Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Iraq, Bosnia, 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, Italy: 7972021
Period covered: 1980 - 202124 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 329,229United States, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries: 8Bosnia, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States329,2292021
China159,0192021
Japan66,7482021
Netherlands1,3902021
Italy7972021
Spain1262021
Iraq982020
Bosnia82021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Iraq	Bosnia	Japan
2021	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019		8	66,748
2020	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	98	5	61,124
2019	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	106	14	62,597
2018	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	77	12	59,937
2017	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	101	12	58,189
2016	973	177	314	310,244	133,522		6	58,137
2015		221	287	301,075	133,612	102		59,882
2014	781	225	288	293,706	127,042		2	60,030
2013	905	218	449	283,781	120,200		22	56,705
2012	871	209	338	274,033	117,464		14	55,783
2011	927	196	310	255,832	110,583		12	55,030
2010	846	213	240	248,249	98,111		9	54,517
2009	903	207	279	231,194	85,508			53,281
2008	861	252	311	224,733	95,259		12	60,892
2007	870	265	367	214,807	92,101			62,793
2006		316	548	204,182	88,183		162	61,614
2005		313	633	182,866	79,842		306	59,118
2004		313	556	167,407	64,598		346	54,665
2003		367	573	153,500	48,548		242	54,909
2002		371	481	150,200	40,426			51,586
2001		467	543	148,958	33,412		309	52,408
2000	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560		242	49,501
1999	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418		105	45,475
1998		476	549	102,246	33,645			42,551
1997		496	637	101,282	12,102			40,765
1996	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	18		36,514
1995		553	569	104,180	8,688	24		34,603
1994	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	25		33,363
1993	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	28		34,141
1992	486	561	555	90,922	4,387	25		33,875
1991		746	595	84,160	4,051			33,463
1990		1,079	764	80,520	4,305			34,360
1989		2,318	993	76,337	4,910	75		33,641
1988	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872	52		30,491
1987		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084	49		30,089
1986		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515	54		29,887
1985	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	77		28,622
1984		8,916	2,139	49,443		94		28,562
1983	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312		128		24,977
1982		8,555	3,212	46,309		129
1981		8,509	4,228	44,009		107
1980	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231		126		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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