NationMaster - Patent applications, nonresidents (per capita) (most recent) by country

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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

Industry Statistics > Patent applications, nonresidents (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

Date

Norway:

2,065.145 per 1 million people

2001 ...

Singapore:

1,904.582 per 1 million people

2004 ...

Iceland:

1,811.047 per 1 million people

2004 ...

Hong Kong:

1,435.213 per 1 million people

2004 ...

Israel:

1,334.738 per 1 million people

2003 ...

New Zealand:

1,219.284 per 1 million people

2004 ...

Malta:

1,173.686 per 1 million people

2004 ...

Australia:

1,077.593 per 1 million people

2004 ...

Canada:

1,052.735 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#10

Korea, South:

729.751 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#11

United States:

585.499 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#12

Japan:

475.404 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#13

Brunei:

314.775 per 1 million people

1993 ...

#14

Malaysia:

292.717 per 1 million people

1997 ...

#15

Barbados:

256.274 per 1 million people

1999 ...

#16

Macedonia, Republic of:

204.384 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#17

Hungary:

189.867 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#18

Croatia:

189.293 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#19

Chile:

186.805 per 1 million people

2000 ...

#20

United Kingdom:

186.147 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#21

Trinidad and Tobago:

158.024 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#22

Uruguay:

149.441 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#23

South Africa:

140.619 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#24

Poland:

140.353 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#25

Germany:

132.156 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#26

Mexico:

124.126 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#27

Cyprus:

114.896 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#28

Bahamas, The:

109.688 per 1 million people

1992 ...

#29

Argentina:

99.449 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#30

Venezuela:

94.278 per 1 million people

2000 ...

#31

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

89.27 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#32

Brazil:

80.473 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#33

Seychelles:

78.517 per 1 million people

1996 ...

#34

Namibia:

77.308 per 1 million people

1993 ...

#35

Estonia:

71.905 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#36

Thailand:

68.557 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#37

Austria:

67.158 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#38

Switzerland:

63.97 per 1 million people

2002 ...

#39

Czech Republic:

62.017 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#40

Monaco:

60.606 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#41

Bahrain:

58.649 per 1 million people

1992 ...

#42

Swaziland:

57.342 per 1 million people

1992 ...

#43

Sweden:

53.158 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#44

Panama:

51.865 per 1 million people

2000 ...

#45

France:

50.561 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#46

Russia:

50.372 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#47

China:

49.992 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#48

Macau:

48.118 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#49

Georgia:

46.481 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#50

Slovakia:

44.404 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#51

Saint Lucia:

44.299 per 1 million people

2001 ...

#52

Finland:

41.315 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#53

Belarus:

38.883 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#54

Belize:

38.21 per 1 million people

1989 ...

#55

Ecuador:

37.5 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#56

Ukraine:

35.665 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#57

Mongolia:

34.199 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#58

Netherlands:

34.149 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#59

Denmark:

31.845 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#60

Philippines:

31.109 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#61

Paraguay:

30.471 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#62

Peru:

28.481 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#63

Costa Rica:

27.501 per 1 million people

1993 ...

#64

Dominica:

27.397 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#65

Malawi:

26.535 per 1 million people

2001 ...

#66

Nicaragua:

26.218 per 1 million people

2000 ...

#67

Saudi Arabia:

25.568 per 1 million people

2002 ...

#68

Italy:

24.513 per 1 million people

2000 ...

#69

Honduras:

23.895 per 1 million people

2002 ...

#70

Fiji:

23.768 per 1 million people

1986 ...

#71

Guatemala:

22.74 per 1 million people

2001 ...

#72

Kiribati:

22.624 per 1 million people

1999 ...

#73

Slovenia:

21.032 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#74

Jamaica:

20.63 per 1 million people

2002 ...

#75

Dominican Republic:

20.516 per 1 million people

1986 ...

#76

Jordan:

19.961 per 1 million people

1989 ...

#77

Latvia:

19.025 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#78

Belgium:

18.119 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#79

Luxembourg:

17.78 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#80

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

17.249 per 1 million people

2000 ...

#81

Bulgaria:

17.093 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#82

Indonesia:

15.814 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#83

Vietnam:

15.41 per 1 million people

2000 ...

#84

Morocco:

14.739 per 1 million people

1998 ...

#85

Ireland:

14.256 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#86

Bolivia:

14.168 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#87

Tunisia:

14.082 per 1 million people

1996 ...

#88

Lithuania:

13.098 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#89

Cuba:

11.46 per 1 million people

1999 ...

#90

El Salvador:

11.29 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#91

Samoa:

10.885 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#92

Mauritius:

10.341 per 1 million people

1998 ...

#93

Algeria:

10.322 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#94

Liberia:

10.252 per 1 million people

1993 ...

#95

Zimbabwe:

10.157 per 1 million people

1996 ...

#96

India:

9.883 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#97

Sri Lanka:

9.817 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#98

Guyana:

8.23 per 1 million people

1990 ...

#99

Uzbekistan:

7.926 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#100

Romania:

7.517 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#101

Spain:

7.496 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#102

Egypt:

7.392 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#103

Pakistan:

7.109 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#104

Kazakhstan:

6.842 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#105

Solomon Islands:

6.498 per 1 million people

1989 ...

#106

Portugal:

6.285 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#107

Turkey:

5.416 per 1 million people

2003 ...

#108

Libya:

4.69 per 1 million people

1996 ...

#109

Colombia:

4.549 per 1 million people

2002 ...

#110

Nigeria:

2.717 per 1 million people

1990 ...

#111

Greece:

2.441 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#112

Zambia:

2.292 per 1 million people

2001 ...

#113

Ghana:

2.257 per 1 million people

1994 ...

#114

Azerbaijan:

2.19 per 1 million people

1996 ...

#115

Iran:

2.188 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#116

Moldova:

2.134 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#117

Armenia:

1.983 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#118

Bangladesh:

1.34 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#119

Madagascar:

1.215 per 1 million people

2004 ...

#120

Sierra Leone:

1.209 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#121

Lesotho:

1.182 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#122

Turkmenistan:

1.125 per 1 million people

1999 ...

#123

Somalia:

1.082 per 1 million people

1985 ...

#124

Kenya:

1 per 1 million people

1999 ...

#125

Sudan:

0.952 per 1 million people

1992 ...

#126

Tanzania:

0.907 per 1 million people

1989 ...

#127

Syria:

0.813 per 1 million people

1995 ...

#128

Iraq:

0.807 per 1 million people

1996 ...

#129

Burundi:

0.644 per 1 million people

1996 ...