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 (Zambia, 13).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Zambia	Iceland
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	13	34
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	17	44
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	2	47
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	11	56
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	12	36
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	15	35
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	20	40
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	14	51
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	13	33
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	7	37
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	3	50
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	5	57
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	9	64
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	26	50
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	19	61
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	4	45
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	5	47
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	1	66
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	3	57
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	3	71
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	6	49
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346		51
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	5	35
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751		41
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672		22
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	6	16
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	4	19
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191		22
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	4	34
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	7	28
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	1	34
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	7	17
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	3	18
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	7	16
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975		28
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494		29
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065		21
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841			28
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391		1	32
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		1	18
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		1	14
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		2	19

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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