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 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	Slovenia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	35	222
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	33	232
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	29
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	34	255
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	16
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	45
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	20
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	24
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	7
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829		470
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	4	442
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	6	373
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2	301
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	4	331
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	8	287
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	11	344
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	14	342
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	7	310
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	13	300
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	7	301
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	10	307
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	15	261
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		288
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	8	266
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	7	288
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	8	314
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	4	286
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	21	277
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	23	188
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	13	21
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	26
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	24
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	21
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	27
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		24
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		24
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		22
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		14
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		35

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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