Patent applications, residents 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.
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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.

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Source: World Intellectual Property Organization

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	China
1985	4,065
1986	3,494
1987	3,975
1988	4,780
1989	4,749
1990	5,832
1991	7,372
1992	10,022
1993	12,084
1994	11,191
1995	10,011
1996	11,628
1997	12,672
1998	13,751
1999	15,626
2000	25,346
2001	30,038
2002	39,806
2003	56,769
2004	65,786
2005	93,485
2006	122,318
2007	153,060
2008	194,579
2009	229,096
2010	293,066
2011	415,829
2012	535,313
2013	704,936
2014	801,135
2015	968,252
2016	1,204,981
2017	1,245,709
2018	1,393,815
2019	1,243,568
2020	1,344,817
2021	1,426,644

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