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 (Bosnia, 8).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Belarus	Portugal	Bosnia
2021	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019	110	42	8
2020	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	77	263	5
2019	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	95	104	14
2018	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	94	29	12
2017	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	90	36	12
2016	973	177	314	310,244	133,522	66	27	6
2015		221	287	301,075	133,612	148	20
2014	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	105	18	2
2013	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	145	22	22
2012	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	190	26	14
2011	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	146	75	12
2010	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	174	46	9
2009	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	173	46
2008	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	220	24	12
2007	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	257	31
2006		316	548	204,182	88,183	337	36	162
2005		313	633	182,866	79,842	296	47	306
2004		313	556	167,407	64,598	200	64	346
2003		367	573	153,500	48,548	298	40	242
2002		371	481	150,200	40,426	379	49
2001		467	543	148,958	33,412	214	56	309
2000	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	204	65	242
1999	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	345	114	105
1998		476	549	102,246	33,645	79	61
1997		496	637	101,282	12,102	414	101
1996	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	361	76
1995		553	569	104,180	8,688	415	120
1994	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	1,005	88
1993	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	666	180
1992	486	561	555	90,922	4,387		1,138
1991		746	595	84,160	4,051		3,453
1990		1,079	764	80,520	4,305		3,541
1989		2,318	993	76,337	4,910		3,311
1988	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872		2,410
1987		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084		2,258
1986		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515		2,191
1985	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493		1,906
1984		8,916	2,139	49,443			1,756
1983	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312			1,760
1982		8,555	3,212	46,309			1,734
1981		8,509	4,228	44,009			1,843
1980	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231			1,731

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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