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Patent applications, residents

For 2021, Patent applications, residents is led by China at 1,426,644.00. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 113
Snapshot year 2021
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0.0357 K713 K1.1 M1.4 MChinaChina: 1,426,644.001.4 MUnited StatesUnited States: 262,244.00262 KJapanJapan: 222,452.00222 KKorea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 186,245.00186 KGermanyGermany: 39,822.0040 KIndiaIndia: 26,267.0026 KRussian FederationRussian Federation: 19,569.0020 KFranceFrance: 13,386.0013 KUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom: 11,592.0012 KItalyItaly: 10,281.0010 KIran, Islamic Rep.Iran, Islamic Rep.: 10,210.0010 KTurkiyeTurkiye: 8,234.008.2 K
Rank Country Value
101 Malta 5.00
102 Monaco 5.00
103 Andorra 3.00
104 Bahrain 3.00
105 Botswana 3.00
106 Djibouti 3.00
107 Brunei Darussalam 2.00
108 El Salvador 2.00
109 Macao SAR, China 2.00
110 Trinidad and Tobago 2.00
111 Cabo Verde 1.00
112 Cyprus 1.00
113 Samoa 1.00
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • China sits at the top of the Patent applications, residents distribution in 2021 at 1,426,644.00, with a lead of 1,164,400.00 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Slovak Republic at 146.00, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Samoa (1.00), and the page currently covers 113 countries.

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