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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 (2000) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Japan :
384,201
2000
Industry in Japan
# 2
United States :
161,786
2000
Industry in United States
# 3
Korea, South :
72,831
2000
Industry in Korea, South
# 4
Germany :
51,414
2000
Industry in Germany
# 5
China :
25,346
2000
Industry in China
# 6
Russia :
23,377
2000
Industry in Russia
# 7
United Kingdom :
21,748
2000
Industry in United Kingdom
# 8
France :
13,870
2000
Industry in France
# 9
Australia :
8,248
2000
Industry in Australia
# 10
Italy :
7,877
2000
Industry in Italy
# 11
Ukraine :
5,620
2000
Industry in Ukraine
# 12
India :
4,339
2000
Industry in India
# 13
Sweden :
4,224
2000
Industry in Sweden
# 14
Canada :
4,187
2000
Industry in Canada
# 15
Brazil :
3,077
2000
Industry in Brazil
# 16
Spain :
2,709
2000
Industry in Spain
# 17
Finland :
2,569
2000
Industry in Finland
# 18
Netherlands :
2,465
2000
Industry in Netherlands
# 19
Poland :
2,404
2000
Industry in Poland
# 20
Switzerland :
2,083
2000
Industry in Switzerland
# 21
Austria :
1,856
2000
Industry in Austria
# 22
Denmark :
1,730
2000
Industry in Denmark
# 23
Israel :
1,599
2000
Industry in Israel
# 24
New Zealand :
1,463
2000
Industry in New Zealand
# 25
Kazakhstan :
1,399
2000
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 26
Norway :
1,392
2000
Industry in Norway
# 27
Argentina :
1,062
2000
Industry in Argentina
# 28
Romania :
1,003
2000
Industry in Romania
# 29
Belarus :
994
2000
Industry in Belarus
# 30
Hungary :
810
2000
Industry in Hungary
# 31
Uzbekistan :
755
2000
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 32
Belgium :
577
2000
Industry in Belgium
# 33
Thailand :
561
2000
Industry in Thailand
# 34
Czech Republic :
555
2000
Industry in Czech Republic
# 35
Egypt :
534
2000
Industry in Egypt
# 36
Singapore :
516
2000
Industry in Singapore
# 37
Greece :
431
2000
Industry in Greece
# 38
Iran :
410
2000
Industry in Iran
# 39
Mexico :
409
2000
Industry in Mexico
# 40
Croatia :
337
2000
Industry in Croatia
# 41
Serbia and Montenegro :
324
2000
Industry in Serbia and Montenegro
# 42
Turkey :
266
2000
Industry in Turkey
# 43
Slovenia :
254
2000
Industry in Slovenia
# 44
Syria :
249
2000
Industry in Syria
# 45
Chile :
241
2000
Industry in Chile
# 46
Moldova :
240
2000
Industry in Moldova
# 47
Slovakia :
236
2000
Industry in Slovakia
# 48
Georgia :
232
2000
Industry in Georgia
# 49
Bulgaria :
231
2000
Industry in Bulgaria
# 50
Philippines :
154
2000
Industry in Philippines
# 51
Armenia :
119
2000
Industry in Armenia
# 52
Morocco :
104
2000
Industry in Morocco
# 53
Latvia :
97
2000
Industry in Latvia
# 54
Luxembourg :
86
2000
Industry in Luxembourg
# 55
Portugal :
81
2000
Industry in Portugal
# 56
Kyrgyzstan :
80
2000
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 57
Saudi Arabia :
76
2000
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 58
Colombia :
75
2000
Industry in Colombia
# 59
Macedonia, Republic of :
71
2000
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 60
Lithuania :
66
2000
Industry in Lithuania
# 61
Venezuela :
56
2000
Industry in Venezuela
# 62
Iceland :
51
2000
Industry in Iceland
# 63
Hong Kong :
51
2000
Industry in Hong Kong
# 64
Tajikistan :
46
2000
Industry in Tajikistan
# 65
Pakistan :
46
2000
Industry in Pakistan
# 66
Uruguay :
44
2000
Industry in Uruguay
# 67
Peru :
40
2000
Industry in Peru
# 68
Vietnam :
34
2000
Industry in Vietnam
# 69
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
31
2000
Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 70
Algeria :
30
2000
Industry in Algeria
# 71
Malta :
23
2000
Industry in Malta
# 72
Nicaragua :
14
2000
Industry in Nicaragua
# 73
Estonia :
13
2000
Industry in Estonia
# 74
Guatemala :
13
2000
Industry in Guatemala
# 75
Jamaica :
11
2000
Industry in Jamaica
# 76
Paraguay :
11
2000
Industry in Paraguay
# 77
Madagascar :
7
2000
Industry in Madagascar
# 78
Panama :
7
2000
Industry in Panama
# 79
Monaco :
6
2000
Industry in Monaco
# 80
Honduras :
4
2000
Industry in Honduras
# 81
Ethiopia :
3
2000
Industry in Ethiopia
# 82
Malawi :
3
2000
Industry in Malawi
# 83
Albania :
1
2000
Industry in Albania
Total :
826,595
Weighted average:
9,959.0
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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