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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 (Latvia, 104).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Slovakia	Netherlands	Latvia
2021	39,822	10,281	1,308	262,244	1.43 m	146	2,080	104
2020	42,260	10,061	1,431	269,586	1.34 m	206	2,198	93
2019	46,632	9,229	1,288	285,113	1.24 m	206	2,228	82
2018	46,617	8,921	1,525	285,095	1.39 m	217	2,111	86
2017	47,785	8,643	2,167	293,904	1.25 m	183	2,241	90
2016	48,480	8,848	2,745	295,327	1.2 m	220	2,290	95
2015	47,384		2,799	288,335	968,252	228	2,207	136
2014	48,154	8,601	2,953	285,096	801,135	211	2,294	103
2013	47,353	8,307	3,026	287,831	704,936	184	2,315	225
2012	46,620	8,439	3,266	268,782	535,313	168	2,375	193
2011	46,986	8,794	3,430	247,750	415,829	224	2,585	173
2010	47,047	8,877	3,566	241,977	293,066	234	2,527	178
2009	47,859	8,814	3,596	224,912	229,096	176	2,575	240
2008	49,240	8,588	3,632	231,588	194,579	167	2,421	206
2007	47,853	9,255	3,267	241,347	153,060	239	2,079	139
2006	48,012		3,111	221,784	122,318	193	2,168	114
2005	48,367		3,040	207,867	93,485	155	2,217	112
2004	48,448		2,871	189,536	65,786	215	2,187	108
2003	47,818		2,813	188,941	56,769	210	2,288	91
2002	47,598		2,763	184,245	39,806	259	2,122	150
2001	49,989		2,528	177,513	30,038	246	2,110	117
2000	51,736	7,877	2,710	164,795	25,346	236	2,465	98
1999	50,029	6,281	2,439	149,251	15,626	213	2,545	91
1998	46,523		2,271	134,733	13,751	213	2,451	195
1997	44,438		2,237	119,214	12,672	224	2,391	162
1996	42,322	6,997	2,274	106,892	11,628	195	2,348	196
1995	38,103		2,047	123,962	10,011	269	2,123	210
1994	36,715	7,872	2,136	107,233	11,191	248	1,748	179
1993	34,752	7,493	2,165	99,955	12,084	282	1,733	155
1992	33,919	7,568	2,076	92,425	10,022		1,753	73
1991	32,256		2,156	87,955	7,372		1,605
1990	30,724		2,218	90,643	5,832		2,147
1989	31,171		2,087	82,370	4,749		2,205
1988	31,912	2,289	1,816	75,192	4,780		2,158
1987	31,597		1,720	68,315	3,975		1,970
1986	32,169		1,649	65,195	3,494		1,866
1985	32,202	2,000	2,149	63,673	4,065		1,938
1984	31,984		1,784	61,841			1,840
1983	31,658		1,498	59,391			1,889
1982	30,668		1,646	63,316			1,873
1981	29,841		1,718	62,404			1,897
1980	28,683	6,369	1,876	62,098			1,826

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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