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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 (2001) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
151,492
2001
Industry in United States
# 2
Japan :
57,433
2001
Industry in Japan
# 3
China :
52,397
2001
Industry in China
# 4
Korea, South :
47,584
2001
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
Canada :
35,753
2001
Industry in Canada
# 6
Australia :
21,449
2001
Industry in Australia
# 7
Brazil :
16,694
2001
Industry in Brazil
# 8
Mexico :
13,022
2001
Industry in Mexico
# 9
United Kingdom :
10,987
2001
Industry in United Kingdom
# 10
Israel :
10,291
2001
Industry in Israel
# 11
Germany :
9,465
2001
Industry in Germany
# 12
Norway :
9,320
2001
Industry in Norway
# 13
Russia :
9,313
2001
Industry in Russia
# 14
Hong Kong :
8,840
2001
Industry in Hong Kong
# 15
Singapore :
8,133
2001
Industry in Singapore
# 16
India :
6,351
2001
Industry in India
# 17
New Zealand :
5,507
2001
Industry in New Zealand
# 18
Argentina :
5,088
2001
Industry in Argentina
# 19
Hungary :
4,529
2001
Industry in Hungary
# 20
Poland :
4,328
2001
Industry in Poland
# 21
Czech Republic :
4,184
2001
Industry in Czech Republic
# 22
Indonesia :
3,714
2001
Industry in Indonesia
# 23
France :
3,605
2001
Industry in France
# 24
Turkey :
2,919
2001
Industry in Turkey
# 25
Slovakia :
1,696
2001
Industry in Slovakia
# 26
Ukraine :
1,610
2001
Industry in Ukraine
# 27
Bulgaria :
1,539
2001
Industry in Bulgaria
# 28
Egypt :
923
2001
Industry in Egypt
# 29
Iceland :
713
2001
Industry in Iceland
# 30
Estonia :
699
2001
Industry in Estonia
# 31
Saudi Arabia :
683
2001
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 32
Croatia :
599
2001
Industry in Croatia
# 33
Switzerland :
594
2001
Industry in Switzerland
# 34
Netherlands :
543
2001
Industry in Netherlands
# 35
Spain :
476
2001
Industry in Spain
# 36
Uzbekistan :
443
2001
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 37
Colombia :
432
2001
Industry in Colombia
# 38
Malawi :
313
2001
Industry in Malawi
# 39
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
309
2001
Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 40
Finland :
282
2001
Industry in Finland
# 41
Austria :
280
2001
Industry in Austria
# 42
Romania :
277
2001
Industry in Romania
# 43
Belgium :
264
2001
Industry in Belgium
# 44
Guatemala :
260
2001
Industry in Guatemala
# 45
Paraguay :
251
2001
Industry in Paraguay
# 46
Belarus :
214
2001
Industry in Belarus
# 47
Georgia :
206
2001
Industry in Georgia
# 48
Denmark :
188
2001
Industry in Denmark
# 49
Honduras :
155
2001
Industry in Honduras
# 50
Ireland :
150
2001
Industry in Ireland
# 51
Slovenia :
108
2001
Industry in Slovenia
# 52
Malta :
107
2001
Industry in Malta
# 53
Kazakhstan :
99
2001
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 54
Algeria :
86
2001
Industry in Algeria
# 55
Mongolia :
76
2001
Industry in Mongolia
# 56
Luxembourg :
70
2001
Industry in Luxembourg
# 57
Jamaica :
66
2001
Industry in Jamaica
# 58
Latvia :
63
2001
Industry in Latvia
# 59
Macedonia, Republic of :
59
2001
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 60
Portugal :
56
2001
Industry in Portugal
# 61
Lithuania :
55
2001
Industry in Lithuania
# 62
Greece :
52
2001
Industry in Greece
# 63
Madagascar :
34
2001
Industry in Madagascar
# 64
Zambia :
25
2001
Industry in Zambia
# 65
Moldova :
17
2001
Industry in Moldova
# 66
Armenia :
15
2001
Industry in Armenia
# 67
Kyrgyzstan :
14
2001
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 68
Monaco :
14
2001
Industry in Monaco
# 69
Macau :
7
2001
Industry in Macau
# 70
Saint Lucia :
7
2001
Industry in Saint Lucia
Total :
517,527
Weighted average:
7,393.2
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 (2001) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_non-industry-patent-applications-nonresidents&date=2001
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