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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 (2000) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
134,109
2000
Industry in United States
# 2
Korea, South :
44,055
2000
Industry in Korea, South
# 3
China :
42,202
2000
Industry in China
# 4
Canada :
35,435
2000
Industry in Canada
# 5
Japan :
35,342
2000
Industry in Japan
# 6
Australia :
21,168
2000
Industry in Australia
# 7
Brazil :
17,741
2000
Industry in Brazil
# 8
Mexico :
12,633
2000
Industry in Mexico
# 9
United Kingdom :
10,999
2000
Industry in United Kingdom
# 10
Israel :
9,783
2000
Industry in Israel
# 11
Germany :
9,620
2000
Industry in Germany
# 12
Norway :
9,581
2000
Industry in Norway
# 13
Russia :
8,960
2000
Industry in Russia
# 14
Hong Kong :
8,244
2000
Industry in Hong Kong
# 15
Singapore :
7,720
2000
Industry in Singapore
# 16
New Zealand :
5,585
2000
Industry in New Zealand
# 17
Argentina :
5,574
2000
Industry in Argentina
# 18
Poland :
4,899
2000
Industry in Poland
# 19
Thailand :
4,488
2000
Industry in Thailand
# 20
Czech Republic :
4,384
2000
Industry in Czech Republic
# 21
India :
4,164
2000
Industry in India
# 22
Hungary :
4,127
2000
Industry in Hungary
# 23
France :
3,483
2000
Industry in France
# 24
Turkey :
3,179
2000
Industry in Turkey
# 25
Chile :
2,879
2000
Industry in Chile
# 26
Venezuela :
2,292
2000
Industry in Venezuela
# 27
Slovakia :
1,804
2000
Industry in Slovakia
# 28
Colombia :
1,694
2000
Industry in Colombia
# 29
Ukraine :
1,604
2000
Industry in Ukraine
# 30
Italy :
1,396
2000
Industry in Italy
# 31
Bulgaria :
1,364
2000
Industry in Bulgaria
# 32
Vietnam :
1,210
2000
Industry in Vietnam
# 33
Egypt :
1,081
2000
Industry in Egypt
# 34
Peru :
1,038
2000
Industry in Peru
# 35
Sweden :
844
2000
Industry in Sweden
# 36
Iceland :
825
2000
Industry in Iceland
# 37
Saudi Arabia :
797
2000
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 38
Estonia :
791
2000
Industry in Estonia
# 39
Uruguay :
572
2000
Industry in Uruguay
# 40
Croatia :
538
2000
Industry in Croatia
# 41
Netherlands :
529
2000
Industry in Netherlands
# 42
Spain :
488
2000
Industry in Spain
# 43
Switzerland :
468
2000
Industry in Switzerland
# 44
Austria :
379
2000
Industry in Austria
# 45
Finland :
334
2000
Industry in Finland
# 46
Romania :
287
2000
Industry in Romania
# 47
Belgium :
243
2000
Industry in Belgium
# 48
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
242
2000
Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 49
Uzbekistan :
213
2000
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 50
Guatemala :
213
2000
Industry in Guatemala
# 51
Paraguay :
207
2000
Industry in Paraguay
# 52
Belarus :
204
2000
Industry in Belarus
# 53
Georgia :
187
2000
Industry in Georgia
# 54
Panama :
153
2000
Industry in Panama
# 55
Denmark :
140
2000
Industry in Denmark
# 56
Honduras :
135
2000
Industry in Honduras
# 57
Nicaragua :
129
2000
Industry in Nicaragua
# 58
Algeria :
127
2000
Industry in Algeria
# 59
Slovenia :
127
2000
Industry in Slovenia
# 60
Kazakhstan :
116
2000
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 61
Madagascar :
96
2000
Industry in Madagascar
# 62
Malta :
93
2000
Industry in Malta
# 63
Luxembourg :
91
2000
Industry in Luxembourg
# 64
Jamaica :
90
2000
Industry in Jamaica
# 65
Latvia :
81
2000
Industry in Latvia
# 66
Portugal :
65
2000
Industry in Portugal
# 67
Lithuania :
61
2000
Industry in Lithuania
# 68
Macedonia, Republic of :
53
2000
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 69
Greece :
40
2000
Industry in Greece
# 70
Malawi :
17
2000
Industry in Malawi
# 71
Tajikistan :
15
2000
Industry in Tajikistan
# 72
Moldova :
10
2000
Industry in Moldova
# 73
Armenia :
8
2000
Industry in Armenia
# 74
Monaco :
7
2000
Industry in Monaco
# 75
Kyrgyzstan :
4
2000
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 76
Ethiopia :
4
2000
Industry in Ethiopia
# 77
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2
2000
Industry in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Total :
473,862
Weighted average:
6,154.1
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 (2000) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_non-industry-patent-applications-nonresidents&date=2000
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