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Industry Statistics > Patent applications, nonresidents (most recent) by country
Most recent
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
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1995
1996
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1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 United States
171,935
2004 ...
#2 China
64,798
2004 ...
#3 Japan
60,739
2004 ...
#4 Korea, South
35,088
2004 ...
#5 Canada
33,298
2003 ...
#6 Australia
21,651
2004 ...
#7 Brazil
14,800
2004 ...
#8 Mexico
12,667
2004 ...
#9 United Kingdom
11,138
2004 ...
#10 Germany
10,905
2004 ...
#11 India
10,671
2004 ...
#12 Hong Kong
9,878
2004 ...
#13 Norway
9,320
2001 ...
#14 Israel
8,929
2003 ...
#15 Singapore
8,076
2004 ...
#16 Russia
7,246
2004 ...
#17 Malaysia
6,272
1997 ...
#18 South Africa
5,501
1995 ...
#19 Poland
5,359
2004 ...
#20 New Zealand
4,952
2004 ...
#21 Thailand
4,329
2003 ...
#22 Argentina
3,816
2004 ...
#23 Indonesia
3,441
2004 ...
#24 France
3,060
2004 ...
#25 Chile
2,879
2000 ...
#26 Philippines
2,539
2004 ...
#27 Venezuela
2,292
2000 ...
#28 Hungary
1,919
2004 ...
#29 Ukraine
1,692
2004 ...
#30 Italy
1,396
2000 ...
#31 Vietnam
1,210
2000 ...
#32 Pakistan
1,081
2004 ...
#33 Croatia
841
2004 ...
#34 Peru
785
2004 ...
#35 Czech Republic
633
2004 ...
#36 Netherlands
556
2004 ...
#37 Saudi Arabia
552
2002 ...
#38 Austria
549
2004 ...
#39 Egypt
537
2004 ...
#40 Iceland
529
2004 ...
#41 Uruguay
514
2004 ...
#42 Ecuador
489
2004 ...
#43 Sweden
478
2004 ...
#44 Malta
471
2004 ...
#45 Switzerland
466
2002 ...
#46 Macedonia, Republic of
415
2004 ...
#47 Morocco
401
1998 ...
#48 Turkey
383
2003 ...
#49 Belarus
382
2004 ...
#50 Bosnia and Herzegovina
349
2004 ...
#51 Algeria
334
2004 ...
#52 Spain
320
2004 ...
#53 Malawi
313
2001 ...
#54 Guatemala
260
2001 ...
#55 Nigeria
246
1990 ...
#56 Slovakia
239
2004 ...
#57 Finland
216
2004 ...
#58 Georgia
210
2004 ...
#59 Trinidad and Tobago
205
2003 ...
#60 Uzbekistan
205
2004 ...
#61 Colombia
198
2002 ...
#62 Sri Lanka
189
2003 ...
#63 Belgium
188
2003 ...
#64 Paraguay
173
2003 ...
#65 Denmark
172
2004 ...
#66 Romania
163
2004 ...
#67 Honduras
161
2002 ...
#68 Bangladesh
156
1995 ...
#69 Panama
153
2000 ...
#70 Dominican Republic
135
1986 ...
#71 Bulgaria
133
2004 ...
#72 Iran
129
1995 ...
#73 Nicaragua
129
2000 ...
#74 Tunisia
128
1996 ...
#75 Cuba
127
1999 ...
#76 Zimbabwe
122
1996 ...
#77 Namibia
120
1993 ...
#78 Bolivia
106
1995 ...
#79 Kazakhstan
102
2003 ...
#80 Estonia
97
2004 ...
#81 Costa Rica
91
1993 ...
#82 Brunei
88
1993 ...
#83 Mongolia
86
2004 ...
#84 Cyprus
85
2004 ...
#85 Barbados
68
1999 ...
#86 Portugal
66
2004 ...
#87 El Salvador
64
1995 ...
#88 Jordan
61
1989 ...
#89 Ireland
58
2004 ...
#90 Jamaica
54
2002 ...
#91 Swaziland
47
1992 ...
#92 Lithuania
45
2004 ...
#93 Latvia
44
2004 ...
#94 Slovenia
42
2004 ...
#95 Ghana
39
1994 ...
#96 Bahrain
31
1992 ...
#97 Kenya
30
1999 ...
#98 Bahamas, The
29
1992 ...
#99 Greece
27
2004 ...
#100 Sudan
26
1992 ...
#101 Zambia
25
2001 ...
#102 Tanzania
23
1989 ...
#103 Libya
23
1996 ...
#104 Macau
22
2004 ...
#105 Madagascar
22
2004 ...
#106 Liberia
21
1993 ...
#107 Iraq
18
1996 ...
#108 Azerbaijan
17
1996 ...
#109 Fiji
17
1986 ...
#110 Syria
12
1995 ...
#111 Mauritius
12
1998 ...
#112 Uganda
11
1992 ...
#113 Moldova
9
2004 ...
#114 Korea, North
8
1992 ...
#115 Luxembourg
8
2003 ...
#116 Somalia
7
1985 ...
#117 Saint Lucia
7
2001 ...
#118 Belize
7
1989 ...
#119 Seychelles
6
1996 ...
#120 Armenia
6
2004 ...
#121 Guyana
6
1990 ...
#122 Turkmenistan
5
1999 ...
#123 Nepal
5
1995 ...
#124 Sierra Leone
5
1995 ...
#125 Haiti
5
1999 ...
#126 Burundi
4
1996 ...
#127 Ethiopia
4
2000 ...
#128 Rwanda
4
1999 ...
#129 Lesotho
2
1995 ...
#130 Tajikistan
2
2004 ...
#131 Samoa
2
2004 ...
#132 Angola
2
1992 ...
#133 Solomon Islands
2
1989 ...
#134 Monaco
2
2004 ...
#135 Dominica
2
1995 ...
#136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2
2000 ...
#137 Kiribati
2
1999 ...
#138 Kyrgyzstan
1
2003 ...
Total :
559,055
Weighted average:
4,051.1
DEFINITION: Patent applications are applications filed 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.
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