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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 (Iceland, 34).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	Croatia	Slovakia	Iceland
2021	39,822	10,281	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	77	146	34
2020	42,260	10,061	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	117	206	44
2019	46,632	9,229	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	195	206	47
2018	46,617	8,921	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	121	217	56
2017	47,785	8,643	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	148	183	36
2016	48,480	8,848	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	175	220	35
2015	47,384		2,207	288,335	968,252	169	228	40
2014	48,154	8,601	2,294	285,096	801,135	170	211	51
2013	47,353	8,307	2,315	287,831	704,936	230	184	33
2012	46,620	8,439	2,375	268,782	535,313	217	168	37
2011	46,986	8,794	2,585	247,750	415,829	230	224	50
2010	47,047	8,877	2,527	241,977	293,066	257	234	57
2009	47,859	8,814	2,575	224,912	229,096	250	176	64
2008	49,240	8,588	2,421	231,588	194,579	330	167	50
2007	47,853	9,255	2,079	241,347	153,060	344	239	61
2006	48,012		2,168	221,784	122,318	317	193	45
2005	48,367		2,217	207,867	93,485	363	155	47
2004	48,448		2,187	189,536	65,786	385	215	66
2003	47,818		2,288	188,941	56,769	387	210	57
2002	47,598		2,122	184,245	39,806	328	259	71
2001	49,989		2,110	177,513	30,038	362	246	49
2000	51,736	7,877	2,465	164,795	25,346	337	236	51
1999	50,029	6,281	2,545	149,251	15,626	246	213	35
1998	46,523		2,451	134,733	13,751	267	213	41
1997	44,438		2,391	119,214	12,672	273	224	22
1996	42,322	6,997	2,348	106,892	11,628	259	195	16
1995	38,103		2,123	123,962	10,011	265	269	19
1994	36,715	7,872	1,748	107,233	11,191	277	248	22
1993	34,752	7,493	1,733	99,955	12,084	503	282	34
1992	33,919	7,568	1,753	92,425	10,022	479		28
1991	32,256		1,605	87,955	7,372			34
1990	30,724		2,147	90,643	5,832			17
1989	31,171		2,205	82,370	4,749			18
1988	31,912	2,289	2,158	75,192	4,780			16
1987	31,597		1,970	68,315	3,975			28
1986	32,169		1,866	65,195	3,494			29
1985	32,202	2,000	1,938	63,673	4,065			21
1984	31,984		1,840	61,841				28
1983	31,658		1,889	59,391				32
1982	30,668		1,873	63,316				18
1981	29,841		1,897	62,404				14
1980	28,683	6,369	1,826	62,098				19

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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