Nonresident patent applications · World

Published World Bank series · Technology · IP.PAT.NRES

1.02 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

YearValueUnit
20241.02million applications
20231.02million applications
20221.02million applications
20211million applications
20200.95million applications
20190.98million applications
20180.94million applications
20170.91million applications
20160.9million applications
20150.91million applications
20140.88million applications
20130.85million 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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