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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 (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Japan	Armenia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	222,452	40
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	227,348	63
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	245,372	112
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	253,630	101
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	260,292	107
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	260,244	125
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	258,839	113
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	265,959	121
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	271,731	125
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	287,013	137
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	287,580	121
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	290,081	136
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	295,315	116
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	330,110	226
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	333,498	135
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	347,060	192
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	367,960	206
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	368,416
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	358,184	151
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	369,458	200
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	386,767	140
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	387,364	119
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	360,180	109
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	359,381	75
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	350,807	62
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	340,101	162
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	334,612	187
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	319,938	154
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	332,345	184
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	338,019
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	335,933
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	333,230
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	317,566
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	308,908
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	311,006
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	290,202
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	274,373
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		256,205
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		227,708
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		165,730

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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