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IP.PAT.RESD
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sudan, Estonia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- 10,2812021
- Period covered
- 1980 - 202123 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 1.43 mChina, 2021
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 25Estonia, 2021
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
China1.43 m2021
United States262,2442021
Italy10,2812021
Netherlands2,0802021
Spain1,3082021
Sudan1532020
Estonia252021
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Sudan | Estonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,281 | 1,308 | 2,080 | 262,244 | 1.43 m | 25 | |
| 2020 | 10,061 | 1,431 | 2,198 | 269,586 | 1.34 m | 153 | 21 |
| 2019 | 9,229 | 1,288 | 2,228 | 285,113 | 1.24 m | 238 | 31 |
| 2018 | 8,921 | 1,525 | 2,111 | 285,095 | 1.39 m | 349 | 24 |
| 2017 | 8,643 | 2,167 | 2,241 | 293,904 | 1.25 m | 281 | 37 |
| 2016 | 8,848 | 2,745 | 2,290 | 295,327 | 1.2 m | 284 | 29 |
| 2015 | 2,799 | 2,207 | 288,335 | 968,252 | 267 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 8,601 | 2,953 | 2,294 | 285,096 | 801,135 | 44 | |
| 2013 | 8,307 | 3,026 | 2,315 | 287,831 | 704,936 | 269 | 25 |
| 2012 | 8,439 | 3,266 | 2,375 | 268,782 | 535,313 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 8,794 | 3,430 | 2,585 | 247,750 | 415,829 | 249 | 62 |
| 2010 | 8,877 | 3,566 | 2,527 | 241,977 | 293,066 | 252 | 84 |
| 2009 | 8,814 | 3,596 | 2,575 | 224,912 | 229,096 | 332 | 76 |
| 2008 | 8,588 | 3,632 | 2,421 | 231,588 | 194,579 | 340 | 62 |
| 2007 | 9,255 | 3,267 | 2,079 | 241,347 | 153,060 | 3 | 44 |
| 2006 | 3,111 | 2,168 | 221,784 | 122,318 | 3 | 36 | |
| 2005 | 3,040 | 2,217 | 207,867 | 93,485 | 6 | 23 | |
| 2004 | 2,871 | 2,187 | 189,536 | 65,786 | 4 | 27 | |
| 2003 | 2,813 | 2,288 | 188,941 | 56,769 | 6 | 18 | |
| 2002 | 2,763 | 2,122 | 184,245 | 39,806 | 2 | 19 | |
| 2001 | 2,528 | 2,110 | 177,513 | 30,038 | 1 | 18 | |
| 2000 | 7,877 | 2,710 | 2,465 | 164,795 | 25,346 | 6 | 13 |
| 1999 | 6,281 | 2,439 | 2,545 | 149,251 | 15,626 | 2 | 13 |
| 1998 | 2,271 | 2,451 | 134,733 | 13,751 | 20 | ||
| 1997 | 2,237 | 2,391 | 119,214 | 12,672 | 15 | ||
| 1996 | 6,997 | 2,274 | 2,348 | 106,892 | 11,628 | 12 | |
| 1995 | 2,047 | 2,123 | 123,962 | 10,011 | 16 | ||
| 1994 | 7,872 | 2,136 | 1,748 | 107,233 | 11,191 | 16 | |
| 1993 | 7,493 | 2,165 | 1,733 | 99,955 | 12,084 | ||
| 1992 | 7,568 | 2,076 | 1,753 | 92,425 | 10,022 | ||
| 1991 | 2,156 | 1,605 | 87,955 | 7,372 | |||
| 1990 | 2,218 | 2,147 | 90,643 | 5,832 | |||
| 1989 | 2,087 | 2,205 | 82,370 | 4,749 | |||
| 1988 | 2,289 | 1,816 | 2,158 | 75,192 | 4,780 | ||
| 1987 | 1,720 | 1,970 | 68,315 | 3,975 | |||
| 1986 | 1,649 | 1,866 | 65,195 | 3,494 | |||
| 1985 | 2,000 | 2,149 | 1,938 | 63,673 | 4,065 | ||
| 1984 | 1,784 | 1,840 | 61,841 | ||||
| 1983 | 1,498 | 1,889 | 59,391 | 7 | |||
| 1982 | 1,646 | 1,873 | 63,316 | ||||
| 1981 | 1,718 | 1,897 | 62,404 | ||||
| 1980 | 6,369 | 1,876 | 1,826 | 62,098 |
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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