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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 (1993) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Japan :
331,774
1993
Industry in Japan
# 2
United States :
99,955
1993
Industry in United States
# 3
Germany :
34,752
1993
Industry in Germany
# 4
Russia :
28,503
1993
Industry in Russia
# 5
Korea, South :
21,449
1993
Industry in Korea, South
# 6
United Kingdom :
18,727
1993
Industry in United Kingdom
# 7
France :
12,638
1993
Industry in France
# 8
China :
12,084
1993
Industry in China
# 9
Ukraine :
8,687
1993
Industry in Ukraine
# 10
Australia :
7,760
1993
Industry in Australia
# 11
Italy :
7,493
1993
Industry in Italy
# 12
South Africa :
5,347
1993
Industry in South Africa
# 13
Sweden :
3,760
1993
Industry in Sweden
# 14
Canada :
3,623
1993
Industry in Canada
# 15
Kazakhstan :
3,223
1993
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 16
Switzerland :
2,999
1993
Industry in Switzerland
# 17
Poland :
2,659
1993
Industry in Poland
# 18
Brazil :
2,429
1993
Industry in Brazil
# 19
Austria :
2,190
1993
Industry in Austria
# 20
Finland :
2,166
1993
Industry in Finland
# 21
Spain :
2,165
1993
Industry in Spain
# 22
Uzbekistan :
2,136
1993
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 23
Netherlands :
1,733
1993
Industry in Netherlands
# 24
Romania :
1,414
1993
Industry in Romania
# 25
Israel :
1,318
1993
Industry in Israel
# 26
New Zealand :
1,236
1993
Industry in New Zealand
# 27
India :
1,209
1993
Industry in India
# 28
Denmark :
1,159
1993
Industry in Denmark
# 29
Hungary :
1,139
1993
Industry in Hungary
# 30
Norway :
1,001
1993
Industry in Norway
# 31
Czech Republic :
893
1993
Industry in Czech Republic
# 32
Belarus :
828
1993
Industry in Belarus
# 33
Belgium :
809
1993
Industry in Belgium
# 34
Ireland :
788
1993
Industry in Ireland
# 35
Serbia and Montenegro :
572
1993
Industry in Serbia and Montenegro
# 36
Mexico :
553
1993
Industry in Mexico
# 37
Thailand :
525
1993
Industry in Thailand
# 38
Croatia :
503
1993
Industry in Croatia
# 39
Georgia :
502
1993
Industry in Georgia
# 40
Lithuania :
413
1993
Industry in Lithuania
# 41
Bulgaria :
412
1993
Industry in Bulgaria
# 42
Greece :
364
1993
Industry in Greece
# 43
Egypt :
328
1993
Industry in Egypt
# 44
Slovakia :
282
1993
Industry in Slovakia
# 45
Latvia :
279
1993
Industry in Latvia
# 46
Iran :
278
1993
Industry in Iran
# 47
Slovenia :
276
1993
Industry in Slovenia
# 48
Malaysia :
198
1993
Industry in Malaysia
# 49
Venezuela :
186
1993
Industry in Venezuela
# 50
Armenia :
184
1993
Industry in Armenia
# 51
Turkey :
169
1993
Industry in Turkey
# 52
Iraq :
164
1993
Industry in Iraq
# 53
Colombia :
138
1993
Industry in Colombia
# 54
Portugal :
88
1993
Industry in Portugal
# 55
Macedonia, Republic of :
78
1993
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 56
Luxembourg :
73
1993
Industry in Luxembourg
# 57
Moldova :
67
1993
Industry in Moldova
# 58
Mongolia :
55
1993
Industry in Mongolia
# 59
Sri Lanka :
49
1993
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 60
Zimbabwe :
44
1993
Industry in Zimbabwe
# 61
Morocco :
42
1993
Industry in Morocco
# 62
Tunisia :
40
1993
Industry in Tunisia
# 63
Bangladesh :
36
1993
Industry in Bangladesh
# 64
Peru :
34
1993
Industry in Peru
# 65
Iceland :
34
1993
Industry in Iceland
# 66
Vietnam :
32
1993
Industry in Vietnam
# 67
Paraguay :
30
1993
Industry in Paraguay
# 68
Uruguay :
29
1993
Industry in Uruguay
# 69
Trinidad and Tobago :
29
1993
Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
# 70
Costa Rica :
29
1993
Industry in Costa Rica
# 71
Bolivia :
26
1993
Industry in Bolivia
# 72
Ecuador :
21
1993
Industry in Ecuador
# 73
Saudi Arabia :
21
1993
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 74
Panama :
20
1993
Industry in Panama
# 75
Pakistan :
19
1993
Industry in Pakistan
# 76
Libya :
15
1993
Industry in Libya
# 77
Liberia :
14
1993
Industry in Liberia
# 78
Kenya :
14
1993
Industry in Kenya
# 79
Namibia :
13
1993
Industry in Namibia
# 80
El Salvador :
10
1993
Industry in El Salvador
# 81
Monaco :
10
1993
Industry in Monaco
# 82
Hong Kong :
9
1993
Industry in Hong Kong
# 83
Malta :
8
1993
Industry in Malta
# 84
Guatemala :
6
1993
Industry in Guatemala
# 85
Nepal :
6
1993
Industry in Nepal
# 86
Zambia :
4
1993
Industry in Zambia
# 87
Malawi :
3
1993
Industry in Malawi
# 88
Mauritius :
2
1993
Industry in Mauritius
# 89
Nicaragua :
2
1993
Industry in Nicaragua
# 90
Algeria :
2
1993
Industry in Algeria
# 91
Cuba :
1
1993
Industry in Cuba
Total :
637,387
Weighted average:
7,004.3
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, residents (1993) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_res-industry-patent-applications-residents&date=1993
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