Royaume-Uni: Patent applications by residents

Pour cet indicateur, The World Intellectual Property Organization fournit des données pour la Royaume-Uni de 1980 à 2021. La valeur moyenne pour Royaume-Uni pendant cette période était de 17757 patent applications avec un minimum de 11592 patent applications en 2021 et un maximum de 22050 patent applications en 2000. Global rankings for that indicator are available here. You can compare trends over time here.

Définition: 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.