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France Patent Applications 1990s

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank
12,810 decade average (1990–1999)

France's patent applications during the 1990s ranged from 12,378 (1990) to 13,592 (1999), averaging 12,810 over 10 years of data.

1990s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1990 12,378 −214 5th
1991 12,597 +219 6th
1992 12,539 −58 7th
1993 12,638 +99 7th
1994 12,519 −119 7th
1995 12,419 −100 7th
1996 12,916 +497 7th
1997 13,252 +336 7th
1998 13,251 −1 8th
1999 13,592 +341 8th