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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 (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Armenia	Slovakia	Greece
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	262,244	1.43 m	40	146	394
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	269,586	1.34 m	63	206	400
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	285,113	1.24 m	112	206	356
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	285,095	1.39 m	101	217	430
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	293,904	1.25 m	107	183	498
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	295,327	1.2 m	125	220	606
2015	47,384		2,799	288,335	968,252	113	228	550
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	285,096	801,135	121	211	651
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	287,831	704,936	125	184	698
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	268,782	535,313	137	168	628
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	247,750	415,829	121	224	722
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	241,977	293,066	136	234	728
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	224,912	229,096	116	176	698
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	231,588	194,579	226	167	628
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	241,347	153,060	135	239	575
2006	48,012		3,111	221,784	122,318	192	193	532
2005	48,367		3,040	207,867	93,485	206	155	462
2004	48,448		2,871	189,536	65,786		215	379
2003	47,818		2,813	188,941	56,769	151	210	393
2002	47,598		2,763	184,245	39,806	200	259	376
2001	49,989		2,528	177,513	30,038	140	246	385
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	164,795	25,346	119	236	306
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	149,251	15,626	109	213	290
1998	46,523		2,271	134,733	13,751	75	213	276
1997	44,438		2,237	119,214	12,672	62	224	293
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	106,892	11,628	162	195	267
1995	38,103		2,047	123,962	10,011	187	269	266
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	107,233	11,191	154	248	267
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	99,955	12,084	184	282	221
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	92,425	10,022			222
1991	32,256		2,156	87,955	7,372			188
1990	30,724		2,218	90,643	5,832			241
1989	31,171		2,087	82,370	4,749			216
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	75,192	4,780			205
1987	31,597		1,720	68,315	3,975			1,539
1986	32,169		1,649	65,195	3,494			1,249
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	63,673	4,065			1,121
1984	31,984		1,784	61,841				1,277
1983	31,658		1,498	59,391				1,191
1982	30,668		1,646	63,316				1,264
1981	29,841		1,718	62,404				1,221
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	62,098				1,265

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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