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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 (Moldova, 64).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Switzerland	Slovakia	Moldova
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	1,288	146	64
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	1,384	206	85
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	1,369	206	85
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	1,283	217	92
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	1,337	183	73
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	1,462	220	91
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	1,477	228	64
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	1,480	211	67
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	1,525	184	67
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	1,480	168	93
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	1,597	224	97
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	1,622	234	139
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	1,684	176	134
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	1,594	167	273
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	1,692	239	333
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	1,740	193	303
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	1,643	155	377
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	1,742	215	297
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	1,831	210	293
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	1,827	259	239
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	1,859	246	437
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	2,083	236	240
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	1,916	213	256
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	2,025	213	257
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	2,408	224	295
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	2,504	195	289
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	2,890	269	270
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	3,033	248	237
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	2,999	282	67
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	3,068
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	2,949
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	2,987
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	3,247
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	3,236
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	3,298
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	3,199
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	3,191
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		3,393
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		3,817
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		3,845
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		3,712
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		4,049

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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