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Patent applications by residents and nonresidents

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Resident applications rose from 651,100 applications per year in 1985 to 2.7M applications per year in 2024; nonresident applications rose from 270,700 applications per year in 1985 to 1.02M applications per year in 2024 (World).

As of
2024
Geography
World
Ingested
2026-10-12 00:08 UTC
Observed series

Patent applications by residents and nonresidents, World

Observed
  • Resident applicationsapplications per year
  • Nonresident applicationsapplications per year
0500,0001M1.5M2M2.5M3M198519901995200020052010201520202024APPLICATIONS PER YEARResident applicationsResident applications, 1985: 651,100 applications per yearResident applications, 1986: 675,000 applications per yearResident applications, 1987: 712,400 applications per yearResident applications, 1988: 714,900 applications per yearResident applications, 1989: 705,400 applications per yearResident applications, 1990: 687,700 applications per yearResident applications, 1991: 601,000 applications per yearResident applications, 1992: 635,700 applications per yearResident applications, 1993: 649,200 applications per yearResident applications, 1994: 637,000 applications per yearResident applications, 1995: 703,600 applications per yearResident applications, 1996: 708,400 applications per yearResident applications, 1997: 738,300 applications per yearResident applications, 1998: 757,500 applications per yearResident applications, 1999: 793,300 applications per yearResident applications, 2000: 864,300 applications per yearResident applications, 2001: 885,600 applications per yearResident applications, 2002: 881,600 applications per yearResident applications, 2003: 917,500 applications per yearResident applications, 2004: 964,900 applications per yearResident applications, 2005: 1.03M applications per yearResident applications, 2006: 1.07M applications per yearResident applications, 2007: 1.12M applications per yearResident applications, 2008: 1.16M applications per yearResident applications, 2009: 1.15M applications per yearResident applications, 2010: 1.24M applications per yearResident applications, 2011: 1.37M applications per yearResident applications, 2012: 1.52M applications per yearResident applications, 2013: 1.71M applications per yearResident applications, 2014: 1.81M applications per yearResident applications, 2015: 1.98M applications per yearResident applications, 2016: 2.22M applications per yearResident applications, 2017: 2.26M applications per yearResident applications, 2018: 2.4M applications per yearResident applications, 2019: 2.26M applications per yearResident applications, 2020: 2.33M applications per yearResident applications, 2021: 2.4M applications per yearResident applications, 2022: 2.43M applications per yearResident applications, 2023: 2.53M applications per yearResident applications, 2024: 2.7M applications per yearResident applications, 2024: 2.7M applications per yearNonresident applicationsNonresident applications, 1985: 270,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1986: 272,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1987: 282,500 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1988: 294,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1989: 309,000 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1990: 309,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1991: 287,200 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1992: 307,900 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1993: 294,100 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1994: 305,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1995: 344,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1996: 379,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1997: 414,400 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1998: 456,500 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1999: 476,000 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2000: 507,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2001: 547,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2002: 547,300 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2003: 561,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2004: 606,300 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2005: 671,400 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2006: 724,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2007: 759,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2008: 774,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2009: 706,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2010: 755,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2011: 787,100 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2012: 833,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2013: 851,100 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2014: 875,000 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2015: 906,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2016: 901,900 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2017: 909,200 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2018: 937,500 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2019: 976,200 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2020: 952,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2021: 996,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2022: 1.02M applications per yearNonresident applications, 2023: 1.02M applications per yearNonresident applications, 2024: 1.02M applications per yearNonresident applications, 2024: 1.02M applications per year2.7M1.02M
Resident applications: 40 points, 1985 to 2024; Nonresident applications: 40 points, 1985 to 2024
Data table (40 rows, 2 series)
Patent applications by residents and nonresidents. Line chart of Resident applications (applications per year), Nonresident applications (applications per year), 1985 to 2024. Resident applications rose from 651,100 applications per year in 1985 to 2.7M applications per year in 2024; nonresident applications rose from 270,700 applications per year in 1985 to 1.02M applications per year in 2024 (World). Data table below.
PeriodResident applications (applications per year)Nonresident applications (applications per year)Observation ids
20242,702,6001,022,400413922, 413075
20232,530,0001,022,300413923, 413076
20222,429,9001,024,800413924, 413077
20212,402,800996,800413925, 413078
20202,330,000952,600413926, 413079
20192,256,900976,200413927, 413080
20182,396,000937,500413928, 413081
20172,259,900909,200413929, 413082
20162,223,300901,900413930, 413083
20151,980,400906,600413931, 413084
20141,805,400875,000413932, 413085
20131,713,100851,100413933, 413086
20121,523,300833,600413934, 413087
20111,371,300787,100413935, 413088
20101,242,600755,700413936, 413089
20091,149,900706,700413937, 413090
20081,155,900774,800413938, 413091
20071,115,700759,600413939, 413092
20061,067,500724,700413940, 413093
20051,033,100671,400413941, 413094
2004964,900606,300413942, 413095
2003917,500561,600413943, 413096
2002881,600547,300413944, 413097
2001885,600547,800413945, 413098
2000864,300507,600413946, 413099
1999793,300476,000413947, 413100
1998757,500456,500413948, 413101
1997738,300414,400413949, 413102
1996708,400379,700413950, 413103
1995703,600344,600413951, 413104
1994637,000305,80089648, 85047
1993649,200294,10089649, 85048
1992635,700307,90089650, 85049
1991601,000287,20089651, 85050
1990687,700309,80089652, 85051
1989705,400309,00089653, 85052
1988714,900294,80089654, 85053
1987712,400282,50089655, 85054
1986675,000272,70089656, 85055
1985651,100270,70089657, 85056
Regions and income groups are World Bank aggregates, not continents.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, series IP.PAT.RESD; World Bank, World Development Indicators, series IP.PAT.NRES
How to read it

Series and transformations

Applications filed with national patent offices, split by whether the first applicant resides in the filing country. The derived total is the metric patent-applications.

Numbers in the takeaway

  • 651,100 applications per year: Resident applications, 1985, observation 89657
  • 2.7M applications per year: Resident applications, 2024, observation 413922
  • 270,700 applications per year: Nonresident applications, 1985, observation 85056
  • 1.02M applications per year: Nonresident applications, 2024, observation 413075

The sentence is composed by a fixed template from these stored values on every request. Nothing in it is estimated.

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Where the numbers come from

  • World Bank, World Development Indicators, IP.PAT.RESD
  • World Bank, World Development Indicators, IP.PAT.NRES