Technology

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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 (Croatia, 77).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Kyrgyzstan	Poland	Croatia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	262,244	1.43 m	83	3,377	77
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	269,586	1.34 m	63	4,010	117
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	285,113	1.24 m	92	3,887	195
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	285,095	1.39 m		4,207	121
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	293,904	1.25 m	137	3,924	148
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	295,327	1.2 m	84	4,261	175
2015	47,384		2,799	288,335	968,252	122	4,676	169
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	285,096	801,135	132	3,941	170
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	287,831	704,936	111	4,237	230
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	268,782	535,313	110	4,410	217
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	247,750	415,829	124	3,879	230
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	241,977	293,066	134	3,203	257
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	224,912	229,096	146	2,899	250
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	231,588	194,579	135	2,488	330
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	241,347	153,060	155	2,392	344
2006	48,012		3,111	221,784	122,318		2,157	317
2005	48,367		3,040	207,867	93,485		2,028	363
2004	48,448		2,871	189,536	65,786		2,381	385
2003	47,818		2,813	188,941	56,769	179	2,268	387
2002	47,598		2,763	184,245	39,806	123	2,313	328
2001	49,989		2,528	177,513	30,038	84	2,202	362
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	164,795	25,346	80	2,404	337
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	149,251	15,626	60	2,285	246
1998	46,523		2,271	134,733	13,751	111	2,407	267
1997	44,438		2,237	119,214	12,672	152	2,399	273
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	106,892	11,628	126	2,411	259
1995	38,103		2,047	123,962	10,011	119	2,595	265
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	107,233	11,191	132	2,676	277
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	99,955	12,084		2,659	503
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	92,425	10,022		2,891	479
1991	32,256		2,156	87,955	7,372		3,389
1990	30,724		2,218	90,643	5,832		4,106
1989	31,171		2,087	82,370	4,749		5,294
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	75,192	4,780		6,280
1987	31,597		1,720	68,315	3,975		5,682
1986	32,169		1,649	65,195	3,494		5,486
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	63,673	4,065		5,124
1984	31,984		1,784	61,841			5,090
1983	31,658		1,498	59,391			4,741
1982	30,668		1,646	63,316			4,482
1981	29,841		1,718	62,404			4,370
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	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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