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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 (Slovakia, 146).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Switzerland	Slovakia	Bulgaria
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	1,288	146	165
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	1,384	206	239
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	1,369	206	186
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	1,283	217	180
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	1,337	183	202
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	1,462	220	230
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	1,477	228	280
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	1,480	211	218
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	1,525	184	282
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	1,480	168	245
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	1,597	224	262
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	1,622	234	243
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	1,684	176	242
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	1,594	167	249
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	1,692	239	211
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	1,740	193	243
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	1,643	155	261
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	1,742	215	263
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	1,831	210	278
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	1,827	259	289
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	1,859	246	283
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	2,083	236	231
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	1,916	213	282
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	2,025	213	274
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	2,408	224	394
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	2,504	195	316
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	2,890	269	368
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	3,033	248	319
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	2,999	282	412
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	3,068		329
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	2,949		422
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	2,987		198
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	3,247		63
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	3,236		6
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	3,298		3
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	3,199		1
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	3,191		2
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		3,393		3,843
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		3,817		3,811
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		3,845		3,628
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		3,712		3,673
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		4,049		3,297

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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