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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.
Industry Statistics > Patent applications, nonresidents (1991) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
84,160
1991
Industry in United States
# 2
Japan :
26,026
1991
Industry in Japan
# 3
Canada :
21,097
1991
Industry in Canada
# 4
Korea, South :
12,852
1991
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
Australia :
8,497
1991
Industry in Australia
# 6
United Kingdom :
8,357
1991
Industry in United Kingdom
# 7
Germany :
7,556
1991
Industry in Germany
# 8
Mexico :
4,707
1991
Industry in Mexico
# 9
South Africa :
4,691
1991
Industry in South Africa
# 10
Brazil :
4,625
1991
Industry in Brazil
# 11
Norway :
4,213
1991
Industry in Norway
# 12
China :
4,051
1991
Industry in China
# 13
France :
3,908
1991
Industry in France
# 14
Ireland :
3,794
1991
Industry in Ireland
# 15
New Zealand :
3,550
1991
Industry in New Zealand
# 16
Portugal :
3,453
1991
Industry in Portugal
# 17
Finland :
2,671
1991
Industry in Finland
# 18
Israel :
2,630
1991
Industry in Israel
# 19
India :
2,328
1991
Industry in India
# 20
Malaysia :
2,321
1991
Industry in Malaysia
# 21
Thailand :
1,907
1991
Industry in Thailand
# 22
Hungary :
1,799
1991
Industry in Hungary
# 23
Philippines :
1,774
1991
Industry in Philippines
# 24
Indonesia :
1,282
1991
Industry in Indonesia
# 25
Venezuela :
1,128
1991
Industry in Venezuela
# 26
Poland :
1,086
1991
Industry in Poland
# 27
Hong Kong :
1,076
1991
Industry in Hong Kong
# 28
Turkey :
1,057
1991
Industry in Turkey
# 29
Switzerland :
893
1991
Industry in Switzerland
# 30
Chile :
838
1991
Industry in Chile
# 31
Spain :
746
1991
Industry in Spain
# 32
Sweden :
702
1991
Industry in Sweden
# 33
Netherlands :
595
1991
Industry in Netherlands
# 34
Belgium :
574
1991
Industry in Belgium
# 35
Colombia :
527
1991
Industry in Colombia
# 36
Pakistan :
502
1991
Industry in Pakistan
# 37
Austria :
502
1991
Industry in Austria
# 38
Saudi Arabia :
492
1991
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 39
Egypt :
479
1991
Industry in Egypt
# 40
Denmark :
370
1991
Industry in Denmark
# 41
Romania :
362
1991
Industry in Romania
# 42
Bulgaria :
326
1991
Industry in Bulgaria
# 43
Morocco :
301
1991
Industry in Morocco
# 44
Russia :
297
1991
Industry in Russia
# 45
Peru :
216
1991
Industry in Peru
# 46
Iran :
165
1991
Industry in Iran
# 47
Algeria :
139
1991
Industry in Algeria
# 48
Uruguay :
137
1991
Industry in Uruguay
# 49
Namibia :
130
1991
Industry in Namibia
# 50
Zimbabwe :
128
1991
Industry in Zimbabwe
# 51
Luxembourg :
119
1991
Industry in Luxembourg
# 52
Tunisia :
103
1991
Industry in Tunisia
# 53
Iceland :
99
1991
Industry in Iceland
# 54
Sri Lanka :
92
1991
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 55
Bangladesh :
77
1991
Industry in Bangladesh
# 56
Ecuador :
75
1991
Industry in Ecuador
# 57
Guatemala :
72
1991
Industry in Guatemala
# 58
Panama :
68
1991
Industry in Panama
# 59
Cyprus :
53
1991
Industry in Cyprus
# 60
Zambia :
47
1991
Industry in Zambia
# 61
Monaco :
42
1991
Industry in Monaco
# 62
Jamaica :
37
1991
Industry in Jamaica
# 63
Bahamas, The :
27
1991
Industry in Bahamas, The
# 64
El Salvador :
26
1991
Industry in El Salvador
# 65
Vietnam :
25
1991
Industry in Vietnam
# 66
Cuba :
24
1991
Industry in Cuba
# 67
Libya :
22
1991
Industry in Libya
# 68
Malawi :
21
1991
Industry in Malawi
# 69
Malta :
21
1991
Industry in Malta
# 70
Kenya :
20
1991
Industry in Kenya
# 71
Honduras :
19
1991
Industry in Honduras
# 72
Ghana :
12
1991
Industry in Ghana
# 73
Liberia :
11
1991
Industry in Liberia
# 74
Mauritius :
8
1991
Industry in Mauritius
# 75
Macau :
8
1991
Industry in Macau
# 76
Korea, North :
8
1991
Industry in Korea, North
# 77
Haiti :
5
1991
Industry in Haiti
# 78
Uganda :
4
1991
Industry in Uganda
# 79
Samoa :
2
1991
Industry in Samoa
# 80
Rwanda :
1
1991
Industry in Rwanda
# 81
Mongolia :
1
1991
Industry in Mongolia
Total :
237,166
Weighted average:
2,928.0
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 (1991) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_non-industry-patent-applications-nonresidents&date=1991
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