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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 (Czechia, 541).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Poland	Czechia	Portugal
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	3,377	541	711
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	4,010	673	695
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	3,887	765	703
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	4,207	678	661
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	3,924	794	644
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	4,261	792	724
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	4,676	880	925
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	3,941	910	722
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	4,237	984	647
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	4,410	867	621
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	3,879	783	571
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	3,203	868	499
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	2,899	789	571
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2,488	712	381
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	2,392	716	250
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	2,157	641	184
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	2,028	586	158
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	2,381	623	123
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	2,268	625	125
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	2,313	526	130
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	2,202	568	107
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	2,404	555	81
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	2,285	596	81
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	2,407	624	96
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	2,399	579	71
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	2,411	614	86
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	2,595	626	81
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	2,676	756	103
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	2,659	893	88
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	2,891		69
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	3,389		102
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	4,106		101
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	5,294		86
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	6,280		54
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	5,682		61
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	5,486		77
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	5,124		85
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		5,090		96
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		4,741		91
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		4,482		92
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		4,370		90
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		6,198		92

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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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