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 (Slovenia, 17).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Luxembourg	Sweden	Slovenia
2021	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019	1,441	425	17
2020	947	124	825	327,586	152,342	679	432	12
2019	898	159	449	336,340	157,093	359	388
2018	900	149	394	312,046	148,187	243	442	23
2017	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885	512	305
2016	973	177	314	310,244	133,522	301	352
2015		221	287	301,075	133,612	119	390
2014	781	225	288	293,706	127,042	90	441
2013	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	56	163
2012	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	52	148
2011	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	43	337	11
2010	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	21	353	11
2009	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	24	463	12
2008	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	23	306	6
2007	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	25	398	15
2006		316	548	204,182	88,183	26	413	12
2005		313	633	182,866	79,842	64	438	29
2004		313	556	167,407	64,598	18	462	42
2003		367	573	153,500	48,548	8	703	60
2002		371	481	150,200	40,426	42	597	101
2001		467	543	148,958	33,412	70	574	107
2000	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	91	844	124
1999	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	86	853	138
1998		476	549	102,246	33,645	68	753	127
1997		496	637	101,282	12,102	102	940	238
1996	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	77	857	201
1995		553	569	104,180	8,688	69	924	116
1994	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	74	636	404
1993	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	166	614	784
1992	486	561	555	90,922	4,387		657	409
1991		746	595	84,160	4,051	119	702	1
1990		1,079	764	80,520	4,305	165	1,073
1989		2,318	993	76,337	4,910	169	1,270
1988	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872	248	1,462
1987		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084	300	1,695
1986		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515	407	1,939
1985	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493	439	2,322
1984		8,916	2,139	49,443		496	2,705
1983	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312			2,958
1982		8,555	3,212	46,309		616	3,442
1981		8,509	4,228	44,009		708	3,968
1980	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231		897	5,086

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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