Technology

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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 8 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 262,244) to the lowest (Latvia, 104).

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	Sudan	Slovakia	Latvia
2021	11,592	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244		146	104
2020	11,990	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	153	206	93
2019	12,061	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	238	206	82
2018	12,865	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	349	217	86
2017	13,301	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	281	183	90
2016	13,876	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	284	220	95
2015	14,867		2,799	2,207	288,335	267	228	136
2014	15,196	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096		211	103
2013	14,972	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	269	184	225
2012	15,370	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782		168	193
2011	15,343	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	249	224	173
2010	15,490	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	252	234	178
2009	15,985	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	332	176	240
2008	16,523	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	340	167	206
2007	17,375	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	3	239	139
2006	17,484		3,111	2,168	221,784	3	193	114
2005	17,833		3,040	2,217	207,867	6	155	112
2004	19,178		2,871	2,187	189,536	4	215	108
2003	20,426		2,813	2,288	188,941	6	210	91
2002	20,624		2,763	2,122	184,245	2	259	150
2001	21,423		2,528	2,110	177,513	1	246	117
2000	22,050	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	6	236	98
1999	21,333	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	2	213	91
1998	19,530		2,271	2,451	134,733		213	195
1997	17,938		2,237	2,391	119,214		224	162
1996	18,184	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892		195	196
1995	18,630		2,047	2,123	123,962		269	210
1994	18,384	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233		248	179
1993	18,727	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955		282	155
1992	18,848	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425			73
1991	19,230		2,156	1,605	87,955
1990	19,310		2,218	2,147	90,643
1989	19,732		2,087	2,205	82,370
1988	20,536	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192
1987	19,945		1,720	1,970	68,315
1986	20,040		1,649	1,866	65,195
1985	19,672	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673
1984	19,093		1,784	1,840	61,841
1983	19,893		1,498	1,889	59,391	7
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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