Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Japan. 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: 126Spain, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States329,2292021
China159,0192021
Japan66,7482021
South Africa9,1562021
United Kingdom7,2632021
Netherlands1,3902021
Italy7972021
Spain1262021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Africa	Japan
2021	7,263	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019	9,156	66,748
2020	8,659	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	6,146	61,124
2019	7,189	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	6,347	62,597
2018	8,076	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	6,258	59,937
2017	8,771	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	6,816	58,189
2016	8,183	973	177	314	310,244	133,522	6,506	58,137
2015	7,934		221	287	301,075	133,612	6,608	59,882
2014	7,844	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	6,750	60,030
2013	7,966	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	6,657	56,705
2012	7,865	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	6,836	55,783
2011	6,916	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	6,589	55,030
2010	6,439	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	5,562	54,517
2009	6,480	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	5,913	53,281
2008	6,856	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	7,081	60,892
2007	7,624	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	7,402	62,793
2006	8,261		316	548	204,182	88,183	6,739	61,614
2005	10,155		313	633	182,866	79,842	6,001	59,118
2004	10,776		313	556	167,407	64,598	5,833	54,665
2003	11,198		367	573	153,500	48,548	5,303	54,909
2002	10,907		371	481	150,200	40,426	5,617	51,586
2001	10,658		467	543	148,958	33,412	5,427	52,408
2000	10,697	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	2,400	49,501
1999	10,399	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	3,002	45,475
1998	10,083		476	549	102,246	33,645	7,190	42,551
1997	10,171		496	637	101,282	12,102	6,917	40,765
1996	9,821	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	6,115	36,514
1995	8,891		553	569	104,180	8,688	5,482	34,603
1994	8,081	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	4,968	33,363
1993	7,922	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	4,282	34,141
1992	7,839	486	561	555	90,922	4,387	4,423	33,875
1991	8,357		746	595	84,160	4,051	4,654	33,463
1990	8,928		1,079	764	80,520	4,305	4,943	34,360
1989	9,637		2,318	993	76,337	4,910	4,842	33,641
1988	9,935	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872	4,905	30,491
1987	10,419		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084	4,844	30,089
1986	11,063		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515	5,046	29,887
1985	12,293	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	5,849	28,622
1984	13,735		8,916	2,139	49,443		6,275	28,562
1983	14,798	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312		5,479	24,977
1982	16,563		8,555	3,212	46,309		6,585
1981	18,406		8,509	4,228	44,009		5,694
1980	22,000	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231		5,024	25,290

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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