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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 (1994) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
95,522
1994
Industry in United States
# 2
Japan :
21,940
1994
Industry in Japan
# 3
Canada :
13,870
1994
Industry in Canada
# 4
Korea, South :
12,269
1994
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
Mexico :
9,446
1994
Industry in Mexico
# 6
United Kingdom :
8,081
1994
Industry in United Kingdom
# 7
China :
7,876
1994
Industry in China
# 8
Germany :
6,971
1994
Industry in Germany
# 9
Australia :
5,967
1994
Industry in Australia
# 10
South Africa :
4,899
1994
Industry in South Africa
# 11
Russia :
4,495
1994
Industry in Russia
# 12
Brazil :
4,228
1994
Industry in Brazil
# 13
France :
3,520
1994
Industry in France
# 14
Malaysia :
3,364
1994
Industry in Malaysia
# 15
Thailand :
3,294
1994
Industry in Thailand
# 16
India :
3,212
1994
Industry in India
# 17
Israel :
2,701
1994
Industry in Israel
# 18
Czech Republic :
2,593
1994
Industry in Czech Republic
# 19
New Zealand :
2,517
1994
Industry in New Zealand
# 20
Indonesia :
2,307
1994
Industry in Indonesia
# 21
Norway :
1,925
1994
Industry in Norway
# 22
Finland :
1,842
1994
Industry in Finland
# 23
Hong Kong :
1,619
1994
Industry in Hong Kong
# 24
Venezuela :
1,505
1994
Industry in Venezuela
# 25
Chile :
1,418
1994
Industry in Chile
# 26
Hungary :
1,328
1994
Industry in Hungary
# 27
Poland :
1,327
1994
Industry in Poland
# 28
Turkey :
1,216
1994
Industry in Turkey
# 29
Belarus :
1,005
1994
Industry in Belarus
# 30
Switzerland :
892
1994
Industry in Switzerland
# 31
Colombia :
867
1994
Industry in Colombia
# 32
Saudi Arabia :
687
1994
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 33
Sweden :
636
1994
Industry in Sweden
# 34
Slovakia :
620
1994
Industry in Slovakia
# 35
Croatia :
584
1994
Industry in Croatia
# 36
Pakistan :
574
1994
Industry in Pakistan
# 37
Ukraine :
555
1994
Industry in Ukraine
# 38
Spain :
537
1994
Industry in Spain
# 39
Bulgaria :
531
1994
Industry in Bulgaria
# 40
Egypt :
528
1994
Industry in Egypt
# 41
Netherlands :
501
1994
Industry in Netherlands
# 42
Romania :
500
1994
Industry in Romania
# 43
Estonia :
452
1994
Industry in Estonia
# 44
Austria :
448
1994
Industry in Austria
# 45
Belgium :
446
1994
Industry in Belgium
# 46
Italy :
439
1994
Industry in Italy
# 47
Peru :
369
1994
Industry in Peru
# 48
Ecuador :
335
1994
Industry in Ecuador
# 49
Moldova :
296
1994
Industry in Moldova
# 50
Vietnam :
270
1994
Industry in Vietnam
# 51
Kyrgyzstan :
259
1994
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 52
Morocco :
253
1994
Industry in Morocco
# 53
Ireland :
198
1994
Industry in Ireland
# 54
Kazakhstan :
183
1994
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 55
Lithuania :
180
1994
Industry in Lithuania
# 56
Macedonia, Republic of :
178
1994
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 57
Denmark :
176
1994
Industry in Denmark
# 58
Slovenia :
173
1994
Industry in Slovenia
# 59
Georgia :
159
1994
Industry in Georgia
# 60
Uruguay :
151
1994
Industry in Uruguay
# 61
Iran :
131
1994
Industry in Iran
# 62
Algeria :
110
1994
Industry in Algeria
# 63
Iceland :
108
1994
Industry in Iceland
# 64
Tunisia :
106
1994
Industry in Tunisia
# 65
Guatemala :
91
1994
Industry in Guatemala
# 66
Bolivia :
89
1994
Industry in Bolivia
# 67
Bangladesh :
89
1994
Industry in Bangladesh
# 68
Portugal :
88
1994
Industry in Portugal
# 69
Latvia :
87
1994
Industry in Latvia
# 70
Panama :
86
1994
Industry in Panama
# 71
El Salvador :
76
1994
Industry in El Salvador
# 72
Luxembourg :
74
1994
Industry in Luxembourg
# 73
Trinidad and Tobago :
70
1994
Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
# 74
Uzbekistan :
64
1994
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 75
Jamaica :
62
1994
Industry in Jamaica
# 76
Sri Lanka :
57
1994
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 77
Ghana :
39
1994
Industry in Ghana
# 78
Cuba :
31
1994
Industry in Cuba
# 79
Iraq :
25
1994
Industry in Iraq
# 80
Mongolia :
21
1994
Industry in Mongolia
# 81
Malta :
21
1994
Industry in Malta
# 82
Libya :
21
1994
Industry in Libya
# 83
Monaco :
14
1994
Industry in Monaco
# 84
Malawi :
12
1994
Industry in Malawi
# 85
Mauritius :
12
1994
Industry in Mauritius
# 86
Burundi :
4
1994
Industry in Burundi
# 87
Rwanda :
3
1994
Industry in Rwanda
# 88
Nepal :
1
1994
Industry in Nepal
Total :
246,826
Weighted average:
2,804.8
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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