Technology

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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 (North Macedonia, 42).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Luxembourg	Poland	North Macedonia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	112	3,377	42
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	129	4,010	47
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	117	3,887
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	152	4,207
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	156	3,924
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	143	4,261
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	128	4,676
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	128	3,941
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	113	4,237	42
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	109	4,410	50
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	85	3,879	37
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	79	3,203	27
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	60	2,899	39
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	48	2,488	34
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	15	2,392	105
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	26	2,157	55
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	24	2,028	53
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	23	2,381	44
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	16	2,268	48
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	41	2,313	42
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	51	2,202	66
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	85	2,404	71
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	24	2,285	64
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	44	2,407	84
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	48	2,399	66
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	52	2,411	52
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	35	2,595	100
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	50	2,676	58
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	73	2,659	78
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022		2,891
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	52	3,389
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	41	4,106
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	58	5,294
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	68	6,280
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	69	5,682
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	80	5,486
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	81	5,124
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		58	5,090
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391			4,741
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		94	4,482
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		109	4,370
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		97	6,198

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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