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Patent applications, nonresidents   1980 - 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
  Germany
1980 19,900
1981 16,738
1982 17,158
1983 15,445
1984 13,225
1985 12,180
1986 10,945
1987 9,933
1988 9,332
1989 9,168
1990 8,605
1991 7,784
1992 7,404
1993 6,995
1994 7,261
1995 8,055
1996 9,511
1997 11,291
1998 10,843
1999 9,502
2000 10,406
2001 10,486
2002 10,589
2003 10,663
2004 10,786
2005 11,855
2006 12,573
2007 13,139
2008 13,177
2009 11,724
2010 12,198
2011 12,458
2012 14,720
2013 15,814
2014 17,811
2015 19,509
2016 19,419
2017 19,927
2018 21,281
2019 20,802
2020 19,845
2021 18,747

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