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 (Croatia, 77).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Sweden	Austria	Croatia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1,771	1,872	77
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1,764	2,124	117
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1,802	2,066	195
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1,838	2,039	121
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1,992	2,073	148
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	2,032	2,078	175
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	288,335	2,038	2,205	169
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	1,984	2,092	170
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	2,332	2,162	230
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	2,288	2,258	217
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	2,004	2,154	230
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	2,196	2,424	257
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	2,186	2,263	250
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	2,549	2,298	330
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	2,527	2,385	344
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	221,784	2,446	2,271	317
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	207,867	2,522	2,270	363
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	189,536	2,768	2,248	385
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	188,941	3,025	2,120	387
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	184,245	3,358	1,932	328
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	177,513	3,926	1,815	362
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	4,224	1,961	337
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	4,142	2,028	246
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	134,733	3,972	1,957	267
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	119,214	4,130	1,910	273
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	4,111	1,909	259
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	123,962	3,941	1,728	265
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	3,953	1,989	277
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	3,760	2,190	503
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	3,291	2,117	479
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	87,955	3,154	2,076
1990	30,724		2,218	2,147	90,643	3,108	2,025
1989	31,171		2,087	2,205	82,370	3,147	2,105
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	3,260	2,212
1987	31,597		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,521	2,249
1986	32,169		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,685	2,210
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	3,840	2,269
1984	31,984		1,784	1,840	61,841	3,969	2,324
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889	59,391	4,283	2,345
1982	30,668		1,646	1,873	63,316	4,087	2,233
1981	29,841		1,718	1,897	62,404	3,914	2,390
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098	4,106	2,327

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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