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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 (Cyprus, 1).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Poland	Greece	Cyprus
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	3,377	394	1
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	4,010	400	2
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	3,887	356	4
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	4,207	430	4
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	3,924	498	8
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	4,261	606	3
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	4,676	550	6
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	3,941	651	4
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	4,237	698	2
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	4,410	628	4
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	3,879	722
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	3,203	728	4
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	2,899	698	6
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2,488	628	11
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	2,392	575	3
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	2,157	532
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	2,028	462	20
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	2,381	379	9
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	2,268	393	12
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	2,313	376
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	2,202	385
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	2,404	306
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	2,285	290
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	2,407	276
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	2,399	293
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	2,411	267
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	2,595	266
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	2,676	267
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	2,659	221
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	2,891	222
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	3,389	188
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	4,106	241
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	5,294	216
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	6,280	205
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	5,682	1,539
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	5,486	1,249
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	5,124	1,121
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		5,090	1,277	2
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		4,741	1,191	2
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		4,482	1,264
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		4,370	1,221
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		6,198	1,265	1

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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