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Patent Applications This Year
Estimated patent applications filed by residents worldwide since January 1st. Calculated from annual patent data accumulated linearly over the days elapsed in the current year.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Apr 2026
Patent Applications This Year
Official value (2026): 2,385,200
Patent Applications This Year growth (2012–2021)
+57.0%·in time period
2012: 1,519,700 applications, 2013: 1,708,700 applications, 2014: 1,799,200 applications, 2015: 1,972,500 applications, 2016: 2,215,100 applications, 2017: 2,251,400 applications, 2018: 2,386,300 applications, 2019: 2,239,200 applications, 2020: 2,311,500 applications, 2021: 2,385,200 applications
How is this calculated? Read the methodology