Patent applications by residents - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Patent applications by residents, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 43 countries was 2902 patent applications. The highest value was in Germany: 39822 patent applications and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 1 patent applications. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: patent applications; Source: The World Intellectual Property Organization
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Countries | Patent applications by residents, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
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Germany | 39822 | 1 | 1980 - 2021 |
Russia | 19569 | 2 | 1992 - 2021 |
France | 13386 | 3 | 1980 - 2021 |
UK | 11592 | 4 | 1980 - 2021 |
Italy | 10281 | 5 | 1980 - 2021 |
Turkey | 8234 | 6 | 1980 - 2021 |
Poland | 3377 | 7 | 1980 - 2021 |
Netherlands | 2080 | 8 | 1980 - 2021 |
Austria | 1872 | 9 | 1980 - 2021 |
Sweden | 1771 | 10 | 1980 - 2021 |
Finland | 1557 | 11 | 1980 - 2021 |
Spain | 1308 | 12 | 1980 - 2021 |
Ukraine | 1302 | 13 | 1992 - 2021 |
Switzerland | 1288 | 14 | 1980 - 2021 |
Denmark | 1090 | 15 | 1980 - 2021 |
Norway | 946 | 16 | 1980 - 2021 |
Belgium | 799 | 17 | 1980 - 2021 |
Romania | 772 | 18 | 1980 - 2021 |
Portugal | 711 | 19 | 1980 - 2021 |
Czechia | 541 | 20 | 1993 - 2021 |
Hungary | 433 | 21 | 1980 - 2021 |
Greece | 394 | 22 | 1980 - 2021 |
Belarus | 276 | 23 | 1993 - 2021 |
Slovenia | 222 | 24 | 1991 - 2021 |
Bulgaria | 165 | 25 | 1980 - 2021 |
Slovakia | 146 | 26 | 1993 - 2021 |
Serbia | 138 | 27 | 2004 - 2021 |
Luxembourg | 112 | 28 | 1980 - 2021 |
Latvia | 104 | 29 | 1992 - 2021 |
Lithuania | 81 | 30 | 1991 - 2021 |
Croatia | 77 | 31 | 1992 - 2021 |
Ireland | 75 | 32 | 1980 - 2021 |
Moldova | 64 | 33 | 1993 - 2021 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 53 | 34 | 1999 - 2021 |
North Macedonia | 42 | 35 | 1993 - 2021 |
Iceland | 34 | 36 | 1980 - 2021 |
Estonia | 25 | 37 | 1994 - 2021 |
Albania | 23 | 38 | 2011 - 2021 |
San Marino | 7 | 39 | 2013 - 2021 |
Malta | 5 | 40 | 1980 - 2021 |
Monaco | 5 | 41 | 1980 - 2021 |
Andorra | 3 | 42 | 2018 - 2021 |
Cyprus | 1 | 43 | 1980 - 2021 |
Definition: 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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