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Industry Statistics > Patent applications, residents (most recent) by country

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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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