Patent applications - Patent applications among residents - Ranking

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Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.

Patent applications among residents (number)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Albania					3			10	14	20	16	15	4		23
Bosnia and Herzegovina		31	66	56	43	2	7	41		60	87	84	45	50	53
Bulgaria	198	231	261	243	262	245	282	218	280	230	202	180	186	239	165
Croatia		337	363	257	230	217	230	170	169	175	148	121	195	117	77
Czechia		555	586	868	783	867	984	910	880	792	794	678	765	673	541
Hungary	2,477	810	705	649	662	692	642	546	569	616	496	407	427	428	433
North Macedonia		71	53	27	37	50	42							47	42
Moldova		240	377	139	97	93	67	67	64	91	73	92	85	85	64
Montenegro				23	20	37	23	13	23	10		3	16	5
Poland	4,106	2,404	2,028	3,203	3,879	4,410	4,237	3,941	4,676	4,261	3,924	4,207	3,887	4,010	3,377
Romania	2,752	1,003	916	1,382	1,424	1,022	993	952	975	1,005	1,098	1,100	881	817	772
Serbia			372	290	180	192	201	202	178	192	171	163	168	138	138
Slovak Republic		236	155	234	224	168	184	211	228	220	183	217	206	206	146
Slovenia		307	344	442	470							255		232	222