TOP 10 Countries by Patent applications, residents

Visualized video shows TOP 10 Countries by Patent applications, residents History since 1981 to 2017.

#Countries ranked by Patent applications. 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.



#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. data.worldbank.org.