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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 (Iceland, 34).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Lithuania	Iceland	Germany
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	81	34	39,822
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	95	44	42,260
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	90	47	46,632
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	81	56	46,617
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	81	36	47,785
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	95	35	48,480
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	101	40	47,384
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	123	51	48,154
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	117	33	47,353
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	109	37	46,620
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	93	50	46,986
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	108	57	47,047
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	91	64	47,859
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	87	50	49,240
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	62	61	47,853
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	65	45	48,012
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	68	47	48,367
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	70	66	48,448
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	64	57	47,818
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	85	71	47,598
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	68	49	49,989
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	66	51	51,736
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	86	35	50,029
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	134	41	46,523
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	125	22	44,438
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	100	16	42,322
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	106	19	38,103
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	112	22	36,715
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	413	34	34,752
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	134	28	33,919
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	29	34	32,256
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		17	30,724
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		18	31,171
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		16	31,912
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		28	31,597
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		29	32,169
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		21	32,202
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			28	31,984
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391			32	31,658
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			18	30,668
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			14	29,841
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			19	28,683

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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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