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IP.PAT.RESD

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 39,822 for Germany in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	Armenia	Latvia	Bulgaria
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	1.43 m	40	104	165
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	1.34 m	63	93	239
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	1.24 m	112	82	186
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	1.39 m	101	86	180
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	1.25 m	107	90	202
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	1.2 m	125	95	230
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	968,252	113	136	280
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	801,135	121	103	218
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	704,936	125	225	282
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	535,313	137	193	245
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	415,829	121	173	262
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	293,066	136	178	243
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	229,096	116	240	242
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	194,579	226	206	249
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	153,060	135	139	211
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	122,318	192	114	243
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	93,485	206	112	261
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	65,786		108	263
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	56,769	151	91	278
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	39,806	200	150	289
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	30,038	140	117	283
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	25,346	119	98	231
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	15,626	109	91	282
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	13,751	75	195	274
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	12,672	62	162	394
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	11,628	162	196	316
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	10,011	187	210	368
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	11,191	154	179	319
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	12,084	184	155	412
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	10,022		73	329
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	7,372			422
1990	30,724		2,218	2,147	5,832			198
1989	31,171		2,087	2,205	4,749			63
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	2,158	4,780			6
1987	31,597		1,720	1,970	3,975			3
1986	32,169		1,649	1,866	3,494			1
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	1,938	4,065			2
1984	31,984		1,784	1,840				3,843
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889				3,811
1982	30,668		1,646	1,873				3,628
1981	29,841		1,718	1,897				3,673
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	1,826				3,297

World Bank definition

Patent applications, residents

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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