Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Nicaragua, North Macedonia. 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: 4North Macedonia, 2013

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States329,2292021
China159,0192021
United Kingdom7,2632021
Netherlands1,3902021
Italy7972021
Nicaragua1452014
Spain1262021
North Macedonia42013

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Nicaragua	North Macedonia
2021	7,263	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019
2020	8,659	947	124	825	327,586	152,342
2019	7,189	898	159	449	336,340	157,093
2018	8,076	900	149	394	312,046	148,187
2017	8,771	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885
2016	8,183	973	177	314	310,244	133,522
2015	7,934		221	287	301,075	133,612
2014	7,844	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	145
2013	7,966	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	124	4
2012	7,865	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	172	3
2011	6,916	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	208	3
2010	6,439	846	213	240	248,249	98,111		1
2009	6,480	903	207	279	231,194	85,508		11
2008	6,856	861	252	311	224,733	95,259		5
2007	7,624	870	265	367	214,807	92,101		13
2006	8,261		316	548	204,182	88,183		4
2005	10,155		313	633	182,866	79,842		15
2004	10,776		313	556	167,407	64,598		9
2003	11,198		367	573	153,500	48,548		23
2002	10,907		371	481	150,200	40,426		209
2001	10,658		467	543	148,958	33,412		59
2000	10,697	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	129	53
1999	10,399	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	136	2
1998	10,083		476	549	102,246	33,645		60
1997	10,171		496	637	101,282	12,102		118
1996	9,821	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114		13
1995	8,891		553	569	104,180	8,688	35	76
1994	8,081	439	537	501	95,522	7,876		178
1993	7,922	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	34	50
1992	7,839	486	561	555	90,922	4,387	39
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	8,000	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	39
1985	12,293	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	33
1984	13,735		8,916	2,139	49,443		49
1983	14,798	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312		64
1982	16,563		8,555	3,212	46,309
1981	18,406		8,509	4,228	44,009
1980	22,000	9,971	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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