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	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Sierra Leone	Denmark	Lithuania
2021	7,263	797	126	329,229	159,019		186	9
2020	8,659	947	124	327,586	152,342	4	217	18
2019	7,189	898	159	336,340	157,093	5	228	33
2018	8,076	900	149	312,046	148,187	100	239	24
2017	8,771	1,031	176	313,052	135,885		282	46
2016	8,183	973	177	310,244	133,522		298	58
2015	7,934		221	301,075	133,612		270	18
2014	7,844	781	225	293,706	127,042		206	42
2013	7,966	905	218	283,781	120,200		193	20
2012	7,865	871	209	274,033	117,464		229	15
2011	6,916	927	196	255,832	110,583		197	15
2010	6,439	846	213	248,249	98,111		142	6
2009	6,480	903	207	231,194	85,508		131	16
2008	6,856	861	252	224,733	95,259		195	18
2007	7,624	870	265	214,807	92,101		197	20
2006	8,261		316	204,182	88,183		188	34
2005	10,155		313	182,866	79,842		165	47
2004	10,776		313	167,407	64,598		138	44
2003	11,198		367	153,500	48,548		153	49
2002	10,907		371	150,200	40,426		169	46
2001	10,658		467	148,958	33,412		188	55
2000	10,697	1,396	484	131,100	26,560		140	61
1999	10,399	1,172	506	116,512	34,418		131	71
1998	10,083		476	102,246	33,645		166	71
1997	10,171		496	101,282	12,102		218	77
1996	9,821	1,678	524	105,054	11,114		196	78
1995	8,891		553	104,180	8,688	5	250	27
1994	8,081	439	537	95,522	7,876		176	180
1993	7,922	483	563	84,241	7,534		254	1,036
1992	7,839	486	561	90,922	4,387		361	117
1991	8,357		746	84,160	4,051		370
1990	8,928		1,079	80,520	4,305		1,843
1989	9,637		2,318	76,337	4,910		4,683
1988	9,935	8,000	2,209	68,644	4,872		6,124
1987	10,419		2,590	63,522	4,084		4,759
1986	11,063		8,581	55,721	4,515		5,386
1985	12,293	7,851	9,149	51,562	4,493		5,236
1984	13,735		8,916	49,443			5,312
1983	14,798	12,080	8,352	44,312			4,920
1982	16,563		8,555	46,309			4,706
1981	18,406		8,509	44,009			4,745
1980	22,000	9,971	9,001	42,231			4,605

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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