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.
Latest, 2021249Annual release · Not updated
vs 2020+21.5%205
High since 19825002006 · World Bank
Low since 1982751989 · World Bank
Recent years
- 2021249+21.5%
- 2020205−11.3%
- 2019231+1.3%
- 2018228−17.1%
- 2017275+3.4%
- 2016266−22.0%
- 2015341+18.4%
- 2014288−9.7%
Full table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 249 |
| 2020 | 205 |
| 2019 | 231 |
| 2018 | 228 |
| 2017 | 275 |
| 2016 | 266 |
| 2015 | 341 |
| 2014 | 288 |
| 2013 | 319 |
| 2012 | 337 |
| 2011 | 327 |
| 2010 | 374 |
| 2009 | 322 |
| 2008 | 306 |
| 2007 | 99 |
| 2006 | 500 |
| 2005 | 388 |
| 2004 | 266 |
| 2003 | 296 |
| 2002 | 293 |
| 2001 | 285 |
| 2000 | 250 |
| 1999 | 267 |
| 1998 | 218 |
| 1997 | 175 |
| 1996 | 142 |
| 1995 | 77 |
| 1994 | 99 |
| 1993 | 94 |
| 1992 | 79 |
| 1991 | 104 |
| 1990 | 97 |
| 1989 | 75 |
| 1988 | 82 |
| 1987 | 76 |
| 1986 | 106 |
| 1985 | 92 |
| 1984 | 115 |
| 1982 | 168 |
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