Patents - international collaboration in technology development in United States of America

United States of America: Patents - international collaboration in technology development was 70,811 Co-inventions in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
70,811 Co-inventions
Change on year
down 8.4%
World rank
2nd
of 112 countries
All-time high
91,297 Co-inventions
in 2013
All-time low
23,102 Co-inventions
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Patents - international collaboration in technology development in United States of America, 1990–2023

20.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k1990200620231990: 23.1k Co-inventions1991: 23.9k Co-inventions1992: 28.1k Co-inventions1993: 34.5k Co-inventions1994: 41.5k Co-inventions1995: 52.3k Co-inventions1996: 47.8k Co-inventions1997: 55.4k Co-inventions1998: 54.7k Co-inventions1999: 56.7k Co-inventions2000: 60.3k Co-inventions2001: 72.1k Co-inventions2002: 71.8k Co-inventions2003: 74.4k Co-inventions2004: 76.0k Co-inventions2005: 77.0k Co-inventions2006: 76.7k Co-inventions2007: 78.1k Co-inventions2008: 73.4k Co-inventions2009: 64.3k Co-inventions2010: 68.2k Co-inventions2011: 75.8k Co-inventions2012: 85.5k Co-inventions2013: 91.3k Co-inventions2014: 85.9k Co-inventions2015: 86.2k Co-inventions2016: 86.8k Co-inventions2017: 88.1k Co-inventions2018: 82.7k Co-inventions2019: 81.8k Co-inventions2020: 80.8k Co-inventions2021: 81.8k Co-inventions2022: 77.3k Co-inventions2023: 70.8k Co-inventions

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Co-inventions.

Analysis

United States of America recorded 70,811 Co-inventions for patents - international collaboration in technology development in 2023.

That represents a change of down 8.4% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, patents - international collaboration in technology development in United States of America peaked at 91,297 Co-inventions in 2013 and was at its lowest, 23,102 Co-inventions, in 1990.

United States of America ranks 2nd of 112 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 41,801 Co-inventions 23,102 Co-inventions 56,693 Co-inventions 10
2000s 72,421 Co-inventions 60,346 Co-inventions 78,086 Co-inventions 10
2010s 83,236 Co-inventions 68,236 Co-inventions 91,297 Co-inventions 10
2020s 77,688 Co-inventions 70,811 Co-inventions 81,798 Co-inventions 4

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 1 China 78,912 Co-inventions compare
  2. 3 Germany 31,514 Co-inventions compare
  3. 4 Japan 30,346 Co-inventions compare
  4. 5 Chinese Taipei 16,358 Co-inventions compare

See the full ranking of 124 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is patents - international collaboration in technology development in United States of America?
Patents - international collaboration in technology development in United States of America was 70,811 Co-inventions in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 91,297 Co-inventions in 2013.
What is the lowest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 23,102 Co-inventions in 1990.
How does United States of America rank for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
United States of America ranks 2nd out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
Is patents - international collaboration in technology development rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Patents - international collaboration in technology development — Co-inventions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Patents - international collaboration in technology development — Co-inventions
Unit
Co-inventions
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
124 places, 2,994 data points, 1990–2023
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Patent statistics and indicators are suitable for tracking innovation in environment-related technologies. They allow the assessment of countries' innovation performance as well as the design of governments' environmental and innovation policies. This dataset presents data on shares of co-inventions and on shares of inventors’ collaborations across the OECD area and elsewhere, in environment-related technologies, using inventors’ country of residence. For more information on the methodology, click the link below on "Database documentation" Data source(s): OECD, STI Micro-data Lab: Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 16, 2026 Database documentation