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