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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 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 1.43 m) to the lowest (Estonia, 25).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Turkey	Estonia	Slovakia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	8,234	25	146
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	7,920	21	206
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	7,871	31	206
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	7,156	24	217
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	8,175	37	183
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	6,230	29	220
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	5,352	30	228
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	4,766	44	211
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	4,392	25	184
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	4,434	20	168
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	3,885	62	224
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	3,180	84	234
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	2,555	76	176
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2,221	62	167
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	1,810	44	239
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	1,072	36	193
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	928	23	155
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	682	27	215
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	489	18	210
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	414	19	259
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	337	18	246
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	277	13	236
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	276	13	213
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	207	20	213
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	203	15	224
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	189	12	195
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	170	16	269
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	151	16	248
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	169		282
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	189
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372	148
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832	138
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749	162
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780	153
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975	138
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494	174
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065	132
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841		153
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316		126
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404		157
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098		134

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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