Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Malta, Australia. 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, United Kingdom: 7,2632021
Period covered: 1980 - 202142 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 329,229United States, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries: 5Malta, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States329,2292021
China159,0192021
Australia29,4432021
United Kingdom7,2632021
Netherlands1,3902021
Italy7972021
Spain1262021
Malta52021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Malta	Australia
2021	7,263	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019	5	29,443
2020	8,659	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	5	26,926
2019	7,189	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	7	27,121
2018	8,076	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	15	27,200
2017	8,771	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	7	26,403
2016	8,183	973	177	314	310,244	133,522	1	25,774
2015	7,934		221	287	301,075	133,612	2	26,314
2014	7,844	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	8	23,968
2013	7,966	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	4	26,656
2012	7,865	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	6	23,731
2011	6,916	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	6	23,143
2010	6,439	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	7	22,478
2009	6,480	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	21	21,187
2008	6,856	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	34	23,525
2007	7,624	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	29	24,122
2006	8,261		316	548	204,182	88,183	805	23,166
2005	10,155		313	633	182,866	79,842		21,302
2004	10,776		313	556	167,407	64,598	471	20,274
2003	11,198		367	573	153,500	48,548		19,176
2002	10,907		371	481	150,200	40,426	180	20,181
2001	10,658		467	543	148,958	33,412	107	20,548
2000	10,697	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	93	20,073
1999	10,399	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	72	17,960
1998	10,083		476	549	102,246	33,645	26	16,063
1997	10,171		496	637	101,282	12,102	24	15,398
1996	9,821	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	18	13,221
1995	8,891		553	569	104,180	8,688	13	12,277
1994	8,081	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	21	11,647
1993	7,922	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	16	11,284
1992	7,839	486	561	555	90,922	4,387	22	12,100
1991	8,357		746	595	84,160	4,051	21	11,762
1990	8,928		1,079	764	80,520	4,305	17	13,278
1989	9,637		2,318	993	76,337	4,910	13	12,901
1988	9,935	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872	14	12,431
1987	10,419		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084	17	12,611
1986	11,063		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515	12	12,349
1985	12,293	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	20	12,132
1984	13,735		8,916	2,139	49,443		15	12,178
1983	14,798	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312		16	11,542
1982	16,563		8,555	3,212	46,309		15	11,373
1981	18,406		8,509	4,228	44,009		17	11,378
1980	22,000	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231		17	10,259

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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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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