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 (Latvia, 4).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Poland	Latvia	Sweden
2021	18,747	797	126	329,229	159,019	111	4	425
2020	19,845	947	124	327,586	152,342	88	1	432
2019	20,802	898	159	336,340	157,093	112	5	388
2018	21,281	900	149	312,046	148,187	115	24	442
2017	19,927	1,031	176	313,052	135,885	117	7	305
2016	19,419	973	177	310,244	133,522	135	18	352
2015	19,509		221	301,075	133,612	139	1	390
2014	17,811	781	225	293,706	127,042	155	4	441
2013	15,814	905	218	283,781	120,200	174	8	163
2012	14,720	871	209	274,033	117,464	247	12	148
2011	12,458	927	196	255,832	110,583	244	10	337
2010	12,198	846	213	248,249	98,111	227	7	353
2009	11,724	903	207	231,194	85,508	241	3	463
2008	13,177	861	252	224,733	95,259	290	9	306
2007	13,139	870	265	214,807	92,101	361	8	398
2006	12,573		316	204,182	88,183	655	37	413
2005	11,855		313	182,866	79,842	4,555	57	438
2004	10,786		313	167,407	64,598	5,359	43	462
2003	10,663		367	153,500	48,548	3,973	24	703
2002	10,589		371	150,200	40,426	4,292	64	597
2001	10,486		467	148,958	33,412	4,328	63	574
2000	10,406	1,396	484	131,100	26,560	4,899	81	844
1999	9,502	1,172	506	116,512	34,418	4,671	91	853
1998	10,843		476	102,246	33,645	4,128	90	753
1997	11,291		496	101,282	12,102	3,950	40	940
1996	9,511	1,678	524	105,054	11,114	1,297	273	857
1995	8,055		553	104,180	8,688	1,265	90	924
1994	7,261	439	537	95,522	7,876	1,327	87	636
1993	6,995	483	563	84,241	7,534	1,013	163	614
1992	7,404	486	561	90,922	4,387	1,354	70	657
1991	7,784		746	84,160	4,051	1,086		702
1990	8,605		1,079	80,520	4,305	1,315		1,073
1989	9,168		2,318	76,337	4,910	843		1,270
1988	9,332	8,000	2,209	68,644	4,872	763		1,462
1987	9,933		2,590	63,522	4,084	769		1,695
1986	10,945		8,581	55,721	4,515	713		1,939
1985	12,180	7,851	9,149	51,562	4,493	770		2,322
1984	13,225		8,916	49,443		798		2,705
1983	15,445	12,080	8,352	44,312		783		2,958
1982	17,158		8,555	46,309		990		3,442
1981	16,738		8,509	44,009		1,188		3,968
1980	19,900	9,971	9,001	42,231		1,644		5,086

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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