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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 (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
157,683
2003
Industry in United States
# 2
China :
71,902
2003
Industry in China
# 3
Japan :
54,909
2003
Industry in Japan
# 4
Korea, South :
45,312
2003
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
Canada :
33,298
2003
Industry in Canada
# 6
Australia :
20,495
2003
Industry in Australia
# 7
Germany :
17,190
2003
Industry in Germany
# 8
Singapore :
12,971
2003
Industry in Singapore
# 9
Mexico :
11,754
2003
Industry in Mexico
# 10
United Kingdom :
11,500
2003
Industry in United Kingdom
# 11
Brazil :
10,258
2003
Industry in Brazil
# 12
Russia :
9,901
2003
Industry in Russia
# 13
Hong Kong :
8,995
2003
Industry in Hong Kong
# 14
Israel :
8,929
2003
Industry in Israel
# 15
India :
7,717
2003
Industry in India
# 16
New Zealand :
5,028
2003
Industry in New Zealand
# 17
Thailand :
4,329
2003
Industry in Thailand
# 18
Hungary :
4,054
2003
Industry in Hungary
# 19
Poland :
3,973
2003
Industry in Poland
# 20
Argentina :
3,765
2003
Industry in Argentina
# 21
France :
3,339
2003
Industry in France
# 22
Indonesia :
3,099
2003
Industry in Indonesia
# 23
Czech Republic :
2,954
2003
Industry in Czech Republic
# 24
Ukraine :
1,492
2003
Industry in Ukraine
# 25
Slovakia :
1,437
2003
Industry in Slovakia
# 26
Bulgaria :
1,346
2003
Industry in Bulgaria
# 27
Iceland :
748
2003
Industry in Iceland
# 28
Sweden :
703
2003
Industry in Sweden
# 29
Croatia :
699
2003
Industry in Croatia
# 30
Estonia :
584
2003
Industry in Estonia
# 31
Netherlands :
573
2003
Industry in Netherlands
# 32
Uruguay :
504
2003
Industry in Uruguay
# 33
Macedonia, Republic of :
418
2003
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 34
Turkey :
383
2003
Industry in Turkey
# 35
Spain :
368
2003
Industry in Spain
# 36
Romania :
293
2003
Industry in Romania
# 37
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
242
2003
Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 38
Austria :
234
2003
Industry in Austria
# 39
Finland :
215
2003
Industry in Finland
# 40
Trinidad and Tobago :
205
2003
Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
# 41
Sri Lanka :
189
2003
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 42
Belgium :
188
2003
Industry in Belgium
# 43
Belarus :
178
2003
Industry in Belarus
# 44
Paraguay :
173
2003
Industry in Paraguay
# 45
Uzbekistan :
171
2003
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 46
Georgia :
170
2003
Industry in Georgia
# 47
Denmark :
153
2003
Industry in Denmark
# 48
Kazakhstan :
102
2003
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 49
Mongolia :
86
2003
Industry in Mongolia
# 50
Cyprus :
84
2003
Industry in Cyprus
# 51
Ireland :
77
2003
Industry in Ireland
# 52
Slovenia :
60
2003
Industry in Slovenia
# 53
Portugal :
40
2003
Industry in Portugal
# 54
Lithuania :
38
2003
Industry in Lithuania
# 55
Greece :
25
2003
Industry in Greece
# 56
Latvia :
24
2003
Industry in Latvia
# 57
Madagascar :
19
2003
Industry in Madagascar
# 58
Algeria :
16
2003
Industry in Algeria
# 59
Luxembourg :
8
2003
Industry in Luxembourg
# 60
Samoa :
7
2003
Industry in Samoa
# 61
Armenia :
6
2003
Industry in Armenia
# 62
Monaco :
3
2003
Industry in Monaco
# 63
Moldova :
3
2003
Industry in Moldova
# 64
Kyrgyzstan :
1
2003
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
Total :
525,620
Weighted average:
8,212.8
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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"Patent applications, nonresidents (2003) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_non-industry-patent-applications-nonresidents&date=2003
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