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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 (Cyprus, 1).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Greece	Poland	Cyprus
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	394	3,377	1
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	400	4,010	2
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	356	3,887	4
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	430	4,207	4
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	498	3,924	8
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	606	4,261	3
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	550	4,676	6
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	651	3,941	4
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	698	4,237	2
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	628	4,410	4
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	722	3,879
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	728	3,203	4
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	698	2,899	6
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	628	2,488	11
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	575	2,392	3
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	532	2,157
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	462	2,028	20
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	379	2,381	9
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	393	2,268	12
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	376	2,313
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	385	2,202
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	306	2,404
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	290	2,285
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	276	2,407
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	293	2,399
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	267	2,411
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	266	2,595
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	267	2,676
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	221	2,659
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	222	2,891
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	188	3,389
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	241	4,106
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	216	5,294
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	205	6,280
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	1,539	5,682
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	1,249	5,486
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	1,121	5,124
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		1,277	5,090	2
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		1,191	4,741	2
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		1,264	4,482
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		1,221	4,370
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		1,265	6,198	1

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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