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 (Bulgaria, 165).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Switzerland	Slovenia	Bulgaria
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1,288	222	165
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1,384	232	239
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1,369		186
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1,283	255	180
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1,337		202
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1,462		230
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	288,335	1,477		280
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	1,480		218
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	1,525		282
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	1,480		245
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	1,597	470	262
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	1,622	442	243
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	1,684	373	242
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	1,594	301	249
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	1,692	331	211
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	221,784	1,740	287	243
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	207,867	1,643	344	261
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	189,536	1,742	342	263
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	188,941	1,831	310	278
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	184,245	1,827	300	289
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	177,513	1,859	301	283
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	2,083	307	231
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	1,916	261	282
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	134,733	2,025	288	274
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	119,214	2,408	266	394
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	2,504	288	316
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	123,962	2,890	314	368
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	3,033	286	319
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	2,999	277	412
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	3,068	188	329
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	87,955	2,949	21	422
1990	30,724		2,218	2,147	90,643	2,987		198
1989	31,171		2,087	2,205	82,370	3,247		63
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	3,236		6
1987	31,597		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,298		3
1986	32,169		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,199		1
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	3,191		2
1984	31,984		1,784	1,840	61,841	3,393		3,843
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889	59,391	3,817		3,811
1982	30,668		1,646	1,873	63,316	3,845		3,628
1981	29,841		1,718	1,897	62,404	3,712		3,673
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098	4,049		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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