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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 (North Macedonia, 42).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sweden	North Macedonia	Slovakia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	1,771	42	146
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	1,764	47	206
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	1,802		206
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	1,838		217
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	1,992		183
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	2,032		220
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	2,038		228
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	1,984		211
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	2,332	42	184
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	2,288	50	168
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	2,004	37	224
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	2,196	27	234
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	2,186	39	176
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2,549	34	167
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	2,527	105	239
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	2,446	55	193
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	2,522	53	155
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	2,768	44	215
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	3,025	48	210
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	3,358	42	259
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	3,926	66	246
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	4,224	71	236
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	4,142	64	213
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	3,972	84	213
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	4,130	66	224
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	4,111	52	195
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	3,941	100	269
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	3,953	58	248
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	3,760	78	282
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	3,291
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	3,154
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	3,108
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	3,147
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	3,260
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	3,521
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	3,685
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	3,840
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		3,969
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		4,283
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		4,087
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		3,914
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		4,106

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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