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

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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