United States - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in United States was 327,586 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 336,340 in 2019, while its lowest value was 42,231 in 1980.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
1980 42,231
1981 44,009
1982 46,309
1983 44,312
1984 49,443
1985 51,562
1986 55,721
1987 63,522
1988 68,644
1989 76,337
1990 80,520
1991 84,160
1992 90,922
1993 84,241
1994 95,522
1995 104,180
1996 105,054
1997 101,282
1998 102,246
1999 116,512
2000 131,100
2001 148,958
2002 150,200
2003 153,500
2004 167,407
2005 182,866
2006 204,182
2007 214,807
2008 224,733
2009 231,194
2010 248,249
2011 255,832
2012 274,033
2013 283,781
2014 293,706
2015 301,075
2016 310,244
2017 313,052
2018 312,046
2019 336,340
2020 327,586

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in United States was 269,586 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 295,327 in 2016 and 59,391 in 1983.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
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

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology