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 (Estonia, 1).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Belarus	Slovakia	Estonia
2021	18,747	797	126	329,229	159,019	110	13	1
2020	19,845	947	124	327,586	152,342	77	15	2
2019	20,802	898	159	336,340	157,093	95	28	1
2018	21,281	900	149	312,046	148,187	94	14	6
2017	19,927	1,031	176	313,052	135,885	90	23	4
2016	19,419	973	177	310,244	133,522	66	15	1
2015	19,509		221	301,075	133,612	148	28	6
2014	17,811	781	225	293,706	127,042	105	23	6
2013	15,814	905	218	283,781	120,200	145	26	17
2012	14,720	871	209	274,033	117,464	190	35	5
2011	12,458	927	196	255,832	110,583	146	33	15
2010	12,198	846	213	248,249	98,111	174	48	13
2009	11,724	903	207	231,194	85,508	173	63	20
2008	13,177	861	252	224,733	95,259	220	75	10
2007	13,139	870	265	214,807	92,101	257	106	19
2006	12,573		316	204,182	88,183	337	90	9
2005	11,855		313	182,866	79,842	296	95	15
2004	10,786		313	167,407	64,598	200	238	97
2003	10,663		367	153,500	48,548	298	1,437	584
2002	10,589		371	150,200	40,426	379	1,599	700
2001	10,486		467	148,958	33,412	214	1,696	699
2000	10,406	1,396	484	131,100	26,560	204	1,804	791
1999	9,502	1,172	506	116,512	34,418	345	1,683	604
1998	10,843		476	102,246	33,645	79	1,612	443
1997	11,291		496	101,282	12,102	414	1,578	360
1996	9,511	1,678	524	105,054	11,114	361	1,498	198
1995	8,055		553	104,180	8,688	415	1,400	63
1994	7,261	439	537	95,522	7,876	1,005	620	452
1993	6,995	483	563	84,241	7,534	666	681
1992	7,404	486	561	90,922	4,387
1991	7,784		746	84,160	4,051
1990	8,605		1,079	80,520	4,305
1989	9,168		2,318	76,337	4,910
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	68,644	4,872
1987	9,933		2,590	63,522	4,084
1986	10,945		8,581	55,721	4,515
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	51,562	4,493
1984	13,225		8,916	49,443
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	44,312
1982	17,158		8,555	46,309
1981	16,738		8,509	44,009
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	42,231

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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