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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 2.39M applications per year in 2021; nonresident applications rose from 270,700 applications per year in 1985 to 1.02M applications per year in 2021 (World).

As of
2021
Geography
World
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
Observed series

Patent applications by residents and nonresidents, World

Observed
  • Resident applicationsapplications per year
  • Nonresident applicationsapplications per year
0500,0001M1.5M2M2.5M19851990199520002005201020152021APPLICATIONS 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: 702,900 applications per yearResident applications, 1996: 707,700 applications per yearResident applications, 1997: 737,100 applications per yearResident applications, 1998: 756,400 applications per yearResident applications, 1999: 791,400 applications per yearResident applications, 2000: 874,800 applications per yearResident applications, 2001: 896,400 applications per yearResident applications, 2002: 888,900 applications per yearResident applications, 2003: 924,800 applications per yearResident applications, 2004: 966,600 applications per yearResident applications, 2005: 1.04M applications per yearResident applications, 2006: 1.08M applications per yearResident applications, 2007: 1.13M 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: 1.8M applications per yearResident applications, 2015: 1.97M applications per yearResident applications, 2016: 2.22M applications per yearResident applications, 2017: 2.25M applications per yearResident applications, 2018: 2.39M applications per yearResident applications, 2019: 2.24M applications per yearResident applications, 2020: 2.31M applications per yearResident applications, 2021: 2.39M applications per yearResident applications, 2021: 2.39M 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: 345,000 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1996: 380,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1997: 426,100 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1998: 458,500 applications per yearNonresident applications, 1999: 477,200 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2000: 502,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2001: 560,400 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2002: 555,000 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2003: 559,100 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2004: 601,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2005: 664,400 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2006: 716,500 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2007: 749,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2008: 767,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2009: 709,500 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2010: 760,500 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2011: 793,000 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2012: 836,800 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2013: 855,400 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2014: 880,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2015: 913,700 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2016: 909,900 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2017: 917,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2018: 946,300 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2019: 993,600 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2020: 970,400 applications per yearNonresident applications, 2021: 1.02M applications per yearNonresident applications, 2021: 1.02M applications per year2.39M1.02M
Resident applications: 37 points, 1985 to 2021; Nonresident applications: 37 points, 1985 to 2021
Data table (37 rows, 2 series)
Patent applications by residents and nonresidents. Line chart of Resident applications (applications per year), Nonresident applications (applications per year), 1985 to 2021. Resident applications rose from 651,100 applications per year in 1985 to 2.39M applications per year in 2021; nonresident applications rose from 270,700 applications per year in 1985 to 1.02M applications per year in 2021 (World). Data table below.
PeriodResident applications (applications per year)Nonresident applications (applications per year)Observation ids
20212,385,2001,015,90089621, 85020
20202,311,500970,40089622, 85021
20192,239,200993,60089623, 85022
20182,386,300946,30089624, 85023
20172,251,400917,60089625, 85024
20162,215,100909,90089626, 85025
20151,972,500913,70089627, 85026
20141,799,200880,70089628, 85027
20131,708,700855,40089629, 85028
20121,519,700836,80089630, 85029
20111,365,200793,00089631, 85030
20101,236,900760,50089632, 85031
20091,146,400709,50089633, 85032
20081,162,200767,80089634, 85033
20071,125,000749,70089635, 85034
20061,075,200716,50089636, 85035
20051,038,800664,40089637, 85036
2004966,600601,60089638, 85037
2003924,800559,10089639, 85038
2002888,900555,00089640, 85039
2001896,400560,40089641, 85040
2000874,800502,70089642, 85041
1999791,400477,20089643, 85042
1998756,400458,50089644, 85043
1997737,100426,10089645, 85044
1996707,700380,80089646, 85045
1995702,900345,00089647, 85046
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
  • 2.39M applications per year: Resident applications, 2021, observation 89621
  • 270,700 applications per year: Nonresident applications, 1985, observation 85056
  • 1.02M applications per year: Nonresident applications, 2021, observation 85020

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