Technology

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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 (United States, 262,244) to the lowest (Estonia, 25).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Armenia	Slovakia	Estonia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	40	146	25
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	63	206	21
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	112	206	31
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	101	217	24
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	107	183	37
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	125	220	29
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	288,335	113	228	30
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	121	211	44
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	125	184	25
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	137	168	20
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	121	224	62
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	136	234	84
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	116	176	76
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	226	167	62
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	135	239	44
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	221,784	192	193	36
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	207,867	206	155	23
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	189,536		215	27
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	188,941	151	210	18
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	184,245	200	259	19
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	177,513	140	246	18
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	119	236	13
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	109	213	13
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	134,733	75	213	20
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	119,214	62	224	15
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	162	195	12
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	123,962	187	269	16
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	154	248	16
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	184	282
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	87,955
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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