Patent Applications by Country since 1980, residents and nonresidents

This bar chart race shows the cumulative number of patent applications by country 1980-2020. In category residents and nonresidents.

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.
Resident: Patents taken out by residents of a country in that country.
Nonresident: Patents taken out in a country by non-residents of that country

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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