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 (Bosnia, 8).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	Lithuania	Bosnia	France
2021	18,747	797	1,390	329,229	159,019	9	8	1,373
2020	19,845	947	825	327,586	152,342	18	5	1,542
2019	20,802	898	449	336,340	157,093	33	14	1,766
2018	21,281	900	394	312,046	148,187	24	12	1,919
2017	19,927	1,031	365	313,052	135,885	46	12	1,832
2016	19,419	973	314	310,244	133,522	58	6	2,012
2015	19,509		287	301,075	133,612	18		1,994
2014	17,811	781	288	293,706	127,042	42	2	2,033
2013	15,814	905	449	283,781	120,200	20	22	2,196
2012	14,720	871	338	274,033	117,464	15	14	2,092
2011	12,458	927	310	255,832	110,583	15	12	2,099
2010	12,198	846	240	248,249	98,111	6	9	1,832
2009	11,724	903	279	231,194	85,508	16		1,593
2008	13,177	861	311	224,733	95,259	18	12	1,761
2007	13,139	870	367	214,807	92,101	20		2,387
2006	12,573		548	204,182	88,183	34	162	2,720
2005	11,855		633	182,866	79,842	47	306	2,948
2004	10,786		556	167,407	64,598	44	346	3,060
2003	10,663		573	153,500	48,548	49	242	3,339
2002	10,589		481	150,200	40,426	46		3,389
2001	10,486		543	148,958	33,412	55	309	3,605
2000	10,406	1,396	529	131,100	26,560	61	242	3,483
1999	9,502	1,172	506	116,512	34,418	71	105	3,282
1998	10,843		549	102,246	33,645	71		3,544
1997	11,291		637	101,282	12,102	77		3,637
1996	9,511	1,678	633	105,054	11,114	78		3,484
1995	8,055		569	104,180	8,688	27		3,477
1994	7,261	439	501	95,522	7,876	180		3,520
1993	6,995	483	560	84,241	7,534	1,036		3,402
1992	7,404	486	555	90,922	4,387	117		3,547
1991	7,784		595	84,160	4,051			3,908
1990	8,605		764	80,520	4,305			4,260
1989	9,168		993	76,337	4,910			4,986
1988	9,332	8,000	1,068	68,644	4,872			5,194
1987	9,933		1,201	63,522	4,084			5,875
1986	10,945		1,464	55,721	4,515			6,369
1985	12,180	7,851	1,658	51,562	4,493			7,543
1984	13,225		2,139	49,443				8,867
1983	15,445	12,080	2,611	44,312				10,029
1982	17,158		3,212	46,309				11,561
1981	16,738		4,228	44,009				13,723
1980	19,900	9,971	5,532	42,231				16,989

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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