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IP.PAT.RESD

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Niger, Malaysia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, United Kingdom: 11,5922021
Period covered: 1980 - 202142 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 1.43 mChina, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries: 883Malaysia, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China1.43 m2021
United States262,2442021
United Kingdom11,5922021
Italy10,2812021
Netherlands2,0802021
Spain1,3082021
Malaysia8832021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Malaysia
2021	11,592	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	883
2020	11,990	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	989
2019	12,061	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	1,071
2018	12,865	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	1,116
2017	13,301	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	1,166
2016	13,876	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	1,109
2015	14,867		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	1,272
2014	15,196	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	1,353
2013	14,972	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	1,199
2012	15,370	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	1,114
2011	15,343	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	1,076
2010	15,490	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	1,231
2009	15,985	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	1,234
2008	16,523	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	818
2007	17,375	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	670
2006	17,484		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	531
2005	17,833		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	522
2004	19,178		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	522
2003	20,426		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	376
2002	20,624		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	322
2001	21,423		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	271
2000	22,050	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	206
1999	21,333	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	218
1998	19,530		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	193
1997	17,938		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	179
1996	18,184	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	221
1995	18,630		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	141
1994	18,384	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	223
1993	18,727	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	198
1992	18,848	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	151
1991	19,230		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	106
1990	19,310		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	92
1989	19,732		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	84
1988	20,536	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	73
1987	19,945		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	71
1986	20,040		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	29
1985	19,672	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	8
1984	19,093		1,784	1,840	61,841
1983	19,893		1,498	1,889	59,391
1982	20,530		1,646	1,873	63,316
1981	20,808		1,718	1,897	62,404
1980	19,612	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098

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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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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