Technology

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 1,373 for France in 2021, over a series running from 1980 to 2021 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 329,229) to the lowest (North Macedonia, 4).

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Annual values by country
	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	North Macedonia
2021	1,373	18,747	7,263	797	126	1,390	329,229	159,019
2020	1,542	19,845	8,659	947	124	825	327,586	152,342
2019	1,766	20,802	7,189	898	159	449	336,340	157,093
2018	1,919	21,281	8,076	900	149	394	312,046	148,187
2017	1,832	19,927	8,771	1,031	176	365	313,052	135,885
2016	2,012	19,419	8,183	973	177	314	310,244	133,522
2015	1,994	19,509	7,934		221	287	301,075	133,612
2014	2,033	17,811	7,844	781	225	288	293,706	127,042
2013	2,196	15,814	7,966	905	218	449	283,781	120,200	4
2012	2,092	14,720	7,865	871	209	338	274,033	117,464	3
2011	2,099	12,458	6,916	927	196	310	255,832	110,583	3
2010	1,832	12,198	6,439	846	213	240	248,249	98,111	1
2009	1,593	11,724	6,480	903	207	279	231,194	85,508	11
2008	1,761	13,177	6,856	861	252	311	224,733	95,259	5
2007	2,387	13,139	7,624	870	265	367	214,807	92,101	13
2006	2,720	12,573	8,261		316	548	204,182	88,183	4
2005	2,948	11,855	10,155		313	633	182,866	79,842	15
2004	3,060	10,786	10,776		313	556	167,407	64,598	9
2003	3,339	10,663	11,198		367	573	153,500	48,548	23
2002	3,389	10,589	10,907		371	481	150,200	40,426	209
2001	3,605	10,486	10,658		467	543	148,958	33,412	59
2000	3,483	10,406	10,697	1,396	484	529	131,100	26,560	53
1999	3,282	9,502	10,399	1,172	506	506	116,512	34,418	2
1998	3,544	10,843	10,083		476	549	102,246	33,645	60
1997	3,637	11,291	10,171		496	637	101,282	12,102	118
1996	3,484	9,511	9,821	1,678	524	633	105,054	11,114	13
1995	3,477	8,055	8,891		553	569	104,180	8,688	76
1994	3,520	7,261	8,081	439	537	501	95,522	7,876	178
1993	3,402	6,995	7,922	483	563	560	84,241	7,534	50
1992	3,547	7,404	7,839	486	561	555	90,922	4,387
1991	3,908	7,784	8,357		746	595	84,160	4,051
1990	4,260	8,605	8,928		1,079	764	80,520	4,305
1989	4,986	9,168	9,637		2,318	993	76,337	4,910
1988	5,194	9,332	9,935	8,000	2,209	1,068	68,644	4,872
1987	5,875	9,933	10,419		2,590	1,201	63,522	4,084
1986	6,369	10,945	11,063		8,581	1,464	55,721	4,515
1985	7,543	12,180	12,293	7,851	9,149	1,658	51,562	4,493
1984	8,867	13,225	13,735		8,916	2,139	49,443
1983	10,029	15,445	14,798	12,080	8,352	2,611	44,312
1982	11,561	17,158	16,563		8,555	3,212	46,309
1981	13,723	16,738	18,406		8,509	4,228	44,009
1980	16,989	19,900	22,000	9,971	9,001	5,532	42,231

World Bank definition

Patent applications, nonresidents

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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