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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 (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Slovakia	Armenia	Bulgaria
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	146	40	165
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	206	63	239
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	206	112	186
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	217	101	180
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	183	107	202
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	220	125	230
2015	47,384		2,799	2,207	288,335	228	113	280
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	211	121	218
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	184	125	282
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	168	137	245
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	224	121	262
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	234	136	243
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	176	116	242
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	167	226	249
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	239	135	211
2006	48,012		3,111	2,168	221,784	193	192	243
2005	48,367		3,040	2,217	207,867	155	206	261
2004	48,448		2,871	2,187	189,536	215		263
2003	47,818		2,813	2,288	188,941	210	151	278
2002	47,598		2,763	2,122	184,245	259	200	289
2001	49,989		2,528	2,110	177,513	246	140	283
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	236	119	231
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	213	109	282
1998	46,523		2,271	2,451	134,733	213	75	274
1997	44,438		2,237	2,391	119,214	224	62	394
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	195	162	316
1995	38,103		2,047	2,123	123,962	269	187	368
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	248	154	319
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	282	184	412
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425			329
1991	32,256		2,156	1,605	87,955			422
1990	30,724		2,218	2,147	90,643			198
1989	31,171		2,087	2,205	82,370			63
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192			6
1987	31,597		1,720	1,970	68,315			3
1986	32,169		1,649	1,866	65,195			1
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673			2
1984	31,984		1,784	1,840	61,841			3,843
1983	31,658		1,498	1,889	59,391			3,811
1982	30,668		1,646	1,873	63,316			3,628
1981	29,841		1,718	1,897	62,404			3,673
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			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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