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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 (1989) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
76,337
1989
Industry in United States
# 2
Canada :
32,060
1989
Industry in Canada
# 3
Japan :
27,787
1989
Industry in Japan
# 4
Korea, South :
13,773
1989
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
Australia :
10,592
1989
Industry in Australia
# 6
United Kingdom :
9,637
1989
Industry in United Kingdom
# 7
Germany :
8,933
1989
Industry in Germany
# 8
France :
4,986
1989
Industry in France
# 9
China :
4,910
1989
Industry in China
# 10
South Africa :
4,842
1989
Industry in South Africa
# 11
Denmark :
4,683
1989
Industry in Denmark
# 12
Brazil :
4,657
1989
Industry in Brazil
# 13
Finland :
4,417
1989
Industry in Finland
# 14
Norway :
4,324
1989
Industry in Norway
# 15
Mexico :
3,817
1989
Industry in Mexico
# 16
New Zealand :
3,660
1989
Industry in New Zealand
# 17
Ireland :
3,494
1989
Industry in Ireland
# 18
Portugal :
3,311
1989
Industry in Portugal
# 19
Israel :
3,048
1989
Industry in Israel
# 20
India :
2,600
1989
Industry in India
# 21
Spain :
2,318
1989
Industry in Spain
# 22
Philippines :
1,772
1989
Industry in Philippines
# 23
Malaysia :
1,759
1989
Industry in Malaysia
# 24
Hungary :
1,666
1989
Industry in Hungary
# 25
Thailand :
1,380
1989
Industry in Thailand
# 26
Switzerland :
1,371
1989
Industry in Switzerland
# 27
Sweden :
1,270
1989
Industry in Sweden
# 28
Venezuela :
1,184
1989
Industry in Venezuela
# 29
Netherlands :
993
1989
Industry in Netherlands
# 30
Hong Kong :
886
1989
Industry in Hong Kong
# 31
Turkey :
886
1989
Industry in Turkey
# 32
Austria :
871
1989
Industry in Austria
# 33
Poland :
843
1989
Industry in Poland
# 34
Chile :
682
1989
Industry in Chile
# 35
Belgium :
663
1989
Industry in Belgium
# 36
Indonesia :
661
1989
Industry in Indonesia
# 37
Colombia :
516
1989
Industry in Colombia
# 38
Greece :
465
1989
Industry in Greece
# 39
Egypt :
462
1989
Industry in Egypt
# 40
Bulgaria :
267
1989
Industry in Bulgaria
# 41
Morocco :
204
1989
Industry in Morocco
# 42
Romania :
191
1989
Industry in Romania
# 43
Iran :
170
1989
Industry in Iran
# 44
Luxembourg :
169
1989
Industry in Luxembourg
# 45
Algeria :
163
1989
Industry in Algeria
# 46
Zimbabwe :
138
1989
Industry in Zimbabwe
# 47
Tunisia :
119
1989
Industry in Tunisia
# 48
Uruguay :
111
1989
Industry in Uruguay
# 49
Ecuador :
94
1989
Industry in Ecuador
# 50
Sri Lanka :
94
1989
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 51
Iceland :
87
1989
Industry in Iceland
# 52
Bangladesh :
76
1989
Industry in Bangladesh
# 53
Guatemala :
75
1989
Industry in Guatemala
# 54
Iraq :
75
1989
Industry in Iraq
# 55
Kenya :
65
1989
Industry in Kenya
# 56
Jordan :
61
1989
Industry in Jordan
# 57
Saudi Arabia :
58
1989
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 58
Zambia :
50
1989
Industry in Zambia
# 59
Monaco :
50
1989
Industry in Monaco
# 60
Panama :
44
1989
Industry in Panama
# 61
El Salvador :
34
1989
Industry in El Salvador
# 62
Malawi :
34
1989
Industry in Malawi
# 63
Paraguay :
34
1989
Industry in Paraguay
# 64
Swaziland :
27
1989
Industry in Swaziland
# 65
Costa Rica :
27
1989
Industry in Costa Rica
# 66
Libya :
24
1989
Industry in Libya
# 67
Tanzania :
23
1989
Industry in Tanzania
# 68
Cuba :
20
1989
Industry in Cuba
# 69
Vietnam :
16
1989
Industry in Vietnam
# 70
Lesotho :
14
1989
Industry in Lesotho
# 71
Uganda :
14
1989
Industry in Uganda
# 72
Korea, North :
13
1989
Industry in Korea, North
# 73
Malta :
13
1989
Industry in Malta
# 74
Ghana :
12
1989
Industry in Ghana
# 75
Mauritius :
11
1989
Industry in Mauritius
# 76
Belize :
7
1989
Industry in Belize
# 77
Solomon Islands :
2
1989
Industry in Solomon Islands
# 78
Mongolia :
2
1989
Industry in Mongolia
# 79
Burundi :
1
1989
Industry in Burundi
# 80
Rwanda :
1
1989
Industry in Rwanda
Total :
255,206
Weighted average:
3,190.1
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 (1989) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_non-industry-patent-applications-nonresidents&date=1989
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