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Industry Statistics > Patent applications, nonresidents (most recent) by country

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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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