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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 (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Albania, 23).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Albania	Bulgaria	Croatia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	262,244	1.43 m	23	165	77
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	269,586	1.34 m		239	117
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	285,113	1.24 m	4	186	195
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	285,095	1.39 m	15	180	121
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	293,904	1.25 m	16	202	148
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	295,327	1.2 m	20	230	175
2015	47,384		2,799	288,335	968,252	14	280	169
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	285,096	801,135	10	218	170
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	287,831	704,936		282	230
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	268,782	535,313		245	217
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	247,750	415,829	3	262	230
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	241,977	293,066		243	257
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	224,912	229,096		242	250
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	231,588	194,579		249	330
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	241,347	153,060		211	344
2006	48,012		3,111	221,784	122,318		243	317
2005	48,367		3,040	207,867	93,485		261	363
2004	48,448		2,871	189,536	65,786		263	385
2003	47,818		2,813	188,941	56,769		278	387
2002	47,598		2,763	184,245	39,806		289	328
2001	49,989		2,528	177,513	30,038		283	362
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	164,795	25,346		231	337
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	149,251	15,626		282	246
1998	46,523		2,271	134,733	13,751		274	267
1997	44,438		2,237	119,214	12,672		394	273
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	106,892	11,628		316	259
1995	38,103		2,047	123,962	10,011		368	265
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	107,233	11,191		319	277
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	99,955	12,084		412	503
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	92,425	10,022		329	479
1991	32,256		2,156	87,955	7,372		422
1990	30,724		2,218	90,643	5,832		198
1989	31,171		2,087	82,370	4,749		63
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	75,192	4,780		6
1987	31,597		1,720	68,315	3,975		3
1986	32,169		1,649	65,195	3,494		1
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	63,673	4,065		2
1984	31,984		1,784	61,841			3,843
1983	31,658		1,498	59,391			3,811
1982	30,668		1,646	63,316			3,628
1981	29,841		1,718	62,404			3,673
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	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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