Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 797 for Italy in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 329,229) to the lowest (Spain, 126).

Compare with the other technology indicators

Latest known valueclick to hide

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Belgium	Georgia	Denmark
2021	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019	415	164	186
2020	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	288	134	217
2019	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	257	112	228
2018	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	218	157	239
2017	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	216	157	282
2016	973	177	314	310,244	133,522	119	178	298
2015		221	287	301,075	133,612	148	172	270
2014	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	137	187	206
2013	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	161	219	193
2012	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	127	233	229
2011	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	127	260	197
2010	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	140	179	142
2009	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	148	218	131
2008	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	133	241	195
2007	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	163	316	197
2006		316	548	204,182	88,183	161	299	188
2005		313	633	182,866	79,842	105	250	165
2004		313	556	167,407	64,598	122	208	138
2003		367	573	153,500	48,548	188	171	153
2002		371	481	150,200	40,426	147	204	169
2001		467	543	148,958	33,412	264	221	188
2000	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	243	186	140
1999	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	249	190	131
1998		476	549	102,246	33,645	249	229	166
1997		496	637	101,282	12,102	269	205	218
1996	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	310	173	196
1995		553	569	104,180	8,688	355	420	250
1994	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	446	159	176
1993	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	679	178	254
1992	486	561	555	90,922	4,387	499	210	361
1991		746	595	84,160	4,051	574		370
1990		1,079	764	80,520	4,305	613		1,843
1989		2,318	993	76,337	4,910	663		4,683
1988	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872	776		6,124
1987		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084	889		4,759
1986		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515	1,334		5,386
1985	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	1,476		5,236
1984		8,916	2,139	49,443		1,966		5,312
1983	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312		2,261		4,920
1982		8,555	3,212	46,309		2,944		4,706
1981		8,509	4,228	44,009		3,918		4,745
1980	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231		5,104		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.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator IP.PAT.NRES, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

Latest known value for each country in the region, ranked from highest to lowest. Click a country to add it to your comparison: there is no longer any limit on how many countries you compare.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

Source: World Bank, World Bank Open Data Annual series, fetched server side and cached for 24 hours. The World Bank is never called from your browser.