Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 7,263 for United Kingdom in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 329,229) to the lowest (Sierra Leone, 4).

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sierra Leone	Slovakia	Armenia
2021	7,263	126	1,390	329,229	159,019		13	8
2020	8,659	124	825	327,586	152,342	4	15	7
2019	7,189	159	449	336,340	157,093	5	28	4
2018	8,076	149	394	312,046	148,187	100	14	4
2017	8,771	176	365	313,052	135,885		23	3
2016	8,183	177	314	310,244	133,522		15	1
2015	7,934	221	287	301,075	133,612		28	2
2014	7,844	225	288	293,706	127,042		23	2
2013	7,966	218	449	283,781	120,200		26	6
2012	7,865	209	338	274,033	117,464		35	4
2011	6,916	196	310	255,832	110,583		33	19
2010	6,439	213	240	248,249	98,111		48	6
2009	6,480	207	279	231,194	85,508		63	11
2008	6,856	252	311	224,733	95,259		75	4
2007	7,624	265	367	214,807	92,101		106	5
2006	8,261	316	548	204,182	88,183		90	1
2005	10,155	313	633	182,866	79,842		95	2
2004	10,776	313	556	167,407	64,598		238
2003	11,198	367	573	153,500	48,548		1,437	6
2002	10,907	371	481	150,200	40,426		1,599	7
2001	10,658	467	543	148,958	33,412		1,696	15
2000	10,697	484	529	131,100	26,560		1,804	8
1999	10,399	506	506	116,512	34,418		1,683	16
1998	10,083	476	549	102,246	33,645		1,612	8
1997	10,171	496	637	101,282	12,102		1,578	121
1996	9,821	524	633	105,054	11,114		1,498	154
1995	8,891	553	569	104,180	8,688	5	1,400	98
1994	8,081	537	501	95,522	7,876		620	79
1993	7,922	563	560	84,241	7,534		681	30
1992	7,839	561	555	90,922	4,387
1991	8,357	746	595	84,160	4,051
1990	8,928	1,079	764	80,520	4,305
1989	9,637	2,318	993	76,337	4,910
1988	9,935	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872
1987	10,419	2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084
1986	11,063	8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515
1985	12,293	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493
1984	13,735	8,916	2,139	49,443
1983	14,798	8,352	2,611	44,312
1982	16,563	8,555	3,212	46,309
1981	18,406	8,509	4,228	44,009
1980	22,000	9,001	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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