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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 (Estonia, 25).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sudan	Philippines	Estonia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m		490	25
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	153	476	21
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	238	501	31
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	349	529	24
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	281	323	37
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	284	327	29
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	267	375	30
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135		334	44
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	269	220	25
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313		162	20
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	249	186	62
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	252	170	84
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	332	172	76
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	340	216	62
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	3	225	44
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	3	223	36
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	6	210	23
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	4	158	27
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	6	141	18
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	2	149	19
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	1	135	18
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	6	154	13
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	2	144	13
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		163	20
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672		125	15
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628		163	12
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011		169	16
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191		181	16
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084		178
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022		133
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372		147
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		147
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		71
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		86
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		76
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		75
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		91
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			102
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		7	63
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			134
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			91
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			119

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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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