PAINTMAPS.comPatent applications, residents (World) - 2021
* Data 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.
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
* By changing the date from the drop-down menu, you can view statistics on maps since 2000.
* Countries with the highest value of "Patent applications, residents" in the World (2021) : China(1.426.640), United States of America(262.244), Japan(222.452), South Korea(186.245), Germany(39.822), India(26.267), Russia(19.569), France(13.386), United Kingdom(11.592), Italy(10.281).