Resident patent applications · World
Published World Bank series · Technology · IP.PAT.RESD
2.7 million applications · 2024
Latest available observation in the connected snapshot. Annual statistics do not change every second. Source revisions and reporting delays can affect these figures.
Reported history
| Year | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | million applications |
| 2023 | 2.53 | million applications |
| 2022 | 2.43 | million applications |
| 2021 | 2.4 | million applications |
| 2020 | 2.33 | million applications |
| 2019 | 2.26 | million applications |
| 2018 | 2.4 | million applications |
| 2017 | 2.26 | million applications |
| 2016 | 2.22 | million applications |
| 2015 | 1.98 | million applications |
| 2014 | 1.81 | million applications |
| 2013 | 1.71 | million applications |
Source & interpretation
World Bank: original dataset and methodology ↗
Values are displayed in million applications. Source totals are divided by 1000000.0 for this display. This page describes the world aggregate; it is not a national estimate.
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