Technology
Resident patents
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 (Malta, 5).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Sudan | Malta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,281 | 1,308 | 2,080 | 262,244 | 1.43 m | 5 | |
| 2020 | 10,061 | 1,431 | 2,198 | 269,586 | 1.34 m | 153 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9,229 | 1,288 | 2,228 | 285,113 | 1.24 m | 238 | 5 |
| 2018 | 8,921 | 1,525 | 2,111 | 285,095 | 1.39 m | 349 | 2 |
| 2017 | 8,643 | 2,167 | 2,241 | 293,904 | 1.25 m | 281 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8,848 | 2,745 | 2,290 | 295,327 | 1.2 m | 284 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2,799 | 2,207 | 288,335 | 968,252 | 267 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 8,601 | 2,953 | 2,294 | 285,096 | 801,135 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 8,307 | 3,026 | 2,315 | 287,831 | 704,936 | 269 | 13 |
| 2012 | 8,439 | 3,266 | 2,375 | 268,782 | 535,313 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 8,794 | 3,430 | 2,585 | 247,750 | 415,829 | 249 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8,877 | 3,566 | 2,527 | 241,977 | 293,066 | 252 | 12 |
| 2009 | 8,814 | 3,596 | 2,575 | 224,912 | 229,096 | 332 | 8 |
| 2008 | 8,588 | 3,632 | 2,421 | 231,588 | 194,579 | 340 | 14 |
| 2007 | 9,255 | 3,267 | 2,079 | 241,347 | 153,060 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 3,111 | 2,168 | 221,784 | 122,318 | 3 | ||
| 2005 | 3,040 | 2,217 | 207,867 | 93,485 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | 2,871 | 2,187 | 189,536 | 65,786 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | 2,813 | 2,288 | 188,941 | 56,769 | 6 | ||
| 2002 | 2,763 | 2,122 | 184,245 | 39,806 | 2 | 22 | |
| 2001 | 2,528 | 2,110 | 177,513 | 30,038 | 1 | 26 | |
| 2000 | 7,877 | 2,710 | 2,465 | 164,795 | 25,346 | 6 | 23 |
| 1999 | 6,281 | 2,439 | 2,545 | 149,251 | 15,626 | 2 | 11 |
| 1998 | 2,271 | 2,451 | 134,733 | 13,751 | 8 | ||
| 1997 | 2,237 | 2,391 | 119,214 | 12,672 | 22 | ||
| 1996 | 6,997 | 2,274 | 2,348 | 106,892 | 11,628 | 6 | |
| 1995 | 2,047 | 2,123 | 123,962 | 10,011 | 11 | ||
| 1994 | 7,872 | 2,136 | 1,748 | 107,233 | 11,191 | 21 | |
| 1993 | 7,493 | 2,165 | 1,733 | 99,955 | 12,084 | 8 | |
| 1992 | 7,568 | 2,076 | 1,753 | 92,425 | 10,022 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 2,156 | 1,605 | 87,955 | 7,372 | 6 | ||
| 1990 | 2,218 | 2,147 | 90,643 | 5,832 | 2 | ||
| 1989 | 2,087 | 2,205 | 82,370 | 4,749 | 2 | ||
| 1988 | 2,289 | 1,816 | 2,158 | 75,192 | 4,780 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 1,720 | 1,970 | 68,315 | 3,975 | 5 | ||
| 1986 | 1,649 | 1,866 | 65,195 | 3,494 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 4 | ||
| 1982 | 1,646 | 1,873 | 63,316 | 3 | |||
| 1981 | 1,718 | 1,897 | 62,404 | 6 | |||
| 1980 | 6,369 | 1,876 | 1,826 | 62,098 | 7 |
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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