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France vs India: Patent applications, residents

France
13,386
in 2021
India
26,267
in 2021
France rank
8th
India rank
6th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • France
  • India
010.0k20.0k30.0k198020002021

How they compare

India currently reports 26,267 against 13,386 in France, a difference of 12,881.

That makes India's figure about 2.0 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1980 it was France ahead.

Globally, France ranks 8th and India ranks 6th 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.