Italy vs Lower middle income: Patent applications, residents
Patent applications, residents over time
- Italy
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 42,400 against 10,281 in Italy, a difference of 32,119.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 4.1 times Italy's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, Lower middle income has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 135 countries.
Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,281 | 10,000 | 3,719 | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 8,634 | 11,550 | 2,916 | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 8,740 | 32,267 | 23,527 | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 10,061 | 42,400 | 32,339 | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patent applications, residents, Italy or Lower middle income?
- Lower middle income, at 42,400 against 10,281 in Italy as of 2020.
- What is the difference in patent applications, residents between Italy and Lower middle income?
- 32,119, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lower middle income?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2020.
- How do Italy and Lower middle income rank globally for patent applications, residents?
- Italy ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 135 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- 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, published as Patent applications, residents. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.