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 (Cyprus, 1).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Cyprus	Slovenia	Latvia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1	222	104
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	2	232	93
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	4		82
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	4	255	86
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	8		90
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	3		95
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	288,335	6		136
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	4		103
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	2		225
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	4		193
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750		470	173
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	4	442	178
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	6	373	240
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	11	301	206
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	3	331	139
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	221,784		287	114
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	207,867	20	344	112
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	189,536	9	342	108
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	188,941	12	310	91
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	184,245		300	150
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	177,513		301	117
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795		307	98
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251		261	91
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	134,733		288	195
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	119,214		266	162
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892		288	196
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	123,962		314	210
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233		286	179
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955		277	155
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425		188	73
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	2
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889	59,391	2
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	1

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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