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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, residents (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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
Kyrgyzstan :
179
2003
= 52
Malaysia :
179
1997
# 54
Azerbaijan :
165
1996
= 55
Egypt :
157
2004
= 55
Philippines :
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
Algeria :
58
2004
= 68
Pakistan :
58
2001
# 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
= 77
Macedonia, Republic of :
37
2004
# 79
Vietnam :
34
2000
= 80
Bangladesh :
32
1998
= 80
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
Luxembourg :
16
2003
= 88
Madagascar :
16
2004
# 90
Jamaica :
15
2002
= 91
Dominican Republic :
14
1986
= 91
Liberia :
14
1993
= 91
Nicaragua :
14
2000
= 94
Ecuador :
13
2002
= 94
Namibia :
13
1993
= 96
Libya :
12
1996
= 96
Nigeria :
12
1990
= 96
Paraguay :
12
2003
# 99
Jordan :
11
1989
= 100
Cyprus :
9
2004
= 100
Guyana :
9
1986
= 102
Panama :
7
2000
= 102
Monaco :
7
2004
= 102
Honduras :
7
2002
# 105
Zambia :
6
2001
# 106
Guatemala :
5
2001
# 107
Angola :
4
1992
= 108
Malawi :
3
2000
= 108
Ethiopia :
3
2000
= 108
Nepal :
3
1995
= 108
Mauritius :
3
1998
= 108
El Salvador :
3
1995
= 113
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2
1996
= 113
Bahamas, The :
2
1992
= 113
Trinidad and Tobago :
2
2002
= 113
Botswana :
2
2001
= 117
Gambia, The :
1
2001
= 117
Lesotho :
1
1996
= 117
Burundi :
1
1996
= 117
Aruba :
1
2002
= 117
Haiti :
1
1999
= 117
Albania :
1
2000
= 117
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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