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 (Iceland, 2).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Iceland	Uzbekistan	Lithuania
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	329,229	2	252	9
2020	19,845	947	124	825	327,586	3	232	18
2019	20,802	898	159	449	336,340	15	169	33
2018	21,281	900	149	394	312,046	10	180	24
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	313,052	8	196	46
2016	19,419	973	177	314	310,244	3	202	58
2015	19,509		221	287	301,075	6	219	18
2014	17,811	781	225	288	293,706	13	223	42
2013	15,814	905	218	449	283,781	13	258	20
2012	14,720	871	209	338	274,033	7	253	15
2011	12,458	927	196	310	255,832	21	274	15
2010	12,198	846	213	240	248,249	19	262	6
2009	11,724	903	207	279	231,194	22	174	16
2008	13,177	861	252	311	224,733	31	186	18
2007	13,139	870	265	367	214,807	53	198	20
2006	12,573		316	548	204,182	326	186	34
2005	11,855		313	633	182,866	545	180	47
2004	10,786		313	556	167,407	463	205	44
2003	10,663		367	573	153,500	748	171	49
2002	10,589		371	481	150,200	379	203	46
2001	10,486		467	543	148,958	713	443	55
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	131,100	825	213	61
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	116,512	357	361	71
1998	10,843		476	549	102,246	254		71
1997	11,291		496	637	101,282	216	367	77
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	105,054	75	53	78
1995	8,055		553	569	104,180	49	19	27
1994	7,261	439	537	501	95,522	108	64	180
1993	6,995	483	563	560	84,241	112	295	1,036
1992	7,404	486	561	555	90,922	121		117
1991	7,784		746	595	84,160	99
1990	8,605		1,079	764	80,520	113
1989	9,168		2,318	993	76,337	87
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	110
1987	9,933		2,590	1,201	63,522	91
1986	10,945		8,581	1,464	55,721	92
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	71
1984	13,225		8,916	2,139	49,443	70
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312	62
1982	17,158		8,555	3,212	46,309	62
1981	16,738		8,509	4,228	44,009	79
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231	58

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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