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Australia vs Netherlands: Patent applications, residents

Australia
2,966
in 2021
Netherlands
2,080
in 2021
Australia rank
17th
Netherlands rank
18th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
01.0k2.0k3.0k198020002021

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2,966 against 2,080 in Netherlands, a difference of 886.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 17th and Netherlands ranks 18th of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Patent applications, residents
Source
WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
147 places, 4,224 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

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.