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Japan 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
340,455 decade average (1990–1999)

Japan's patent applications during the 1990s ranged from 319,938 (1994) to 360,180 (1999), averaging 340,455 over 10 years of data.

1990s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1990 333,230 +15,664 1st
1991 335,933 +2,703 1st
1992 338,019 +2,086 1st
1993 332,345 −5,674 1st
1994 319,938 −12,407 1st
1995 334,612 +14,674 1st
1996 340,101 +5,489 1st
1997 350,807 +10,706 1st
1998 359,381 +8,574 1st
1999 360,180 +799 1st