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 (Malta, 5).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Peru	Malta
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	94	5
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	125	6
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	137	5
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	89	2
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	100	5
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	72	3
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	67	9
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	83	5
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	73	13
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	54	11
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	39	9
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	39	12
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	37	8
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	31	14
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	28	10
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	39
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	27
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	38
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	32
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	29	22
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	36	26
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	40	23
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	48	11
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		8
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	48	22
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	52	6
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011		11
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	29	21
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	34	8
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	21	3
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	31	6
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	49	2
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749		2
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	53	3
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	43	5
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	48	5
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	41
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		77	4
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		56	3
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		50	6
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		82	7

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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