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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 (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
154,803
2002
Industry in United States
# 2
China :
63,083
2002
Industry in China
# 3
Japan :
56,601
2002
Industry in Japan
# 4
Korea, South :
47,434
2002
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
Canada :
35,782
2002
Industry in Canada
# 6
Australia :
22,215
2002
Industry in Australia
# 7
Brazil :
13,582
2002
Industry in Brazil
# 8
Mexico :
12,504
2002
Industry in Mexico
# 9
United Kingdom :
11,173
2002
Industry in United Kingdom
# 10
Israel :
10,190
2002
Industry in Israel
# 11
Russia :
9,596
2002
Industry in Russia
# 12
Germany :
9,557
2002
Industry in Germany
# 13
Hong Kong :
9,018
2002
Industry in Hong Kong
# 14
Singapore :
7,575
2002
Industry in Singapore
# 15
India :
7,049
2002
Industry in India
# 16
New Zealand :
5,109
2002
Industry in New Zealand
# 17
Hungary :
5,064
2002
Industry in Hungary
# 18
Czech Republic :
5,031
2002
Industry in Czech Republic
# 19
Poland :
4,292
2002
Industry in Poland
# 20
Argentina :
4,143
2002
Industry in Argentina
# 21
Indonesia :
3,609
2002
Industry in Indonesia
# 22
France :
3,389
2002
Industry in France
# 23
Slovakia :
1,599
2002
Industry in Slovakia
# 24
Bulgaria :
1,459
2002
Industry in Bulgaria
# 25
Turkey :
1,454
2002
Industry in Turkey
# 26
Ukraine :
1,178
2002
Industry in Ukraine
# 27
Egypt :
788
2002
Industry in Egypt
# 28
Croatia :
703
2002
Industry in Croatia
# 29
Estonia :
700
2002
Industry in Estonia
# 30
Sweden :
597
2002
Industry in Sweden
# 31
Saudi Arabia :
552
2002
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 32
Netherlands :
481
2002
Industry in Netherlands
# 33
Uruguay :
466
2002
Industry in Uruguay
# 34
Switzerland :
466
2002
Industry in Switzerland
# 35
Iceland :
379
2002
Industry in Iceland
# 36
Spain :
371
2002
Industry in Spain
# 37
Romania :
364
2002
Industry in Romania
# 38
Austria :
274
2002
Industry in Austria
# 39
Belarus :
234
2002
Industry in Belarus
# 40
Finland :
214
2002
Industry in Finland
# 41
Macedonia, Republic of :
209
2002
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 42
Uzbekistan :
203
2002
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 43
Georgia :
199
2002
Industry in Georgia
# 44
Colombia :
198
2002
Industry in Colombia
# 45
Malta :
180
2002
Industry in Malta
# 46
Denmark :
169
2002
Industry in Denmark
# 47
Paraguay :
168
2002
Industry in Paraguay
# 48
Honduras :
161
2002
Industry in Honduras
# 49
Belgium :
147
2002
Industry in Belgium
# 50
Mongolia :
105
2002
Industry in Mongolia
# 51
Ecuador :
101
2002
Industry in Ecuador
# 52
Slovenia :
91
2002
Industry in Slovenia
# 53
Ireland :
68
2002
Industry in Ireland
# 54
Latvia :
64
2002
Industry in Latvia
# 55
Jamaica :
54
2002
Industry in Jamaica
# 56
Portugal :
49
2002
Industry in Portugal
# 57
Lithuania :
46
2002
Industry in Lithuania
# 58
Greece :
41
2002
Industry in Greece
# 59
Luxembourg :
38
2002
Industry in Luxembourg
# 60
Algeria :
38
2002
Industry in Algeria
# 61
Moldova :
30
2002
Industry in Moldova
# 62
Madagascar :
22
2002
Industry in Madagascar
# 63
Macau :
12
2002
Industry in Macau
# 64
Armenia :
7
2002
Industry in Armenia
# 65
Kyrgyzstan :
5
2002
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 66
Monaco :
4
2002
Industry in Monaco
Total :
515,487
Weighted average:
7,810.4
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 (2002) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_non-industry-patent-applications-nonresidents&date=2002
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