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 (Montenegro, 5).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Luxembourg	Slovakia	Montenegro
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	112	146
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	129	206	5
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	117	206	16
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	152	217	3
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	156	183
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	143	220	10
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	128	228	23
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	128	211	13
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	113	184	23
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	109	168	37
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	85	224	20
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	79	234	23
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	60	176
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	48	167	3
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	15	239
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	26	193
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	24	155
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	23	215
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	16	210
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	41	259
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	51	246
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	85	236
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	24	213
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	44	213
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	48	224
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	52	195
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	35	269
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	50	248
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	73	282
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	52
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	41
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	58
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	68
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	69
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	80
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	81
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		58
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		94
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		109
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		97

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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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