Technology

Resident patents

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 (Montenegro, 5).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	Slovenia	Montenegro	North Macedonia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	1.43 m	222		42
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	1.34 m	232	5	47
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	1.24 m		16
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	1.39 m	255	3
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	1.25 m
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	1.2 m		10
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	968,252		23
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	801,135		13
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	704,936		23	42
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	535,313		37	50
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	415,829	470	20	37
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	293,066	442	23	27
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	229,096	373		39
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	194,579	301	3	34
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	153,060	331		105
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	122,318	287		55
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	93,485	344		53
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	65,786	342		44
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	56,769	310		48
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	39,806	300		42
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	30,038	301		66
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	25,346	307		71
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	15,626	261		64
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	13,751	288		84
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	12,672	266		66
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	11,628	288		52
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	10,011	314		100
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	11,191	286		58
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	12,084	277		78
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	10,022	188
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	7,372	21
1990	30,724		2,218	2,147	5,832
1989	31,171		2,087	2,205	4,749
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	2,158	4,780
1987	31,597		1,720	1,970	3,975
1986	32,169		1,649	1,866	3,494
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	1,938	4,065
1984	31,984		1,784	1,840
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889
1982	30,668		1,646	1,873
1981	29,841		1,718	1,897
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	1,826

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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