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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 (1994) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Japan :
319,261
1994
Industry in Japan
# 2
United States :
107,233
1994
Industry in United States
# 3
Germany :
36,715
1994
Industry in Germany
# 4
Korea, South :
28,554
1994
Industry in Korea, South
# 5
Russia :
21,250
1994
Industry in Russia
# 6
United Kingdom :
18,384
1994
Industry in United Kingdom
# 7
France :
12,519
1994
Industry in France
# 8
China :
11,191
1994
Industry in China
# 9
Australia :
8,311
1994
Industry in Australia
# 10
Italy :
7,872
1994
Industry in Italy
# 11
South Africa :
5,515
1994
Industry in South Africa
# 12
Ukraine :
5,355
1994
Industry in Ukraine
# 13
Sweden :
3,953
1994
Industry in Sweden
# 14
Switzerland :
3,033
1994
Industry in Switzerland
# 15
Poland :
2,676
1994
Industry in Poland
# 16
Canada :
2,480
1994
Industry in Canada
# 17
Finland :
2,306
1994
Industry in Finland
# 18
Brazil :
2,269
1994
Industry in Brazil
# 19
Spain :
2,136
1994
Industry in Spain
# 20
Austria :
1,989
1994
Industry in Austria
# 21
Netherlands :
1,748
1994
Industry in Netherlands
# 22
Romania :
1,633
1994
Industry in Romania
# 23
India :
1,588
1994
Industry in India
# 24
Kazakhstan :
1,393
1994
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 25
Denmark :
1,274
1994
Industry in Denmark
# 26
Israel :
1,261
1994
Industry in Israel
# 27
New Zealand :
1,254
1994
Industry in New Zealand
# 28
Hungary :
1,162
1994
Industry in Hungary
# 29
Uzbekistan :
1,061
1994
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 30
Norway :
1,031
1994
Industry in Norway
# 31
Ireland :
811
1994
Industry in Ireland
# 32
Czech Republic :
756
1994
Industry in Czech Republic
# 33
Belgium :
744
1994
Industry in Belgium
# 34
Argentina :
700
1994
Industry in Argentina
# 35
Belarus :
683
1994
Industry in Belarus
# 36
Thailand :
634
1994
Industry in Thailand
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
587
1994
Industry in Serbia and Montenegro
# 38
Mexico :
498
1994
Industry in Mexico
# 39
Georgia :
386
1994
Industry in Georgia
# 40
Bulgaria :
319
1994
Industry in Bulgaria
# 41
Egypt :
308
1994
Industry in Egypt
# 42
Slovenia :
288
1994
Industry in Slovenia
# 43
Croatia :
277
1994
Industry in Croatia
# 44
Iran :
266
1994
Industry in Iran
# 45
Slovakia :
248
1994
Industry in Slovakia
# 46
Moldova :
237
1994
Industry in Moldova
# 47
Venezuela :
224
1994
Industry in Venezuela
# 48
Malaysia :
223
1994
Industry in Malaysia
# 49
Chile :
219
1994
Industry in Chile
# 50
Latvia :
179
1994
Industry in Latvia
# 51
Turkey :
151
1994
Industry in Turkey
# 52
Kyrgyzstan :
132
1994
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 53
Mongolia :
128
1994
Industry in Mongolia
# 54
Cuba :
121
1994
Industry in Cuba
# 55
Iraq :
112
1994
Industry in Iraq
# 56
Lithuania :
112
1994
Industry in Lithuania
# 57
Morocco :
107
1994
Industry in Morocco
# 58
Portugal :
103
1994
Industry in Portugal
# 59
Indonesia :
75
1994
Industry in Indonesia
# 60
Macedonia, Republic of :
58
1994
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 61
Luxembourg :
50
1994
Industry in Luxembourg
# 62
Colombia :
39
1994
Industry in Colombia
# 63
Bangladesh :
39
1994
Industry in Bangladesh
# 64
Tunisia :
38
1994
Industry in Tunisia
# 65
Sri Lanka :
36
1994
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 66
Algeria :
34
1994
Industry in Algeria
# 67
Saudi Arabia :
33
1994
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 68
Pakistan :
31
1994
Industry in Pakistan
# 69
Peru :
29
1994
Industry in Peru
# 70
Bolivia :
28
1994
Industry in Bolivia
# 71
Tajikistan :
24
1994
Industry in Tajikistan
# 72
Vietnam :
22
1994
Industry in Vietnam
# 73
Iceland :
22
1994
Industry in Iceland
# 74
Malta :
21
1994
Industry in Malta
# 75
Monaco :
21
1994
Industry in Monaco
# 76
Hong Kong :
21
1994
Industry in Hong Kong
# 77
Uruguay :
18
1994
Industry in Uruguay
# 78
Estonia :
16
1994
Industry in Estonia
# 79
Trinidad and Tobago :
14
1994
Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
# 80
Panama :
11
1994
Industry in Panama
# 81
Libya :
10
1994
Industry in Libya
# 82
El Salvador :
10
1994
Industry in El Salvador
# 83
Madagascar :
9
1994
Industry in Madagascar
# 84
Jamaica :
6
1994
Industry in Jamaica
# 85
Mauritius :
5
1994
Industry in Mauritius
# 86
Nepal :
4
1994
Industry in Nepal
# 87
Ecuador :
4
1994
Industry in Ecuador
# 88
Guatemala :
2
1994
Industry in Guatemala
# 89
Malawi :
1
1994
Industry in Malawi
Total :
626,691
Weighted average:
7,041.5
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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