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 (Poland, 111).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Sweden	Denmark	Poland
2021	18,747	797	126	1,390	329,229	425	186	111
2020	19,845	947	124	825	327,586	432	217	88
2019	20,802	898	159	449	336,340	388	228	112
2018	21,281	900	149	394	312,046	442	239	115
2017	19,927	1,031	176	365	313,052	305	282	117
2016	19,419	973	177	314	310,244	352	298	135
2015	19,509		221	287	301,075	390	270	139
2014	17,811	781	225	288	293,706	441	206	155
2013	15,814	905	218	449	283,781	163	193	174
2012	14,720	871	209	338	274,033	148	229	247
2011	12,458	927	196	310	255,832	337	197	244
2010	12,198	846	213	240	248,249	353	142	227
2009	11,724	903	207	279	231,194	463	131	241
2008	13,177	861	252	311	224,733	306	195	290
2007	13,139	870	265	367	214,807	398	197	361
2006	12,573		316	548	204,182	413	188	655
2005	11,855		313	633	182,866	438	165	4,555
2004	10,786		313	556	167,407	462	138	5,359
2003	10,663		367	573	153,500	703	153	3,973
2002	10,589		371	481	150,200	597	169	4,292
2001	10,486		467	543	148,958	574	188	4,328
2000	10,406	1,396	484	529	131,100	844	140	4,899
1999	9,502	1,172	506	506	116,512	853	131	4,671
1998	10,843		476	549	102,246	753	166	4,128
1997	11,291		496	637	101,282	940	218	3,950
1996	9,511	1,678	524	633	105,054	857	196	1,297
1995	8,055		553	569	104,180	924	250	1,265
1994	7,261	439	537	501	95,522	636	176	1,327
1993	6,995	483	563	560	84,241	614	254	1,013
1992	7,404	486	561	555	90,922	657	361	1,354
1991	7,784		746	595	84,160	702	370	1,086
1990	8,605		1,079	764	80,520	1,073	1,843	1,315
1989	9,168		2,318	993	76,337	1,270	4,683	843
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	1,462	6,124	763
1987	9,933		2,590	1,201	63,522	1,695	4,759	769
1986	10,945		8,581	1,464	55,721	1,939	5,386	713
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	2,322	5,236	770
1984	13,225		8,916	2,139	49,443	2,705	5,312	798
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312	2,958	4,920	783
1982	17,158		8,555	3,212	46,309	3,442	4,706	990
1981	16,738		8,509	4,228	44,009	3,968	4,745	1,188
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231	5,086	4,605	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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