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 (Lithuania, 81).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	Poland	Lithuania	Kazakhstan
2021	39,822	10,281	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	3,377	81
2020	42,260	10,061	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	4,010	95	803
2019	46,632	9,229	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	3,887	90
2018	46,617	8,921	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	4,207	81	789
2017	47,785	8,643	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	3,924	81	1,055
2016	48,480	8,848	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	4,261	95	993
2015	47,384		2,207	288,335	968,252	4,676	101	1,271
2014	48,154	8,601	2,294	285,096	801,135	3,941	123	1,742
2013	47,353	8,307	2,315	287,831	704,936	4,237	117	1,824
2012	46,620	8,439	2,375	268,782	535,313	4,410	109
2011	46,986	8,794	2,585	247,750	415,829	3,879	93	1,415
2010	47,047	8,877	2,527	241,977	293,066	3,203	108	1,691
2009	47,859	8,814	2,575	224,912	229,096	2,899	91	1,513
2008	49,240	8,588	2,421	231,588	194,579	2,488	87	1,483
2007	47,853	9,255	2,079	241,347	153,060	2,392	62	1,633
2006	48,012		2,168	221,784	122,318	2,157	65	1,433
2005	48,367		2,217	207,867	93,485	2,028	68	1,523
2004	48,448		2,187	189,536	65,786	2,381	70	1,756
2003	47,818		2,288	188,941	56,769	2,268	64	1,696
2002	47,598		2,122	184,245	39,806	2,313	85	1,594
2001	49,989		2,110	177,513	30,038	2,202	68	1,607
2000	51,736	7,877	2,465	164,795	25,346	2,404	66	1,399
1999	50,029	6,281	2,545	149,251	15,626	2,285	86	1,352
1998	46,523		2,451	134,733	13,751	2,407	134	1,244
1997	44,438		2,391	119,214	12,672	2,399	125	1,171
1996	42,322	6,997	2,348	106,892	11,628	2,411	100	1,022
1995	38,103		2,123	123,962	10,011	2,595	106	1,031
1994	36,715	7,872	1,748	107,233	11,191	2,676	112	1,393
1993	34,752	7,493	1,733	99,955	12,084	2,659	413	3,223
1992	33,919	7,568	1,753	92,425	10,022	2,891	134	433
1991	32,256		1,605	87,955	7,372	3,389	29
1990	30,724		2,147	90,643	5,832	4,106
1989	31,171		2,205	82,370	4,749	5,294
1988	31,912	2,289	2,158	75,192	4,780	6,280
1987	31,597		1,970	68,315	3,975	5,682
1986	32,169		1,866	65,195	3,494	5,486
1985	32,202	2,000	1,938	63,673	4,065	5,124
1984	31,984		1,840	61,841		5,090
1983	31,658		1,889	59,391		4,741
1982	30,668		1,873	63,316		4,482
1981	29,841		1,897	62,404		4,370
1980	28,683	6,369	1,826	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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