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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 (Slovenia, 222).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Portugal	Belarus	Slovenia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	262,244	1.43 m	711	276	222
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	269,586	1.34 m	695	317	232
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	285,113	1.24 m	703	298
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	285,095	1.39 m	661	453	255
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	293,904	1.25 m	644	434
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	295,327	1.2 m	724	455
2015	47,384		2,799	288,335	968,252	925	543
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	285,096	801,135	722	652
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	287,831	704,936	647	1,489
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	268,782	535,313	621	1,681
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	247,750	415,829	571	1,725	470
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	241,977	293,066	499	1,759	442
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	224,912	229,096	571	1,753	373
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	231,588	194,579	381	1,510	301
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	241,347	153,060	250	1,405	331
2006	48,012		3,111	221,784	122,318	184	1,188	287
2005	48,367		3,040	207,867	93,485	158	1,166	344
2004	48,448		2,871	189,536	65,786	123	1,065	342
2003	47,818		2,813	188,941	56,769	125	1,082	310
2002	47,598		2,763	184,245	39,806	130	895	300
2001	49,989		2,528	177,513	30,038	107	930	301
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	164,795	25,346	81	994	307
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	149,251	15,626	81	993	261
1998	46,523		2,271	134,733	13,751	96	910	288
1997	44,438		2,237	119,214	12,672	71	752	266
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	106,892	11,628	86	698	288
1995	38,103		2,047	123,962	10,011	81	624	314
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	107,233	11,191	103	683	286
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	99,955	12,084	88	828	277
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	92,425	10,022	69		188
1991	32,256		2,156	87,955	7,372	102		21
1990	30,724		2,218	90,643	5,832	101
1989	31,171		2,087	82,370	4,749	86
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	75,192	4,780	54
1987	31,597		1,720	68,315	3,975	61
1986	32,169		1,649	65,195	3,494	77
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	63,673	4,065	85
1984	31,984		1,784	61,841		96
1983	31,658		1,498	59,391		91
1982	30,668		1,646	63,316		92
1981	29,841		1,718	62,404		90
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	62,098		92

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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