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 (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Poland	Armenia	Czechia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	3,377	40	541
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	4,010	63	673
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	3,887	112	765
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	4,207	101	678
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	3,924	107	794
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	4,261	125	792
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	288,335	4,676	113	880
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	3,941	121	910
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	4,237	125	984
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	4,410	137	867
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	3,879	121	783
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	3,203	136	868
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	2,899	116	789
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	2,488	226	712
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	2,392	135	716
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	221,784	2,157	192	641
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	207,867	2,028	206	586
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	189,536	2,381		623
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	188,941	2,268	151	625
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	184,245	2,313	200	526
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	177,513	2,202	140	568
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	2,404	119	555
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	2,285	109	596
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	134,733	2,407	75	624
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	119,214	2,399	62	579
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	2,411	162	614
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	123,962	2,595	187	626
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	2,676	154	756
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	2,659	184	893
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	2,891
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	87,955	3,389
1990	30,724		2,218	2,147	90,643	4,106
1989	31,171		2,087	2,205	82,370	5,294
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	6,280
1987	31,597		1,720	1,970	68,315	5,682
1986	32,169		1,649	1,866	65,195	5,486
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	5,124
1984	31,984		1,784	1,840	61,841	5,090
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889	59,391	4,741
1982	30,668		1,646	1,873	63,316	4,482
1981	29,841		1,718	1,897	62,404	4,370
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098	6,198

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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