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Patent applications, nonresidents   1985 - 2021

Description 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.
Unit of measure Absolute number
  China
1985 4,493
1986 4,515
1987 4,084
1988 4,872
1989 4,910
1990 4,305
1991 4,051
1992 4,387
1993 7,534
1994 7,876
1995 8,688
1996 11,114
1997 12,102
1998 33,645
1999 34,418
2000 26,560
2001 33,412
2002 40,426
2003 48,548
2004 64,598
2005 79,842
2006 88,183
2007 92,101
2008 95,259
2009 85,508
2010 98,111
2011 110,583
2012 117,464
2013 120,200
2014 127,042
2015 133,612
2016 133,522
2017 135,885
2018 148,187
2019 157,093
2020 152,342
2021 159,019

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