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 (United States, 262,244) to the lowest (Albania, 23).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Albania	Latvia	Slovenia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	23	104	222
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586		93	232
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	4	82
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	15	86	255
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	16	90
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	20	95
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	288,335	14	136
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	10	103
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831		225
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782		193
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	3	173	470
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977		178	442
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912		240	373
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588		206	301
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347		139	331
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	221,784		114	287
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	207,867		112	344
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	189,536		108	342
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	188,941		91	310
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	184,245		150	300
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	177,513		117	301
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795		98	307
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251		91	261
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	134,733		195	288
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	119,214		162	266
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892		196	288
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	123,962		210	314
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233		179	286
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955		155	277
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425		73	188
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	87,955			21
1990	30,724		2,218	2,147	90,643
1989	31,171		2,087	2,205	82,370
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192
1987	31,597		1,720	1,970	68,315
1986	32,169		1,649	1,866	65,195
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673
1984	31,984		1,784	1,840	61,841
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889	59,391
1982	30,668		1,646	1,873	63,316
1981	29,841		1,718	1,897	62,404
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098

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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