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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 7 countries compared, from the highest (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Ecuador, 35).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Ecuador	Greece
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	35	394
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	33	400
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	29	356
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	34	430
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	16	498
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	45	606
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	20	550
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	24	651
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	7	698
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313		628
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829		722
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	4	728
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	6	698
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2	628
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	4	575
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	8	532
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	11	462
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	14	379
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	7	393
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	13	376
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	7	385
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	10	306
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	15	290
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		276
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	8	293
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	7	267
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	8	266
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	4	267
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	21	221
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	23	222
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	13	188
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832		241
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	26	216
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	24	205
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	21	1,539
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	27	1,249
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		1,121
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		24	1,277
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		24	1,191
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		22	1,264
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		14	1,221
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		35	1,265

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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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