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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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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Japan :
362,342
2004 ...
#2
United States :
185,008
2004 ...
#3
Korea, South :
105,027
2004 ...
#4
China :
65,586
2004 ...
#5
Germany :
48,329
2004 ...
#6
Russia :
22,944
2004 ...
#7
United Kingdom :
18,816
2004 ...
#8
France :
14,230
2004 ...
#9
Australia :
8,555
2004 ...
#10
Italy :
7,877
2000 ...
#11
India :
6,795
2004 ...
#12
South Africa :
5,549
1995 ...
#13
Ukraine :
4,086
2004 ...
#14
Canada :
3,929
2003 ...
#15
Brazil :
3,892
2004 ...
#16
Spain :
2,864
2004 ...
#17
Sweden :
2,752
2004 ...
#18
Poland :
2,381
2004 ...
#19
Netherlands :
2,187
2004 ...
#20
Finland :
2,004
2004 ...
#21
Austria :
1,965
2004 ...
#22
Denmark :
1,843
2004 ...
#23
Switzerland :
1,827
2002 ...
#24
Kazakhstan :
1,696
2003 ...
#25
New Zealand :
1,579
2004 ...
#26
Israel :
1,329
2003 ...
#27
Norway :
1,277
2001 ...
#28
Belarus :
1,065
2004 ...
#29
Romania :
937
2004 ...
#30
Ireland :
787
2004 ...
#31
Argentina :
786
2004 ...
#32
Hungary :
738
2004 ...
#33
Iran :
691
2001 ...
#34
Thailand :
681
2003 ...
#35
Czech Republic :
619
2004 ...
#36
Mexico :
531
2004 ...
#37
Belgium :
519
2003 ...
#38
Singapore :
509
2004 ...
#39
Greece :
487
2004 ...
#40
Turkey :
465
2003 ...
#41
Croatia :
383
2004 ...
#42
Serbia and Montenegro :
381
2003 ...
#43
Slovenia :
327
2004 ...
#44
Moldova :
297
2004 ...
#45
Uzbekistan :
273
2004 ...
#46
Bulgaria :
263
2004 ...
#47
Syria :
249
2000 ...
#48
Georgia :
248
2004 ...
#49
Chile :
241
2000 ...
#50
Indonesia :
226
2004 ...
#51
Slovakia :
214
2004 ...
#52
Malaysia :
179
1997 ...
#53
Kyrgyzstan :
179
2003 ...
#54
Azerbaijan :
165
1996 ...
#55
Philippines :
157
2004 ...
#56
Egypt :
157
2004 ...
#57
Armenia :
151
2003 ...
#58
Mongolia :
143
2004 ...
#59
Hong Kong :
127
2004 ...
#60
Portugal :
121
2004 ...
#61
Cuba :
110
1999 ...
#62
Latvia :
107
2004 ...
#63
Morocco :
104
2000 ...
#64
Sri Lanka :
95
2003 ...
#65
Lithuania :
69
2004 ...
#66
Iraq :
68
1996 ...
#67
Saudi Arabia :
61
2002 ...
#68
Pakistan :
58
2001 ...
#69
Algeria :
58
2004 ...
#70
Iceland :
57
2003 ...
#71
Venezuela :
56
2000 ...
#72
Colombia :
52
2002 ...
#73
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
47
2004 ...
#74
Tunisia :
46
1996 ...
#75
Turkmenistan :
44
1999 ...
#76
Peru :
38
2004 ...
#77
Uruguay :
37
2004 ...
#78
Macedonia, Republic of :
37
2004 ...
#79
Vietnam :
34
2000 ...
#80
Bangladesh :
32
1998 ...
#81
Tajikistan :
32
2004 ...
#82
Costa Rica :
29
1993 ...
#83
Zimbabwe :
28
1996 ...
#84
Estonia :
27
2004 ...
#85
Kenya :
25
1999 ...
#86
Malta :
22
2002 ...
#87
Bolivia :
17
1995 ...
#88
Madagascar :
16
2004 ...
#89
Luxembourg :
16
2003 ...
#90
Jamaica :
15
2002 ...
#91
Liberia :
14
1993 ...
#92
Dominican Republic :
14
1986 ...
#93
Nicaragua :
14
2000 ...
#94
Namibia :
13
1993 ...
#95
Ecuador :
13
2002 ...
#96
Nigeria :
12
1990 ...
#97
Libya :
12
1996 ...
#98
Paraguay :
12
2003 ...
#99
Jordan :
11
1989 ...
#100
Guyana :
9
1986 ...
#101
Cyprus :
9
2004 ...
#102
Panama :
7
2000 ...
#103
Honduras :
7
2002 ...
#104
Monaco :
7
2004 ...
#105
Zambia :
6
2001 ...
#106
Guatemala :
5
2001 ...
#107
Angola :
4
1992 ...
#108
Mauritius :
3
1998 ...
#109
Nepal :
3
1995 ...
#110
Malawi :
3
2000 ...
#111
Ethiopia :
3
2000 ...
#112
El Salvador :
3
1995 ...
#113
Trinidad and Tobago :
2
2002 ...
#114
Botswana :
2
2001 ...
#115
Bahamas, The :
2
1992 ...
#116
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2
1996 ...
#117
Gambia, The :
1
2001 ...
#118
Albania :
1
2000 ...
#119
Haiti :
1
1999 ...
#120
Burundi :
1
1996 ...
#121
Aruba :
1
2002 ...
#122
Lesotho :
1
1996 ...
#123
Rwanda :
1
1988 ...
Total :
901,601
Weighted average:
7,330.1
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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