Technology

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IP.PAT.RESD

Annual series published by the World Bank. 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.

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 10,281 for Italy in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Iceland, 34).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sudan	Iceland
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m		34
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	153	44
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	238	47
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	349	56
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	281	36
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	284	35
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	267	40
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135		51
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	269	33
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313		37
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	249	50
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	252	57
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	332	64
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	340	50
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	3	61
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	3	45
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	6	47
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	4	66
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	6	57
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	2	71
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	1	49
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	6	51
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	2	35
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		41
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672		22
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628		16
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011		19
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191		22
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084		34
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022		28
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372		34
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		17
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		18
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		16
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		28
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		29
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		21
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			28
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		7	32
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			18
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			14
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			19

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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