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 (Albania, 23).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Poland	Albania	Uzbekistan
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	3,377	23	413
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	4,010		356
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	3,887	4	374
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	4,207	15	470
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	3,924	16	357
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	4,261	20	353
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	4,676	14	288
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	3,941	10	345
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	4,237		299
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	4,410		257
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	3,879	3	282
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	3,203		370
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	2,899		238
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2,488		262
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	2,392		324
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	2,157		323
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	2,028		264
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	2,381		273
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	2,268		931
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	2,313		715
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	2,202		803
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	2,404		755
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	2,285		767
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	2,407		721
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	2,399		815
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	2,411		914
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	2,595		1,039
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	2,676		1,061
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	2,659		2,136
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	2,891
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	3,389
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	4,106
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	5,294
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	6,280
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	5,682
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	5,486
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	5,124
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		5,090
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		4,741
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		4,482
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		4,370
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		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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