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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 (1996) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Japan :
339,045
1996
Industry in Japan
# 2
United States :
106,892
1996
Industry in United States
# 3
Korea, South :
68,405
1996
Industry in Korea, South
# 4
Germany :
42,322
1996
Industry in Germany
# 5
United Kingdom :
18,184
1996
Industry in United Kingdom
# 6
Russia :
18,014
1996
Industry in Russia
# 7
France :
12,916
1996
Industry in France
# 8
China :
11,628
1996
Industry in China
# 9
Australia :
8,108
1996
Industry in Australia
# 10
Italy :
6,997
1996
Industry in Italy
# 11
Sweden :
4,111
1996
Industry in Sweden
# 12
Ukraine :
3,636
1996
Industry in Ukraine
# 13
Brazil :
2,611
1996
Industry in Brazil
# 14
Canada :
2,583
1996
Industry in Canada
# 15
Switzerland :
2,504
1996
Industry in Switzerland
# 16
Poland :
2,411
1996
Industry in Poland
# 17
Netherlands :
2,348
1996
Industry in Netherlands
# 18
Spain :
2,274
1996
Industry in Spain
# 19
Finland :
2,179
1996
Industry in Finland
# 20
Austria :
1,847
1996
Industry in Austria
# 21
Romania :
1,831
1996
Industry in Romania
# 22
India :
1,660
1996
Industry in India
# 23
Denmark :
1,309
1996
Industry in Denmark
# 24
Norway :
1,291
1996
Industry in Norway
# 25
New Zealand :
1,275
1996
Industry in New Zealand
# 26
Israel :
1,218
1996
Industry in Israel
# 27
Kazakhstan :
1,022
1996
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 28
Uzbekistan :
914
1996
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 29
Hungary :
803
1996
Industry in Hungary
# 30
Ireland :
793
1996
Industry in Ireland
# 31
Belgium :
776
1996
Industry in Belgium
# 32
Belarus :
698
1996
Industry in Belarus
# 33
Czech Republic :
614
1996
Industry in Czech Republic
# 34
Egypt :
504
1996
Industry in Egypt
# 35
Serbia and Montenegro :
479
1996
Industry in Serbia and Montenegro
# 36
Greece :
404
1996
Industry in Greece
# 37
Mexico :
384
1996
Industry in Mexico
# 38
Turkey :
365
1996
Industry in Turkey
# 39
Bulgaria :
316
1996
Industry in Bulgaria
# 40
Moldova :
289
1996
Industry in Moldova
# 41
Georgia :
288
1996
Industry in Georgia
# 42
Slovenia :
286
1996
Industry in Slovenia
# 43
Croatia :
259
1996
Industry in Croatia
# 44
Thailand :
203
1996
Industry in Thailand
# 45
Singapore :
200
1996
Industry in Singapore
# 46
Latvia :
197
1996
Industry in Latvia
# 47
Slovakia :
195
1996
Industry in Slovakia
# 48
Venezuela :
182
1996
Industry in Venezuela
# 49
Chile :
176
1996
Industry in Chile
# 50
Azerbaijan :
165
1996
Industry in Azerbaijan
# 51
Philippines :
163
1996
Industry in Philippines
# 52
Armenia :
162
1996
Industry in Armenia
# 53
Kyrgyzstan :
126
1996
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 54
Mongolia :
114
1996
Industry in Mongolia
# 55
Lithuania :
100
1996
Industry in Lithuania
# 56
Morocco :
90
1996
Industry in Morocco
# 57
Luxembourg :
88
1996
Industry in Luxembourg
# 58
Colombia :
87
1996
Industry in Colombia
# 59
Portugal :
86
1996
Industry in Portugal
# 60
Cuba :
83
1996
Industry in Cuba
# 61
Iraq :
68
1996
Industry in Iraq
# 62
Turkmenistan :
66
1996
Industry in Turkmenistan
# 63
Peru :
52
1996
Industry in Peru
# 64
Macedonia, Republic of :
52
1996
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 65
Sri Lanka :
50
1996
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 66
Algeria :
48
1996
Industry in Algeria
# 67
Tunisia :
46
1996
Industry in Tunisia
# 68
Hong Kong :
41
1996
Industry in Hong Kong
# 69
Indonesia :
40
1996
Industry in Indonesia
# 70
Vietnam :
37
1996
Industry in Vietnam
# 71
Tajikistan :
32
1996
Industry in Tajikistan
# 72
Panama :
31
1996
Industry in Panama
# 73
Zimbabwe :
28
1996
Industry in Zimbabwe
# 74
Saudi Arabia :
27
1996
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 75
Uruguay :
25
1996
Industry in Uruguay
# 76
Monaco :
16
1996
Industry in Monaco
# 77
Iceland :
16
1996
Industry in Iceland
# 78
Pakistan :
16
1996
Industry in Pakistan
# 79
Kenya :
15
1996
Industry in Kenya
# 80
Estonia :
12
1996
Industry in Estonia
# 81
Libya :
12
1996
Industry in Libya
# 82
Honduras :
10
1996
Industry in Honduras
# 83
Trinidad and Tobago :
9
1996
Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
# 84
Madagascar :
7
1996
Industry in Madagascar
# 85
Ecuador :
7
1996
Industry in Ecuador
# 86
Malta :
6
1996
Industry in Malta
# 87
Zambia :
6
1996
Industry in Zambia
# 88
Botswana :
5
1996
Industry in Botswana
# 89
Ethiopia :
3
1996
Industry in Ethiopia
# 90
Haiti :
3
1996
Industry in Haiti
# 91
Mauritius :
3
1996
Industry in Mauritius
# 92
Malawi :
2
1996
Industry in Malawi
# 93
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2
1996
Industry in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 94
Guatemala :
2
1996
Industry in Guatemala
# 95
Burundi :
1
1996
Industry in Burundi
# 96
Albania :
1
1996
Industry in Albania
# 97
Lesotho :
1
1996
Industry in Lesotho
Total :
680,008
Weighted average:
7,010.4
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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