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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 (Armenia, 40).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Ukraine	Croatia	Armenia
2021	10,281	1,308	2,080	262,244	1.43 m	1,302	77	40
2020	10,061	1,431	2,198	269,586	1.34 m	1,361	117	63
2019	9,229	1,288	2,228	285,113	1.24 m	2,097	195	112
2018	8,921	1,525	2,111	285,095	1.39 m	2,107	121	101
2017	8,643	2,167	2,241	293,904	1.25 m	2,283	148	107
2016	8,848	2,745	2,290	295,327	1.2 m	2,233	175	125
2015		2,799	2,207	288,335	968,252	2,271	169	113
2014	8,601	2,953	2,294	285,096	801,135	2,457	170	121
2013	8,307	3,026	2,315	287,831	704,936	2,856	230	125
2012	8,439	3,266	2,375	268,782	535,313	2,491	217	137
2011	8,794	3,430	2,585	247,750	415,829	2,649	230	121
2010	8,877	3,566	2,527	241,977	293,066	2,556	257	136
2009	8,814	3,596	2,575	224,912	229,096	2,434	250	116
2008	8,588	3,632	2,421	231,588	194,579	2,825	330	226
2007	9,255	3,267	2,079	241,347	153,060	3,440	344	135
2006		3,111	2,168	221,784	122,318	3,474	317	192
2005		3,040	2,217	207,867	93,485	3,538	363	206
2004		2,871	2,187	189,536	65,786	4,090	385
2003		2,813	2,288	188,941	56,769	1,635	387	151
2002		2,763	2,122	184,245	39,806	1,601	328	200
2001		2,528	2,110	177,513	30,038	7,208	362	140
2000	7,877	2,710	2,465	164,795	25,346	5,620	337	119
1999	6,281	2,439	2,545	149,251	15,626	5,401	246	109
1998		2,271	2,451	134,733	13,751	5,319	267	75
1997		2,237	2,391	119,214	12,672	4,688	273	62
1996	6,997	2,274	2,348	106,892	11,628	3,636	259	162
1995		2,047	2,123	123,962	10,011	4,804	265	187
1994	7,872	2,136	1,748	107,233	11,191	5,355	277	154
1993	7,493	2,165	1,733	99,955	12,084	8,687	503	184
1992	7,568	2,076	1,753	92,425	10,022	309	479
1991		2,156	1,605	87,955	7,372
1990		2,218	2,147	90,643	5,832
1989		2,087	2,205	82,370	4,749
1988	2,289	1,816	2,158	75,192	4,780
1987		1,720	1,970	68,315	3,975
1986		1,649	1,866	65,195	3,494
1985	2,000	2,149	1,938	63,673	4,065
1984		1,784	1,840	61,841
1983		1,498	1,889	59,391
1982		1,646	1,873	63,316
1981		1,718	1,897	62,404
1980	6,369	1,876	1,826	62,098

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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