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 (Lithuania, 9).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	Luxembourg	Lithuania	Czechia
2021	18,747	797	1,390	329,229	159,019	1,441	9	59
2020	19,845	947	825	327,586	152,342	679	18	56
2019	20,802	898	449	336,340	157,093	359	33	48
2018	21,281	900	394	312,046	148,187	243	24	54
2017	19,927	1,031	365	313,052	135,885	512	46	66
2016	19,419	973	314	310,244	133,522	301	58	47
2015	19,509		287	301,075	133,612	119	18	72
2014	17,811	781	288	293,706	127,042	90	42	62
2013	15,814	905	449	283,781	120,200	56	20	97
2012	14,720	871	338	274,033	117,464	52	15	150
2011	12,458	927	310	255,832	110,583	43	15	97
2010	12,198	846	240	248,249	98,111	21	6	114
2009	11,724	903	279	231,194	85,508	24	16	92
2008	13,177	861	311	224,733	95,259	23	18	142
2007	13,139	870	367	214,807	92,101	25	20	192
2006	12,573		548	204,182	88,183	26	34	195
2005	11,855		633	182,866	79,842	64	47	244
2004	10,786		556	167,407	64,598	18	44	629
2003	10,663		573	153,500	48,548	8	49	2,954
2002	10,589		481	150,200	40,426	42	46	5,031
2001	10,486		543	148,958	33,412	70	55	4,184
2000	10,406	1,396	529	131,100	26,560	91	61	4,384
1999	9,502	1,172	506	116,512	34,418	86	71	4,204
1998	10,843		549	102,246	33,645	68	71	3,771
1997	11,291		637	101,282	12,102	102	77	3,661
1996	9,511	1,678	633	105,054	11,114	77	78	3,247
1995	8,055		569	104,180	8,688	69	27	2,893
1994	7,261	439	501	95,522	7,876	74	180	2,593
1993	6,995	483	560	84,241	7,534	166	1,036	2,040
1992	7,404	486	555	90,922	4,387		117
1991	7,784		595	84,160	4,051	119
1990	8,605		764	80,520	4,305	165
1989	9,168		993	76,337	4,910	169
1988	9,332	8,000	1,068	68,644	4,872	248
1987	9,933		1,201	63,522	4,084	300
1986	10,945		1,464	55,721	4,515	407
1985	12,180	7,851	1,658	51,562	4,493	439
1984	13,225		2,139	49,443		496
1983	15,445	12,080	2,611	44,312
1982	17,158		3,212	46,309		616
1981	16,738		4,228	44,009		708
1980	19,900	9,971	5,532	42,231		897

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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