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IP.PAT.RESD

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 11,592 for United Kingdom in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Switzerland, 1,288).

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Switzerland	Sweden
2021	11,592	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	1,288	1,771
2020	11,990	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	1,384	1,764
2019	12,061	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	1,369	1,802
2018	12,865	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	1,283	1,838
2017	13,301	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	1,337	1,992
2016	13,876	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	1,462	2,032
2015	14,867	2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	1,477	2,038
2014	15,196	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	1,480	1,984
2013	14,972	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	1,525	2,332
2012	15,370	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	1,480	2,288
2011	15,343	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	1,597	2,004
2010	15,490	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	1,622	2,196
2009	15,985	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	1,684	2,186
2008	16,523	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	1,594	2,549
2007	17,375	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	1,692	2,527
2006	17,484	3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	1,740	2,446
2005	17,833	3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	1,643	2,522
2004	19,178	2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	1,742	2,768
2003	20,426	2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	1,831	3,025
2002	20,624	2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	1,827	3,358
2001	21,423	2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	1,859	3,926
2000	22,050	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	2,083	4,224
1999	21,333	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	1,916	4,142
1998	19,530	2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	2,025	3,972
1997	17,938	2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	2,408	4,130
1996	18,184	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	2,504	4,111
1995	18,630	2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	2,890	3,941
1994	18,384	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	3,033	3,953
1993	18,727	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	2,999	3,760
1992	18,848	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	3,068	3,291
1991	19,230	2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	2,949	3,154
1990	19,310	2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	2,987	3,108
1989	19,732	2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	3,247	3,147
1988	20,536	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	3,236	3,260
1987	19,945	1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	3,298	3,521
1986	20,040	1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	3,199	3,685
1985	19,672	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	3,191	3,840
1984	19,093	1,784	1,840	61,841		3,393	3,969
1983	19,893	1,498	1,889	59,391		3,817	4,283
1982	20,530	1,646	1,873	63,316		3,845	4,087
1981	20,808	1,718	1,897	62,404		3,712	3,914
1980	19,612	1,876	1,826	62,098		4,049	4,106

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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