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

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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