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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 (1987) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
63,522
1987
Industry in United States
# 2
Canada :
26,598
1987
Industry in Canada
# 3
Japan :
25,976
1987
Industry in Japan
# 4
Korea, South :
10,914
1987
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
United Kingdom :
10,419
1987
Industry in United Kingdom
# 6
Australia :
10,240
1987
Industry in Australia
# 7
Germany :
9,592
1987
Industry in Germany
# 8
France :
5,875
1987
Industry in France
# 9
South Africa :
4,844
1987
Industry in South Africa
# 10
Denmark :
4,759
1987
Industry in Denmark
# 11
Brazil :
4,702
1987
Industry in Brazil
# 12
Norway :
4,616
1987
Industry in Norway
# 13
China :
4,084
1987
Industry in China
# 14
Finland :
3,941
1987
Industry in Finland
# 15
Mexico :
3,509
1987
Industry in Mexico
# 16
New Zealand :
3,368
1987
Industry in New Zealand
# 17
Israel :
3,035
1987
Industry in Israel
# 18
Ireland :
2,846
1987
Industry in Ireland
# 19
Spain :
2,590
1987
Industry in Spain
# 20
India :
2,520
1987
Industry in India
# 21
Portugal :
2,258
1987
Industry in Portugal
# 22
Switzerland :
1,764
1987
Industry in Switzerland
# 23
Sweden :
1,695
1987
Industry in Sweden
# 24
Hungary :
1,630
1987
Industry in Hungary
# 25
Venezuela :
1,369
1987
Industry in Venezuela
# 26
Austria :
1,211
1987
Industry in Austria
# 27
Netherlands :
1,201
1987
Industry in Netherlands
# 28
Hong Kong :
1,107
1987
Industry in Hong Kong
# 29
Belgium :
889
1987
Industry in Belgium
# 30
Thailand :
814
1987
Industry in Thailand
# 31
Poland :
769
1987
Industry in Poland
# 32
Turkey :
760
1987
Industry in Turkey
# 33
Chile :
621
1987
Industry in Chile
# 34
Indonesia :
601
1987
Industry in Indonesia
# 35
Egypt :
596
1987
Industry in Egypt
# 36
Greece :
565
1987
Industry in Greece
# 37
Colombia :
532
1987
Industry in Colombia
# 38
Bulgaria :
311
1987
Industry in Bulgaria
# 39
Luxembourg :
300
1987
Industry in Luxembourg
# 40
Romania :
291
1987
Industry in Romania
# 41
Morocco :
234
1987
Industry in Morocco
# 42
Zimbabwe :
200
1987
Industry in Zimbabwe
# 43
Peru :
194
1987
Industry in Peru
# 44
Algeria :
180
1987
Industry in Algeria
# 45
Iran :
165
1987
Industry in Iran
# 46
Kenya :
108
1987
Industry in Kenya
# 47
Jamaica :
101
1987
Industry in Jamaica
# 48
Uruguay :
101
1987
Industry in Uruguay
# 49
Zambia :
99
1987
Industry in Zambia
# 50
Bangladesh :
98
1987
Industry in Bangladesh
# 51
Iceland :
91
1987
Industry in Iceland
# 52
Sri Lanka :
90
1987
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 53
Ecuador :
78
1987
Industry in Ecuador
# 54
Guatemala :
76
1987
Industry in Guatemala
# 55
Panama :
73
1987
Industry in Panama
# 56
Monaco :
55
1987
Industry in Monaco
# 57
Malawi :
53
1987
Industry in Malawi
# 58
Iraq :
49
1987
Industry in Iraq
# 59
Costa Rica :
33
1987
Industry in Costa Rica
# 60
Korea, North :
32
1987
Industry in Korea, North
# 61
Honduras :
31
1987
Industry in Honduras
# 62
Uganda :
21
1987
Industry in Uganda
# 63
Malta :
17
1987
Industry in Malta
# 64
Ghana :
16
1987
Industry in Ghana
# 65
Cuba :
14
1987
Industry in Cuba
# 66
Haiti :
9
1987
Industry in Haiti
# 67
Solomon Islands :
6
1987
Industry in Solomon Islands
# 68
Mauritius :
5
1987
Industry in Mauritius
# 69
Guyana :
3
1987
Industry in Guyana
# 70
Rwanda :
2
1987
Industry in Rwanda
Total :
229,468
Weighted average:
3,278.1
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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"Patent applications, nonresidents (1987) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_non-industry-patent-applications-nonresidents&date=1987
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