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Patent applications, residents   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 62,098
1981 62,404
1982 63,316
1983 59,391
1984 61,841
1985 63,673
1986 65,195
1987 68,315
1988 75,192
1989 82,370
1990 90,643
1991 87,955
1992 92,425
1993 99,955
1994 107,233
1995 123,962
1996 106,892
1997 119,214
1998 134,733
1999 149,251
2000 164,795
2001 177,513
2002 184,245
2003 188,941
2004 189,536
2005 207,867
2006 221,784
2007 241,347
2008 231,588
2009 224,912
2010 241,977
2011 247,750
2012 268,782
2013 287,831
2014 285,096
2015 288,335
2016 295,327
2017 293,904
2018 285,095
2019 285,113
2020 269,586
2021 262,244

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