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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 (Sudan, 153).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sudan	France	Belgium
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m		13,386	799
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	153	12,771	862
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	238	14,103	876
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	349	14,303	892
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	281	14,415	1,001
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	284	14,206	1,054
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	267	14,306	949
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135		14,500	889
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	269	14,690	715
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313		14,540	755
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	249	14,655	636
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	252	14,748	620
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	332	14,100	669
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	340	14,658	575
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	3	14,722	454
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	3	14,529	490
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	6	14,327	517
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	4	14,230	514
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	6	13,511	519
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	2	13,519	601
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	1	13,499	571
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	6	13,870	577
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	2	13,592	591
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		13,251	690
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672		13,252	792
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628		12,916	776
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011		12,419	732
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191		12,519	744
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084		12,638	809
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022		12,539	675
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372		12,597	625
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		12,378	643
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		12,592	681
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		12,437	636
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		12,695	548
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		12,155	794
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		12,050	771
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			11,333	869
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		7	11,147	805
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			10,681	914
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			10,945	806
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			11,000	865

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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