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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
  United States
1980 42,231
1981 44,009
1982 46,309
1983 44,312
1984 49,443
1985 51,562
1986 55,721
1987 63,522
1988 68,644
1989 76,337
1990 80,520
1991 84,160
1992 90,922
1993 84,241
1994 95,522
1995 104,180
1996 105,054
1997 101,282
1998 102,246
1999 116,512
2000 131,100
2001 148,958
2002 150,200
2003 153,500
2004 167,407
2005 182,866
2006 204,182
2007 214,807
2008 224,733
2009 231,194
2010 248,249
2011 255,832
2012 274,033
2013 283,781
2014 293,706
2015 301,075
2016 310,244
2017 313,052
2018 312,046
2019 336,340
2020 327,586
2021 329,229

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