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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 (2001) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Japan :
382,815
2001
Industry in Japan
# 2
United States :
174,979
2001
Industry in United States
# 3
Korea, South :
73,714
2001
Industry in Korea, South
# 4
Germany :
49,502
2001
Industry in Germany
# 5
China :
30,038
2001
Industry in China
# 6
Russia :
24,777
2001
Industry in Russia
# 7
United Kingdom :
21,094
2001
Industry in United Kingdom
# 8
France :
13,499
2001
Industry in France
# 9
Australia :
8,339
2001
Industry in Australia
# 10
Ukraine :
7,208
2001
Industry in Ukraine
# 11
India :
4,241
2001
Industry in India
# 12
Canada :
3,963
2001
Industry in Canada
# 13
Brazil :
3,298
2001
Industry in Brazil
# 14
Spain :
2,523
2001
Industry in Spain
# 15
Finland :
2,378
2001
Industry in Finland
# 16
Poland :
2,202
2001
Industry in Poland
# 17
Netherlands :
2,110
2001
Industry in Netherlands
# 18
Switzerland :
1,859
2001
Industry in Switzerland
# 19
Austria :
1,791
2001
Industry in Austria
# 20
New Zealand :
1,768
2001
Industry in New Zealand
# 21
Denmark :
1,757
2001
Industry in Denmark
# 22
Kazakhstan :
1,607
2001
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 23
Norway :
1,277
2001
Industry in Norway
# 24
Israel :
1,248
2001
Industry in Israel
# 25
Romania :
1,128
2001
Industry in Romania
# 26
Ireland :
1,019
2001
Industry in Ireland
# 27
Belarus :
930
2001
Industry in Belarus
# 28
Hungary :
919
2001
Industry in Hungary
# 29
Uzbekistan :
803
2001
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 30
Iran :
691
2001
Industry in Iran
# 31
Argentina :
691
2001
Industry in Argentina
# 32
Belgium :
571
2001
Industry in Belgium
# 33
Czech Republic :
568
2001
Industry in Czech Republic
# 34
Greece :
556
2001
Industry in Greece
# 35
Singapore :
523
2001
Industry in Singapore
# 36
Mexico :
523
2001
Industry in Mexico
# 37
Egypt :
464
2001
Industry in Egypt
# 38
Moldova :
437
2001
Industry in Moldova
# 39
Serbia and Montenegro :
362
2001
Industry in Serbia and Montenegro
# 40
Croatia :
362
2001
Industry in Croatia
# 41
Turkey :
299
2001
Industry in Turkey
# 42
Bulgaria :
283
2001
Industry in Bulgaria
# 43
Slovenia :
264
2001
Industry in Slovenia
# 44
Georgia :
254
2001
Industry in Georgia
# 45
Slovakia :
246
2001
Industry in Slovakia
# 46
Indonesia :
208
2001
Industry in Indonesia
# 47
Armenia :
140
2001
Industry in Armenia
# 48
Latvia :
117
2001
Industry in Latvia
# 49
Portugal :
107
2001
Industry in Portugal
# 50
Mongolia :
106
2001
Industry in Mongolia
# 51
Kyrgyzstan :
84
2001
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 52
Hong Kong :
74
2001
Industry in Hong Kong
# 53
Lithuania :
68
2001
Industry in Lithuania
# 54
Macedonia, Republic of :
66
2001
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 55
Colombia :
63
2001
Industry in Colombia
# 56
Pakistan :
58
2001
Industry in Pakistan
# 57
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
52
2001
Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 58
Algeria :
52
2001
Industry in Algeria
# 59
Luxembourg :
51
2001
Industry in Luxembourg
# 60
Iceland :
49
2001
Industry in Iceland
# 61
Saudi Arabia :
46
2001
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 62
Malta :
26
2001
Industry in Malta
# 63
Estonia :
18
2001
Industry in Estonia
# 64
Paraguay :
10
2001
Industry in Paraguay
# 65
Honduras :
7
2001
Industry in Honduras
# 66
Zambia :
6
2001
Industry in Zambia
# 67
Monaco :
6
2001
Industry in Monaco
# 68
Guatemala :
5
2001
Industry in Guatemala
# 69
Jamaica :
3
2001
Industry in Jamaica
# 70
Botswana :
2
2001
Industry in Botswana
# 71
Gambia, The :
1
2001
Industry in Gambia, The
Total :
831,305
Weighted average:
11,708.5
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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"Patent applications, residents (2001) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_res-industry-patent-applications-residents&date=2001
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