Technology

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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 (Montenegro, 5).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Slovakia	Luxembourg	Montenegro
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	146	112
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	206	129	5
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	206	117	16
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	217	152	3
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	183	156
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	220	143	10
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	228	128	23
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	211	128	13
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	184	113	23
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	168	109	37
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	224	85	20
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	234	79	23
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	176	60
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	167	48	3
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	239	15
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	193	26
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	155	24
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	215	23
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	210	16
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	259	41
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	246	51
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	236	85
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	213	24
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	213	44
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	224	48
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	195	52
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	269	35
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	248	50
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	282	73
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372		52
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		41
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		58
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780		68
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		69
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		80
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		81
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			58
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316			94
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404			109
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098			97

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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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