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 (Malta, 5).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	Malta	Sweden	Poland
2021	18,747	797	1,390	329,229	159,019	5	425	111
2020	19,845	947	825	327,586	152,342	5	432	88
2019	20,802	898	449	336,340	157,093	7	388	112
2018	21,281	900	394	312,046	148,187	15	442	115
2017	19,927	1,031	365	313,052	135,885	7	305	117
2016	19,419	973	314	310,244	133,522	1	352	135
2015	19,509		287	301,075	133,612	2	390	139
2014	17,811	781	288	293,706	127,042	8	441	155
2013	15,814	905	449	283,781	120,200	4	163	174
2012	14,720	871	338	274,033	117,464	6	148	247
2011	12,458	927	310	255,832	110,583	6	337	244
2010	12,198	846	240	248,249	98,111	7	353	227
2009	11,724	903	279	231,194	85,508	21	463	241
2008	13,177	861	311	224,733	95,259	34	306	290
2007	13,139	870	367	214,807	92,101	29	398	361
2006	12,573		548	204,182	88,183	805	413	655
2005	11,855		633	182,866	79,842		438	4,555
2004	10,786		556	167,407	64,598	471	462	5,359
2003	10,663		573	153,500	48,548		703	3,973
2002	10,589		481	150,200	40,426	180	597	4,292
2001	10,486		543	148,958	33,412	107	574	4,328
2000	10,406	1,396	529	131,100	26,560	93	844	4,899
1999	9,502	1,172	506	116,512	34,418	72	853	4,671
1998	10,843		549	102,246	33,645	26	753	4,128
1997	11,291		637	101,282	12,102	24	940	3,950
1996	9,511	1,678	633	105,054	11,114	18	857	1,297
1995	8,055		569	104,180	8,688	13	924	1,265
1994	7,261	439	501	95,522	7,876	21	636	1,327
1993	6,995	483	560	84,241	7,534	16	614	1,013
1992	7,404	486	555	90,922	4,387	22	657	1,354
1991	7,784		595	84,160	4,051	21	702	1,086
1990	8,605		764	80,520	4,305	17	1,073	1,315
1989	9,168		993	76,337	4,910	13	1,270	843
1988	9,332	8,000	1,068	68,644	4,872	14	1,462	763
1987	9,933		1,201	63,522	4,084	17	1,695	769
1986	10,945		1,464	55,721	4,515	12	1,939	713
1985	12,180	7,851	1,658	51,562	4,493	20	2,322	770
1984	13,225		2,139	49,443		15	2,705	798
1983	15,445	12,080	2,611	44,312		16	2,958	783
1982	17,158		3,212	46,309		15	3,442	990
1981	16,738		4,228	44,009		17	3,968	1,188
1980	19,900	9,971	5,532	42,231		17	5,086	1,644

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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