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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 (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Sudan, 153).

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	United States	China	Sudan	Switzerland	Greece
2021	11,592	10,281	1,308	262,244	1.43 m		1,288	394
2020	11,990	10,061	1,431	269,586	1.34 m	153	1,384	400
2019	12,061	9,229	1,288	285,113	1.24 m	238	1,369	356
2018	12,865	8,921	1,525	285,095	1.39 m	349	1,283	430
2017	13,301	8,643	2,167	293,904	1.25 m	281	1,337	498
2016	13,876	8,848	2,745	295,327	1.2 m	284	1,462	606
2015	14,867		2,799	288,335	968,252	267	1,477	550
2014	15,196	8,601	2,953	285,096	801,135		1,480	651
2013	14,972	8,307	3,026	287,831	704,936	269	1,525	698
2012	15,370	8,439	3,266	268,782	535,313		1,480	628
2011	15,343	8,794	3,430	247,750	415,829	249	1,597	722
2010	15,490	8,877	3,566	241,977	293,066	252	1,622	728
2009	15,985	8,814	3,596	224,912	229,096	332	1,684	698
2008	16,523	8,588	3,632	231,588	194,579	340	1,594	628
2007	17,375	9,255	3,267	241,347	153,060	3	1,692	575
2006	17,484		3,111	221,784	122,318	3	1,740	532
2005	17,833		3,040	207,867	93,485	6	1,643	462
2004	19,178		2,871	189,536	65,786	4	1,742	379
2003	20,426		2,813	188,941	56,769	6	1,831	393
2002	20,624		2,763	184,245	39,806	2	1,827	376
2001	21,423		2,528	177,513	30,038	1	1,859	385
2000	22,050	7,877	2,710	164,795	25,346	6	2,083	306
1999	21,333	6,281	2,439	149,251	15,626	2	1,916	290
1998	19,530		2,271	134,733	13,751		2,025	276
1997	17,938		2,237	119,214	12,672		2,408	293
1996	18,184	6,997	2,274	106,892	11,628		2,504	267
1995	18,630		2,047	123,962	10,011		2,890	266
1994	18,384	7,872	2,136	107,233	11,191		3,033	267
1993	18,727	7,493	2,165	99,955	12,084		2,999	221
1992	18,848	7,568	2,076	92,425	10,022		3,068	222
1991	19,230		2,156	87,955	7,372		2,949	188
1990	19,310		2,218	90,643	5,832		2,987	241
1989	19,732		2,087	82,370	4,749		3,247	216
1988	20,536	2,289	1,816	75,192	4,780		3,236	205
1987	19,945		1,720	68,315	3,975		3,298	1,539
1986	20,040		1,649	65,195	3,494		3,199	1,249
1985	19,672	2,000	2,149	63,673	4,065		3,191	1,121
1984	19,093		1,784	61,841			3,393	1,277
1983	19,893		1,498	59,391		7	3,817	1,191
1982	20,530		1,646	63,316			3,845	1,264
1981	20,808		1,718	62,404			3,712	1,221
1980	19,612	6,369	1,876	62,098			4,049	1,265

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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