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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, Poland. 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: 153Sudan, 2020

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China1.43 m2021
United States262,2442021
Italy10,2812021
Poland3,3772021
Netherlands2,0802021
Spain1,3082021
Sudan1532020

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sudan	Poland
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m		3,377
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	153	4,010
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	238	3,887
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	349	4,207
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	281	3,924
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	284	4,261
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	267	4,676
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135		3,941
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	269	4,237
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313		4,410
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	249	3,879
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	252	3,203
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	332	2,899
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	340	2,488
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	3	2,392
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	3	2,157
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	6	2,028
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	4	2,381
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	6	2,268
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	2	2,313
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	1	2,202
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	6	2,404
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	2	2,285
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		2,407
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672		2,399
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628		2,411
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011		2,595
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191		2,676
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084		2,659
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022		2,891
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372		3,389
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		4,106
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		5,294
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		6,280
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		5,682
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		5,486
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		5,124
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			5,090
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		7	4,741
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			4,482
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			4,370
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			6,198

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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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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