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	United States	China	Lithuania	Switzerland	Iceland
2021	18,747	797	126	329,229	159,019	9	267	2
2020	19,845	947	124	327,586	152,342	18	301	3
2019	20,802	898	159	336,340	157,093	33	348	15
2018	21,281	900	149	312,046	148,187	24	332	10
2017	19,927	1,031	176	313,052	135,885	46	291	8
2016	19,419	973	177	310,244	133,522	58	309	3
2015	19,509		221	301,075	133,612	18	446	6
2014	17,811	781	225	293,706	127,042	42	568	13
2013	15,814	905	218	283,781	120,200	20	631	13
2012	14,720	871	209	274,033	117,464	15	1,508	7
2011	12,458	927	196	255,832	110,583	15	446	21
2010	12,198	846	213	248,249	98,111	6	533	19
2009	11,724	903	207	231,194	85,508	16	394	22
2008	13,177	861	252	224,733	95,259	18	439	31
2007	13,139	870	265	214,807	92,101	20	342	53
2006	12,573		316	204,182	88,183	34	362	326
2005	11,855		313	182,866	79,842	47	455	545
2004	10,786		313	167,407	64,598	44	434	463
2003	10,663		367	153,500	48,548	49	396	748
2002	10,589		371	150,200	40,426	46	466	379
2001	10,486		467	148,958	33,412	55	594	713
2000	10,406	1,396	484	131,100	26,560	61	468	825
1999	9,502	1,172	506	116,512	34,418	71	535	357
1998	10,843		476	102,246	33,645	71	564	254
1997	11,291		496	101,282	12,102	77	620	216
1996	9,511	1,678	524	105,054	11,114	78	718	75
1995	8,055		553	104,180	8,688	27	830	49
1994	7,261	439	537	95,522	7,876	180	892	108
1993	6,995	483	563	84,241	7,534	1,036	874	112
1992	7,404	486	561	90,922	4,387	117	903	121
1991	7,784		746	84,160	4,051		893	99
1990	8,605		1,079	80,520	4,305		1,081	113
1989	9,168		2,318	76,337	4,910		1,371	87
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	68,644	4,872		1,556	110
1987	9,933		2,590	63,522	4,084		1,764	91
1986	10,945		8,581	55,721	4,515		1,954	92
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	51,562	4,493		2,281	71
1984	13,225		8,916	49,443			2,714	70
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	44,312			3,038	62
1982	17,158		8,555	46,309			3,637	62
1981	16,738		8,509	44,009			4,430	79
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	42,231			5,613	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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