Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, United States, China, Lithuania. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, France: 1,3732021
Period covered: 1980 - 202142 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 329,229United States, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries: 9Lithuania, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States329,2292021
China159,0192021
Germany18,7472021
United Kingdom7,2632021
Netherlands1,3902021
France1,3732021
Italy7972021
Lithuania92021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	Lithuania
2021	1,373	18,747	7,263	797	1,390	329,229	159,019	9
2020	1,542	19,845	8,659	947	825	327,586	152,342	18
2019	1,766	20,802	7,189	898	449	336,340	157,093	33
2018	1,919	21,281	8,076	900	394	312,046	148,187	24
2017	1,832	19,927	8,771	1,031	365	313,052	135,885	46
2016	2,012	19,419	8,183	973	314	310,244	133,522	58
2015	1,994	19,509	7,934		287	301,075	133,612	18
2014	2,033	17,811	7,844	781	288	293,706	127,042	42
2013	2,196	15,814	7,966	905	449	283,781	120,200	20
2012	2,092	14,720	7,865	871	338	274,033	117,464	15
2011	2,099	12,458	6,916	927	310	255,832	110,583	15
2010	1,832	12,198	6,439	846	240	248,249	98,111	6
2009	1,593	11,724	6,480	903	279	231,194	85,508	16
2008	1,761	13,177	6,856	861	311	224,733	95,259	18
2007	2,387	13,139	7,624	870	367	214,807	92,101	20
2006	2,720	12,573	8,261		548	204,182	88,183	34
2005	2,948	11,855	10,155		633	182,866	79,842	47
2004	3,060	10,786	10,776		556	167,407	64,598	44
2003	3,339	10,663	11,198		573	153,500	48,548	49
2002	3,389	10,589	10,907		481	150,200	40,426	46
2001	3,605	10,486	10,658		543	148,958	33,412	55
2000	3,483	10,406	10,697	1,396	529	131,100	26,560	61
1999	3,282	9,502	10,399	1,172	506	116,512	34,418	71
1998	3,544	10,843	10,083		549	102,246	33,645	71
1997	3,637	11,291	10,171		637	101,282	12,102	77
1996	3,484	9,511	9,821	1,678	633	105,054	11,114	78
1995	3,477	8,055	8,891		569	104,180	8,688	27
1994	3,520	7,261	8,081	439	501	95,522	7,876	180
1993	3,402	6,995	7,922	483	560	84,241	7,534	1,036
1992	3,547	7,404	7,839	486	555	90,922	4,387	117
1991	3,908	7,784	8,357		595	84,160	4,051
1990	4,260	8,605	8,928		764	80,520	4,305
1989	4,986	9,168	9,637		993	76,337	4,910
1988	5,194	9,332	9,935	8,000	1,068	68,644	4,872
1987	5,875	9,933	10,419		1,201	63,522	4,084
1986	6,369	10,945	11,063		1,464	55,721	4,515
1985	7,543	12,180	12,293	7,851	1,658	51,562	4,493
1984	8,867	13,225	13,735		2,139	49,443
1983	10,029	15,445	14,798	12,080	2,611	44,312
1982	11,561	17,158	16,563		3,212	46,309
1981	13,723	16,738	18,406		4,228	44,009
1980	16,989	19,900	22,000	9,971	5,532	42,231

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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