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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 (Lithuania, 81).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Lithuania	Poland	Bulgaria
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	81	3,377	165
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	95	4,010	239
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	90	3,887	186
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	81	4,207	180
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	81	3,924	202
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	95	4,261	230
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	101	4,676	280
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	123	3,941	218
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	117	4,237	282
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	109	4,410	245
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	93	3,879	262
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	108	3,203	243
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	91	2,899	242
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	87	2,488	249
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	62	2,392	211
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	65	2,157	243
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	68	2,028	261
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	70	2,381	263
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	64	2,268	278
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	85	2,313	289
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	68	2,202	283
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	66	2,404	231
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	86	2,285	282
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	134	2,407	274
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	125	2,399	394
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	100	2,411	316
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	106	2,595	368
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	112	2,676	319
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	413	2,659	412
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	134	2,891	329
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	29	3,389	422
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		4,106	198
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		5,294	63
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		6,280	6
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		5,682	3
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		5,486	1
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		5,124	2
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			5,090	3,843
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391			4,741	3,811
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			4,482	3,628
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			4,370	3,673
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			6,198	3,297

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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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