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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	France	Latvia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	40	13,386	104
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	63	12,771	93
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	112	14,103	82
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	101	14,303	86
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	107	14,415	90
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	125	14,206	95
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	113	14,306	136
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	121	14,500	103
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	125	14,690	225
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	137	14,540	193
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	121	14,655	173
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	136	14,748	178
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	116	14,100	240
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	226	14,658	206
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	135	14,722	139
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	192	14,529	114
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	206	14,327	112
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786		14,230	108
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	151	13,511	91
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	200	13,519	150
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	140	13,499	117
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	119	13,870	98
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	109	13,592	91
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	75	13,251	195
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	62	13,252	162
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	162	12,916	196
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	187	12,419	210
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	154	12,519	179
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	184	12,638	155
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022		12,539	73
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372		12,597
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		12,378
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		12,592
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		12,437
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		12,695
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		12,155
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		12,050
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			11,333
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391			11,147
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			10,681
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			10,945
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			11,000

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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