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WORLD STATISTICS

Science & Space

Patent applications, residents

applications. Produced by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Indicator code
IP.PAT.RESD
Unit
applications
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Latest available
Original producer
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Distributed by
World Bank — World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0
Source record
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IP.PAT.RESD

World trend

1990 – 2024

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1China1.67 million2024
  2. 2United States270,2952024
  3. 3Japan237,1692024
  4. 4Korea, Rep.195,7862024
  5. 5India63,2172024
  6. 6Germany40,0852024
  7. 7Russian Federation21,5022024
  8. 8France12,7512024
  9. 9United Kingdom11,1052024
  10. 10Turkiye10,0042024

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 140Brunei Darussalam1.002024
  2. 139Burundi1.002022
  3. 138Barbados1.002022
  4. 137Samoa1.002021
  5. 136Vanuatu1.002021
  6. 135Cabo Verde1.002024
  7. 134Cambodia1.002024
  8. 133Lao PDR1.002023
  9. 132Tajikistan1.002019
  10. 131Lesotho1.002019

Revision history

Changes to previously published values detected during imports.

No revisions recorded since the first import.