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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 (Croatia, 77).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Belgium	Slovenia	Croatia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	799	222	77
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	862	232	117
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	876		195
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	892	255	121
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	1,001		148
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	1,054		175
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	949		169
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	889		170
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	715		230
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	755		217
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	636	470	230
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	620	442	257
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	669	373	250
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	575	301	330
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	454	331	344
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	490	287	317
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	517	344	363
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	514	342	385
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	519	310	387
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	601	300	328
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	571	301	362
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	577	307	337
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	591	261	246
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	690	288	267
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	792	266	273
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	776	288	259
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	732	314	265
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	744	286	277
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	809	277	503
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	675	188	479
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	625	21
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

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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