In 2020, the number of patent grants worldwide stood at around 1.59 million. The number of patent grants generally increased in the past decades. For example 1,16 million patent grants were counted in 2014.
Number of patent grants worldwide from 1990 to 2020
Data based on numbers from all reporting offices around the world, includes direct national and regional applications and international applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) that subsequently entered the national or regional phase.
The source does not indicate a release date. The date of access was taken as the release date.
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WIPO. (November 1, 2021). Number of patent grants worldwide from 1990 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 08, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257621/number-of-patent-grants-worldwide/
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WIPO. (2021). Number of patent grants worldwide from 1990 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257621/number-of-patent-grants-worldwide/
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