549	102,246	564	127	524
1997	11,291		496	637	101,282	620	238	538
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	105,054	718	201	407
1995	8,055		553	569	104,180	830	116	363
1994	7,261	439	537	501	95,522	892	404	531
1993	6,995	483	563	560	84,241	874	784	152
1992	7,404	486	561	555	90,922	903	409	351
1991	7,784		746	595	84,160	893	1	326
1990	8,605		1,079	764	80,520	1,081		331
1989	9,168		2,318	993	76,337	1,371		267
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	1,556		253
1987	9,933		2,590	1,201	63,522	1,764		311
1986	10,945		8,581	1,464	55,721	1,954		211
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	2,281		248
1984	13,225		8,916	2,139	49,443	2,714		738
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312	3,038		728
1982	17,158		8,555	3,212	46,309	3,637		717
1981	16,738		8,509	4,228	44,009	4,430		871
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231	5,613		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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