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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 (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	Armenia	Poland
2021	11,592	10,281	1,308	2,080	1.43 m	40	3,377
2020	11,990	10,061	1,431	2,198	1.34 m	63	4,010
2019	12,061	9,229	1,288	2,228	1.24 m	112	3,887
2018	12,865	8,921	1,525	2,111	1.39 m	101	4,207
2017	13,301	8,643	2,167	2,241	1.25 m	107	3,924
2016	13,876	8,848	2,745	2,290	1.2 m	125	4,261
2015	14,867		2,799	2,207	968,252	113	4,676
2014	15,196	8,601	2,953	2,294	801,135	121	3,941
2013	14,972	8,307	3,026	2,315	704,936	125	4,237
2012	15,370	8,439	3,266	2,375	535,313	137	4,410
2011	15,343	8,794	3,430	2,585	415,829	121	3,879
2010	15,490	8,877	3,566	2,527	293,066	136	3,203
2009	15,985	8,814	3,596	2,575	229,096	116	2,899
2008	16,523	8,588	3,632	2,421	194,579	226	2,488
2007	17,375	9,255	3,267	2,079	153,060	135	2,392
2006	17,484		3,111	2,168	122,318	192	2,157
2005	17,833		3,040	2,217	93,485	206	2,028
2004	19,178		2,871	2,187	65,786		2,381
2003	20,426		2,813	2,288	56,769	151	2,268
2002	20,624		2,763	2,122	39,806	200	2,313
2001	21,423		2,528	2,110	30,038	140	2,202
2000	22,050	7,877	2,710	2,465	25,346	119	2,404
1999	21,333	6,281	2,439	2,545	15,626	109	2,285
1998	19,530		2,271	2,451	13,751	75	2,407
1997	17,938		2,237	2,391	12,672	62	2,399
1996	18,184	6,997	2,274	2,348	11,628	162	2,411
1995	18,630		2,047	2,123	10,011	187	2,595
1994	18,384	7,872	2,136	1,748	11,191	154	2,676
1993	18,727	7,493	2,165	1,733	12,084	184	2,659
1992	18,848	7,568	2,076	1,753	10,022		2,891
1991	19,230		2,156	1,605	7,372		3,389
1990	19,310		2,218	2,147	5,832		4,106
1989	19,732		2,087	2,205	4,749		5,294
1988	20,536	2,289	1,816	2,158	4,780		6,280
1987	19,945		1,720	1,970	3,975		5,682
1986	20,040		1,649	1,866	3,494		5,486
1985	19,672	2,000	2,149	1,938	4,065		5,124
1984	19,093		1,784	1,840			5,090
1983	19,893		1,498	1,889			4,741
1982	20,530		1,646	1,873			4,482
1981	20,808		1,718	1,897			4,370
1980	19,612	6,369	1,876	1,826			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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