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IP.PAT.RESD

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 10,281 for Italy in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Armenia	Belgium	Azerbaijan
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	40	799	119
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	63	862	90
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	112	876	147
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	101	892	155
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	107	1,001	204
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	125	1,054	144
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	113	949	184
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	121	889	168
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	125	715	156
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	137	755	144
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	121	636	193
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	136	620	254
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	116	669	264
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	226	575	226
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	135	454	287
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	192	490	246
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	206	517	281
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786		514	270
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	151	519	246
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	200	601	234
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	140	571	203
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	119	577
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	109	591
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	75	690
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	62	792
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	162	776	165
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	187	732	221
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	154	744
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	184	809
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022		675
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372		625
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		643
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		681
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		636
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		548
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		794
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		771
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			869
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391			805
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			914
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			806
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			865

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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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